The article described how nurses help manage symptoms such as breathlessness and pain, support family carers to care for patients at home and discuss advance care planning with patients and their family members or substitute decision-maker.
Dr Irwin Chung, director of the care integration division of the Agency for Integrated Care, which oversees the long-term care sector, said nurses make up 30% of the 1000-plus healthcare professionals who have undergone training in advance care planning.
According to the article, the number of nurses trained in palliative care has increased over the past five years from just 23 to 697. As previously reported, The Health Ministry in Singapore plans to double the number of professionals working in palliative care by 2020 in order to cope with growing demand.
Read the full article, ‘Booster shot for palliative care in Singapore’, on the aisa one website.
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