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Metta Day Rehabilitation Centre for the Elderly

Metta Day Rehabilitation Centre for the Elderly (慈光乐龄日间康复中心) was established in June 1998 to provide rehabilitative care to those suffering from physical impairment due to stroke, Parkinson’s disease or other injuries.

Our services are geared towards maximising our patients’ independence level, while offering respite to their families and caregivers regardless of race, language, or religion. Our centre executes our vision of care to maximise their functional level by providing a comprehensive range of rehabilitative and social support services all under one roof.

We focus on assisting our daily clientele in regaining maximum functional capability through rehabilitative treatment and engaging in active lifestyles by means of social programmes.

Rehabilitation

Both active and maintenance rehabilitation are conducted for recipients who require follow up care after discharge from hospitals or affected by age related frailty and conditions such as stroke and arthritis.

Our core services include physiotherapy, occupation therapy and nursing assessments.

We also support our care recipients’ families to become more adept in their caregiving roles by loaning them mobility equipment such as walking aids or wheelchairs and conducting regular caregiver training courses to equip them with basic nursing skills.

Social Programmes

Ensuring continuity between step down care and community based eldercare are social programmes designed to provide supervision and supportive help for care recipients who have progressed from rehabilitative to maintenance programmes.

Some of the activities we conduct include art, gardening and taichi. Outings to various places of interest and activities are organised in collaboration with community partners to engage our patients socially and improve their quality of life.

Severe Disability Assessment (SDA)

Metta Day Rehabilitation Centre for the Elderly (Metta) is a MOH-accredited disability assessor which includes trained therapists and nurses to conduct the severe disability assessment.

Persons with disabilities who wish to apply for financial assistance schemes such as CareShield and ElderShield will require to submit this assessment report to determine their eligibility.

Our assessor will be able to conduct the assessment either at our centre or at your home and they will submit the assessment report directly to AIC. Please contact us at 6789 5951 or email us at rehab@metta.org.sg for an appointment.

The assessment evaluates one’s capacity to perform 6 activities of daily living (ADLs) unassisted.

Value Added Programmes

A balance-and-fall programme aimed at preventing and reducing falls among the elders serves to provide neuromuscular and vestibular training to strengthen their lower limb muscles and improve balancing ability.

Additionally, counselling services are available to render psychosocial support for individuals, couples and families from various socio-economic backgrounds.

Admission

Admission is open to individuals of any age, race or religion who:

Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident
Suffer from medical conditions that require physical rehabilitation
Sufficiently stable to actively participate in Rehab programmes
Referred by Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)

How You Can Help

Support our mission and aims through volunteering:

Medical Professional Support
Nursing Professional Support
Logistic Crew
Buddies for Seniors
Adhoc Volunteering

We welcome the following items donation-in kind from you that support our mission and aims:

Medical Devices
Medical Supplies
Rehabilitation Mobility Aids

Please feel free to contact our staff for assistance.

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Key Facts & Figures

Commenced in June 2000
175 beneficiaries.

– as at Financial Year 2021/22

Where we are located

Blk 296 Tampines Street 22 #01-526 Singapore (520296)
Service Hours: Mon to Fri – 8.30am to 5.30pm
Telephone: 6789 5951 | Fax: 6786 3758
Email: rehab@metta.org.sg

Metta Hospice Care

Metta Hospice Care (慈光安宁居家护理中心) is a member of Singapore Hospice Council and Asia Pacific Hospice Network. Set up in June 2000 to offer free home hospice care to the terminally ill of all ages and races, we have since helped more than 5000 patients to live with quality and dignity throughout the last phase of their lives at the comfort of their homes.

We primarily take care of patients who are referred from medical institutions and general practitioners. They are diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses such as cancer and end stage renal failure and usually have a prognosis of less than a year.

We provide a holistic care approach with medical consultations and nursing assessments to our care recipients, as well as psychosocial support to them and their families. Our Social Worker will also support our care recipients and their families on the emotional and social aspects if required.

Palliative and Hospice Care

Palliative and hospice care form the two main tenets of our services. While the former entails pain relief and management of other symptoms such as nausea and fatigue, the latter tends to the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of patients and their caregivers.

They represent a holistic approach that aims to alleviate suffering and maximise quality of life. Aligned to this goal is our comprehensive range of medical, nursing, social, emotional and spiritual support which ensures our patients undergo a smooth transition from acute care in hospitals to a home care environment that is clean and safe.

To facilitate the development of individualised care plans, we work with doctors to first assess their needs and conditions in order to determine the most suitable type of care. The intensity of home visits and reliance on medical equipment are then paced according to the severity of their conditions during subsequent visits.

Besides administering medication and counselling, our medical personnel work with the patients’ primary physicians to achieve total care management. We also loan medical equipment such as hospital beds, oxygen concentrators, wheelchairs, walking aids and commodes free of charge to facilitate care of our clients in the comfort of their homes.

Support Services

Believing that emotional and spiritual pain are as veritable as physical afflictions, we offer counselling services and spiritual support to both the patients and their families to help them cope with end-of-life issues, including grief.

At the same time, spiritual advisors from various faiths are available to help them connect to their religions or draw strength from personal values.

Additional care services as well as assistance in subsidy applications can also be arranged with medical institutions and social assistance providers.