Dying in Place
In collaboration with the non-profit organization "Forget Thee Not", we provide on-site end-of-life services to support clients in passing peacefully at home or residential care home.
Steps for Intake
- Nurse contacts the client and family
- Conduct an initial assessment of the client’s condition, home environment and care needs
- Enable eHealth & authorise healthcare providers to review the medical records
- Arrange the doctor’s first home visit
- Sign the Dying at Home Agreement with the family
- Establish a WhatsApp group for communication
For more about the arrangements for dying at home, feel free to contact Forget Thee Not for details.
First Doctor Home Visit
$3500
- Doctor home visit (60 mins)
- Health assessment
- Advice on medications
- Advice on palliative care
Pre-consultation
eHealth checking (Waiver after first home visit)
$500
Add-on Items
Medications & lab tests
per item
Medication delivery
+$200-300
Follow-up Visit
$2500
- Doctor home visit (40 mins)
- Follow-up on health conditions
- Follow-up on medication
- Advice on palliative care
Tele Consultation
Doctor tele consultation (40 mins)
$800
Add-on Items
Medications & lab tests
per item
Medication delivery
+$200-300
Certification
$2500
- Doctor visit to confirm client's death
- Issue the Medical Certificate of the Cause of Death [Form 18]
- Issue the Medical Certificate (Cremation) [Form 2]
- Sign other relevant documents
Nurse Home Visit
$800
- Nurse home visit (40 mins)
- Vital signs monitoring
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Medication & diet education
- Lifting & transferring skills
- Incontinence care
- Personal hygiene & infection control
Tele consultation
Nurse tele consultation (20 mins)
$200
Add-on Items
Blood taking
+$200
Injection
+$200
Injection (With cold chain)
+$250
Resting ECG
+$350
Wound dressing (Extra fee for special materials)
+$400-$800
Nasogastric tube insertion
+$600
Urinary catheterization
+$800
Infusion Service
per item
Keys to A Successful Service
- The client has a clear wish to die at home
- Multiple dedicated carers with the ability to provide care
- A suitable living environment with necessary facilities
- Support from an experienced health care team
- Close communication between carers and the support team
- Proper symptom management & advice for hospital admission if needed
- When client is in the moribund, the family needs to notify us so that we can arrange doctor visit early
Physical & Psychosocial Readiness for Carers
- Ability to assist with tele consultations
- Multiple carers to share responsibilities
- Awareness of caregiving stress and coping
- Willingness to manage client's incontinence and pain
- Physical ability to assist the client with turning and lifting
- Understanding of the possible symptoms and states of a person at the very end