HCA Values In Action @ HCA Day Hospice

Value In Action (VIA) @ HCA Day Hospice will give the students and teachers volunteers an opportunity to learn more about hospice care services available in Singapore.

During the programme, students and teachers will be highly encourage to learn more about our patients, plan activities and games to engage our patients meaningful through a half-day or full-day activity. Groups who can commit to recurring volunteering will be encourage to do so for more meaningful engagement with our patients.

Details

The programme will feature sharing with students/ educators about hospice care and volunteers will be given an opportunity to plan activities to engage our patients in our day hospice setting.

Learning Objectives

Students will find out more about hospice care services, get to interact with patients under our care and plan activities to engage the patients.

Target Audience: Educators

Runtime: All year round

Fee: Complimentary (The school is to provide the materials required for the VIA programme and if budget permits, we welcome sponsorship of meals/ snacks/ prizes for our patients)

Modality: In-person

Duration of Session: 2 to 7 hours

Capacity: up to 10 at Kang Le Day Hospice and up to 20 at Oasis@Outram Day Hospice

Website: https://hca.org.sg/

Mode of registration: By email.

Due Date for registration: at least 3 months in advance

Contact: volunteer@hcahospicecare.org.sg

Engaging patients with crafts

Primary 5 students engaging patients with games

"Spending time at HCA was an enriching and interesting experience. It exposed me to the world of hospice care and made me more educated on the aspect. Also, designing the carnival games with my friends made me get in touch with my arts and crafts skills, as well as learn more about coordination and communication within a group"

-Koh Zheng Yan, J2 student (Hwa Chong Institute)

"One word I would use to describe my trip to the hospice care today is enriching. Being able to communicate and interact with them, being there to help them when they need it, playing mahjong with them and listening to their wise words and thoughts; was really my utmost joy. It breaks my heart knowing that those elderly are on their final journey of life, and I feel that we as the younger generation should step out more to do volunteering work for them, to give them the best final days they have. I initially thought that a hospice would be like a old folks' home; where there are just hospital beds and nurses helping around. Instead, it was totally different. You can still see elderly walking about, in wheelchairs but you can tell that they are still happy. It breaks my heart to see this, but this is how the world is. Overall, really took away some learning pointers like playing mahjong even better, life stories and wise words from the uncles and aunties and just the fun we have with them."

-Bryan, Secondary 3 student (Tampines Secondary School)