R. Subramaniam of Methodist Welfare Services conducts home hospice and chronic care visits lasting up to two hours per patient. He routinely trains family members and domestic helpers in critical clinical tasks like administering injections and dressing wounds. While these nurses primarily operate during standard office hours, they also maintain an on-call rotation to address sudden emergencies such as acute pain or breathing difficulties.
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Community care nurses empower families by teaching domestic helpers and relatives how to…: Community care nurses empower families by teaching domestic helpers and relatives how to manage ongoing medical procedures at home.
Building long-term personal trust with resistant patients can help them access life-impro…: Building long-term personal trust with resistant patients can help them access life-improving procedures such as cataract surgery.
The impact of dedicated home hospice nursing frequently extends past patient deaths, with…: The impact of dedicated home hospice nursing frequently extends past patient deaths, with families maintaining ties through agency memorial events.
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‘I treat every senior as I would a member of my own family’: A home care nurse on finding his calling
Caring for his late father showed R. Subramaniam what families go through. Now the senior staff nurse helps them manage illness at home, after starting out as a healthcare assistant
When R. Subramaniam’s father was diagnosed with lung cancer seven years ago, doctors estimated he had six months to live.
He decided against chemotherapy and radiotherapy, choosing instead to receive care at home. During the four months before he passed away, he was able to continue with his daily routines, feeding himself, taking walks and even drafting his will.
In his father’s final days, Subramaniam, 45, took leave from work to care for him, helping fulfill the older man’s wish to die peacefully in familiar surroundings.
That experience gave Subramaniam a personal understanding of what it means to care for a loved one at home – something he now helps other families do as a senior staff nurse with Methodist Welfare Services (MWS).
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