A group of Singapore palliative care doctors, nursing home leaders and senior management were our guests for a special week of fact-finding.
The team from St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital in Singapore oversee seven care homes with around 2,000 residents and were keen to learn about the St Luke’s approach to palliative care in nursing homes.
Our Project ECHO team has created a programme for care home staff focusing on end of life, helping to distinguish dementia from delirium, depression and anxiety improving quality of life, managing distressed behaviours and supporting with end of life care and advanced care planning.
Project ECHO is the online tele-mentoring network, headed by St Luke’s, which brings health and care organisations together via video link, to form an online community, share best practice and offer support.
During their visit the Singapore team had the opportunity to observe holistic care practices, all aimed at enhancing collaborative efforts and improving the quality of palliative and end-of-life care.
They also observed and participated in some ECHO palliative and end of life care sessions and met with key local figures in palliative care, visiting several of the care homes supported by St Luke’s.