Details
This programme aims to provide participants with the awareness, knowledge and skills essential for understanding the importance of resident safety in the community care sector and improving the quality and safety of resident care.
Modules include:
Introduction to resident safety in nursing homes
Identifying risk to resident safety
Causes of harm to residents
Resident abuse
Strategies to ensure resident safety
Target Participants
Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses and Therapists working in community care sector
Outline
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Special Offer
Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (KWSH) was established in 1910 and is currently the Singapore’s largest single-site nursing home which boasts 624 beds spread over a 12-storey nursing home building. Staffed by about 400 trained and professional employees, our In-patient Department (IPD), Rehabilitation Centre and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Centre serve thousands of patients every month. Despite being a charitable organisation that is heavily dependent on public support and donations, KWSH remains focused on providing quality care and services to the elderly who is sick and needy (frail and with significant difficulties in activities of daily living, has dementia or chronic illness) regardless of race, language or religion.
KWSH’s Mission is to provide Quality, Comprehensive and Convenient healthcare services to the needy in Singapore. KWSH’s Vision is to be a Leading Community Healthcare Hub in Singapore.
Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (KWSH) is appointed by AIC’s (Agency for Integrated Care) as the Learning Institute for the Community Care sector. Course fee subsidies of up to 90% from AIC are available for staff working in eligible Community Care organisations. KWSH has established the Community Training Institute (CTI), a dedicated training arm, ...