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The team, comprising a doctor, nurses and volunteers, will co-ordinate a customised plan for each patient and family. The plan provides nursing/hospice and palliative care, education and support for patients and their family.
Services include:
- Home visits to administer pain relief, monitor the symptoms of the patient's disease and discuss possible treatment options available to them
- Oncology nursing care during and following chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery; wound management, and giving dietary advice to patients with early stage cancer and terminally ill cancer patients as well as their family members
- Educating patients and caregivers on the administration of subcutaneous injection
- Routine flushing of central venous catheter and dressing of exit site
- Providing emotional and psychological support for the patient and family
- Loan of medical and nursing equipment to assist the patient at home, e.g. oxygen concentrators, wheelchairs, commodes, walking aids
- Providing welfare assistance to patients with financial difficulties
How are patients referred to the team?
- Through The Cancer Institute and the National Cancer Centre
- Through the patient's primary doctor or general practitioner
- Through the medical social worker, surgeon or oncologist
- Through family members, friends or the public
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