Bishan Home for the Intellectually Disabled
6 Bishan Street 13 Singapore 579798
Tel: 6353 3515 Fax: 6385 1050
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Volunteers of Therapy Dogs, Singapore (TDS) are also strong supporters of GSDC's PAT (pet-assisted therapy) work. We have joined the club's PAT visits to Bishan Home for the Intellectually Disabled (BHID) since their adoption of the home in December 2002.

BHID has some 130 residents under the care of highly-motivated staff in a well-organised environment. It also has facilities to cater for daycare clients.

GSDC's PAT work at BHID has been featured in Channel NewsAsia's Creature Comforts Series.

For more information about PAT visits to this home, please contact:

Team Leader: Charlie Ho
Email:echomed@singnet.com.sg
Mobile: 9833 9682

Bethany Methodist Nursing Home (BMNH)
Address: 9 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4
Singapore 689815
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Bethany Methodist Nursing Home is a registered charity managed by the Methodist Welfare Services, with 272 beds within 5 wards and a rehabilitation centre. It provides services such as residential care, respite care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, day rehab for the elderly, hospice care, home medical, home nursing and home help.

For more information about PAT visits to this home, please contact:

Institute of Mental Health
10 Buangkok view
Singapore 539747
Tel: 6389 2000 Fax: 6385 1050

The corporate tagline "Loving Hearts, Beautiful Minds" encapsulates the loving hearts of staff at IMH/WH that care for the patients at IMH. The compassion and loving hearts of the medical professionals, care givers, volunteers and admin staff who empathizes with patients' mental illness and the ability to embrace their beautiful minds is our belief in providing affordable quality health care at all times

IMH / WH is a 2,425- bed acute tertiary psychiatric hospital located in a sprawling 37-hectare campus in Buangkok View. Set in a serene environment and well designed landscape, IMH is equipped with modern facilities to look after its close to 1900 psychiatric inpatients.

IMH/WH offers a multi-faceted and comprehensive range of psychiatric services targeted to meet the special needs of three groups of people, namely, (i) Children & adolescents, (ii) Adults and (iii) the Elderly. For the treatment of more specific disorders, there are sub specialty clinics such as the Mood and Anxiety Clinic, Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychotherapy Clinic, Sleep Disorder Clinic and the Sexual Dysfunction Clinic.
Volunteers are a valued source of support and strength to the patients at our hospital. We value the visits, help and support of volunteers and visitors. Besides adding a bright ray of hope and sunshine to our patients' daily lives as you bring them kindness through your loving hearts, you will find this an enriching and rewarding exercise adding meaning and fulfillment when you care for their beautiful minds.

For more information about PAT visits to this home, please contact:

MindSville @ Napiri
7 Lorong Napiri Singapore 547533
Tel:  6387 7662 Fax: 6387 3357

MINDSville@Napiri seeks to adopt a training and developmental model, focusing on acquisition of daily living skills and self-empowerment of persons with intellectual disability. We also aim to offer activities that address the physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs of our clients, supporting them in developing their potential and reintegration into their families and the community.

PROGRAMMES

We provide the following residential programmes:

1) Home For Adults With Intellectual Disability

This programme provides accommodation, care, supervision and rehabilitation for
persons with intellectual disability, age 19 and above.

2) Hostel/Group Home For Adults With Intellectual Disability

This programme runs a Hostel for individuals with intellectual disability, age 19 and above and who have low support needs. It is suitable for persons who are fairly competent in basic self-care activities and have potential to learn to travel independently.
The Group Home seeks to train persons with intellectual disability who have the
potential to live independently in the community setting.

3) Children’s Wing

This sector provides accommodation, care and protection to children with intellectual disability, age between 6 to 18.

At MINDSville@Napiri, we also operate a community based programme:

1) MINDSville@Napiri - Training and Development Centre (It is also MINDS’ 3rd Training and Development Centre)

This is a day training programme which the clients attend the centre from 9am to 4:30pm (only on weekdays) for training and after which they will return to their families. This programme aims to enhance trainees’ quality of life through development and maintenance of daily living skills and development of their potentials.

For more information about PAT visits to this home, please contact:

Team Leader: Louiza Chan
Email: dr.louiza@gmail.com
Mobile: 9320 8808

Sunshine Welfare Action Mission Home (SWAMI Elderlink)
5 Sembawang Walk
Singapore 757717
Tel: 6257 6117 Fax: 6754 8443

Sunshine Welfare Action Mission (SWAMI) is a home for the aged-sick, disabled and homeless. Its aim is to serve the elderly in our society, providing them with quality care and services, and ensuring their well-being. The residents enjoy quality of life by being as independent as possible. Interaction amongst the elderly is encouraged through games and callisthenic exercises to keep them active. As family involvement is very crucial for the morale of the residents of the residents, SWAMI provides many opportunities for building ties through Family Days and Monthly Birthday Celebrations.

SWAMI provides a variety of services, comprising the following:

§ Residential Care which provides high-level long term care for frail, sick or infirmed elderly. This includes Dementia Residential Care for the demented residents in the home.

* Case Management Service (CMS) which assists the elderly and their families in accessing the necessary medical and social services, crucial for the improvement of their quality of life and well being.
* Home Medical Care & Home Nursing which is provided to homebound individuals at their residence. The aim is to promote, maintain or restore the health of individuals and to maximize their level of independence.
* Home Help Services which is designed to provide the elderly with a range of services in order to enable them to remain in the community.
* Home Rehabilitation Service which offers rehabilitative therapy to homebound elderly who are frail or are suffering from stroke in their homes.
* Day Rehabilitation Centre which helps to improve and maintain the maximum functional ability of the elderly
* Dementia Day Care Centre which provides relief to the caregiver by looking after the demented elderly during the day.

For more information about PAT visits to this home, please contact:

Team Leader: Louiza Chan
Email: dr.louiza@gmail.com
Mobile: 9320 8808

Thong Teck Home for Senior Citizens
91 Geylang East Ave 2
Singapore 389759
Tel: 6846 0069

Thong Teck Home for Senior Citizens is set up by Thong Teck Charitable Institution with a mission to provide holistic care to the elderly so that they can age with Grace and Dignity regardless of race and religion.

The home located in Geyland East, is a well-run, 3-storey, purpose-built home with an idyllic landscaped garden for residents' relaxation and rehabilitation needs.

It caters for about 180 residents as well as some 25 daycare clients in its Day Rehabilitation Centre and Dementia Day Care Centre.
Besides daily rehabilitation, the Home spices up residents' lives with various social activities such as karaoke, outings, performances by volunteers, animal therapy, etc.

For more information about PAT visits to this home, please contact:

Team Leader: Charlie Ho
Email:echomed@singnet.com.sg
Mobile: 9833 9682