MOH will build five new nursing homes in the next two years, including one for the special needs of psychiatric patients. There are now three nursing homes run by voluntary welfare organisation (VWOs), dedicated to caring for psychiatric patients. Planning for the 300-bed home has started and it is likely to be completed in 2012, said a MOH spokesman. It will be run by a VWO, to be chosen later.
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November 12, 2009 at 9:24 am
Serene
I am just thinking if we are put in programmes in these nursing homes for people with intellectual disabilities coupled with psychiatric conditions? Perhaps reserve some beds for this group of people? Currently, there ain’t nursing homes for them. Caregivers do need services of nursing homes.