The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permissionJCH redesigned hospital spaces by setting up model flats where patients can practise everyday activities before they are discharged. Named SPACE@JCH, these home-like environments can be used for functional rehabilitation.
Mr Abdul Rashid Jailani, Deputy Director, Allied Health, JCH, shared that these practice flats will alert patients and caregivers early to potential challenges in the home environment and allow them to work through these problems with the hospital care team.
Ms Lilian Lim, Head, Occupational Therapy, JCH, added that the flats can help prepare patients for functional living. For example, a caregiver can practise helping a patient to get up from bed, while a patient can use the items available within SPACE@JCH to practise everyday activities such as doing the laundry.
Ms Qiu Wenjing, Head, Physiotherapy, JCH, highlighted that about 80 patients and caregivers have used the first SPACE@JCH model flat since it opened in May 2023 and find that it helps prepare them for the transition from hospital to home.
JCH plans to have seven of such model flats by March 2024.
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