In this thesis, we will focus at the public awareness of one type of the Eldercare services, called the Home Care Services. It is where patients can receive care and treatment in their home, such as consultation or physiotherapy. Home Care Services could be one of the solutions to ease the burden in the hospitals, while acknowledging the elders’ interest to stay somewhere they are familiar with. The survey was held online and had total of forty subjects.
The survey will be asking for respondents’ preferences between staying at homes and to nursing homes or hospice care. The survey will also be asking respondents if they are aware of Home Care Services in Singapore, which is then used to determine the public awaresness of the survey. If the awareness shows that it is lacking, we would need to see how and why would that have happened, how could that be improved?
The outcome of the survey showed that respondents would generally preferred to stay at home as compared to nursing homes or hospice care, and there were very little public awareness in Home Care Services. In order to ascertain that the survey results are accurate, we had also done an interview with a Home Care Service Provider. He had shared with us on how Home Care Services works in Singapore, and some patients are also entitled to some form of subsidy by the government! He had also shared on the market landscape of the Home Care Services in Singapore, and the difficulties the providers faced.
Lastly, we will share some conclusions we drew from the survey and interview, providing some recommendations.
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