Nurses are the pillars of the National Neuroscience Institute's dementia programme. They are a group of dynamic, innovative and empathetic individuals, who strive to provide the best care for people with dementia and their family members. Besides supporting clinical services as an Advanced Practice Nurse and being involved in the education/counselling clinics, the nurses also dedicate time out of their schedule to organise various support activities:
The nurses are also active volunteers with Dementia Singapore, volunteering as trainers for the Foreign Domestic Helper Training and Caregiver Training programmes.
Nurses involved in the CARe Programme
APN Linda Lim, Nurse Clinician, Department of Neurology, NNI
Special interest in:
APN Esther Chua, Nurse Clinician, Department of Neurology, NNI
Ms Nyu Mei Mei, Senior Staff Nurse, Department of Neurology, NNI
Tanya Marie Choong, Senior Staff Nurse, Department of Neurology, NNI
Collaboration with Primary Care Sector
The NNI-CARe programme collaborates with SingHealth Polyclinics in early screening and diagnosis of the community for dementia.
The SingHealth Polyclinic and CARe Clinic (SHP-CARe clinic) started in March 2013 at the Geylang and Outram polyclinics. A year later, the initiative was introduced to Queenstown, Bedok, Bukit Merah and Marine Parade polyclinics.
Our nurses were involved with the start-up of the SHP-CARe clinic, and together with doctors from NNI, they rotate on a weekly basis to support the screening clinics. They are also involved in the training, teaching and guidance of the doctors and nurses in the polyclinics on how to screen and diagnose dementia. As part of SingHealth's collaborative practices, the nurses also provide support services at NNI (SGH Campus) in the outpatient memory clinic.
Public Awareness
Since 2009, in an effort to raise public awareness of dementia, our nurses lead in the planning and organising of the annual NNI Dementia Awareness Day (Memory Screening for public) in addition to speaking at public forums to raise and create awareness as various forms of public education. These activities serve to urge people with cognitive complaints to come forth for early assessment and treatment.
In order to raise awareness of dementia care among health care professionals, the first Neurocognitive Nursing and Allied Health Forum were organised in 2015. Other than raising Public Awareness on Dementia, the nurses are also involved in the building of training programmes for both local and overseas dementia centres. They are also consistently invited as speakers at overseas conferences.
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