About the Programme

HCA Hospice Care (HCA) has been appointed by the National Council of Social Services (NCSS) to be the national agency providing palliative caregivers training in Singapore.

The five-hour Palliative Caregivers Training equips caregivers with the skills and knowledge to care for their loved ones at home. The training also provides a holistic understanding about the needs of palliative care patients. Topics include:

Basic hand hygiene

Urinary catheter care

Communication and sharing session

Oral care and feeding

Lifting and transferring of patients

Use of home-care equipment:
(hospital bed, wheelchair,oxygen concentrator)

Touch therapy

Symptom management

Personal hygiene
(bed bath, hair wash, skin care, turning, diaper-changing, change of bed linen)

Fall and safety precaution

Medication management

How to Register

It is open to patients’ families and caregivers from all hospices and palliative care units, as well as anyone who is looking after patients at home.
If you or your family members would like to attend the training, you can either:

1

Call us at 6251 2561, or
2

Print out and fill in the form for the corresponding month below and submit it in one of the two ways:
- a.
  
  By fax to 6352 2030,
- b.
  
  By email to medicalaffairs@hcahospicecare.org.sg.

Training sessions are conducted in English. Participants are required to pay only $10 for a comprehensive guidebook and light refreshments. The remaining cost of the training programme will be claimed by HCA directly from the Agency for Integrated Care’s Caregiver Training Grant.