Many working people are now turning to private nursing service providers for help look after their elderly family members.
This development signals an increase in demand from the public for quality nursing care and allows more nursing service providers to operate in the city.
New Sarawak Tribune interviewed some of the nursing service providers in Kuching to better understand their operations.
One of them is Kenneth Care Home. Founded in 2013 by Dr Kenneth Tan, the centre caters for elderly who need some assistance with their activities of daily living (ADLs) like toileting, but doesn’t need medical care.
“We aim to provide high-quality aged care service that is accessible, affordable and acceptable to all.
“To date, we provide three types of services for the elderly, namely 24-hour residential care service, day care service and home care nursing service (private nurse to provide care at home or hospital),” said Dr Tan.
The centre operates from 7am to 7pm daily with multiple branches across the city.
“Prior to admission, we need to know about the residents’ chronic illnesses and their family contact details,” he said.
Tan added that those interested in engaging the centre’s services could contact him at 016-3314493 or email at kennethcarehome@gmail.com or visit its website at www.kennethcarehome.com.
Founded in 2017, iCare Home Nursing is another nursing service provider in both Kuching City and Miri City.
“We specialise in providing private home nursing care to help patients or the elderly restore their health solely,” said iCare Home Nursing.
“We started with just a small group of passionate and caring team that wanted to help the elderly and now we have grown to a larger family across the region.
“They raised us, loved us, sacrificed for us, and were there for us in every step of our life-growing journey.”
The agency caters to a spectrum of elderly such as stroke, cancer, post-surgery, post-chemotherapy, bed-bound and palliative patients.
“To be more specific, we provide one-to-one nursing care service at a patient’s house (private nursing) and assist in the daily routine of our patients and in areas that require specific medical attention such as nasogastric (NG) tube feeding, wound dressing and physiotherapy.
“This is in line with our vision – to be known as the best in house medical care provider and our mission – to assist every client with improving their quality of life, encouraging independence, and allowing them to be comfortable with excellent care in their own homes by providing professional care with compassion.
“Those who want to engage our services need to provide us with the details such as the number of hours needed per day; number of days needed in a week; the conditions of the patiens; and the patients’s staying area,” said iCare Home Nursing.
“On top of that, they can contact us at 011 – 10582267 / 010 – 5505000 or visit our website at www.icarehomenursing.com or our Facebook page at icarehomenursingSarawak
The iCare Home Nursing office, located at A. 1-1, 1st Floor, Lot 3338, The Laksamana Suites, Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho, Kuching, opens from 8am to 5pm on weekdays and from 9am to 12.30pm on Saturdays. It is closed on Sundays.
Swiss Nurse is another private nursing service provider in the city which was founded in 2019.
“We provide our patients with services such as hospital sitter service; home nursing care service; wound care service either at home or the centre; NG tube and urinary tube insertion, short care services such as bathing, grooming, tracheostomy care, stoma bag changing, medical equipment for rent and patient transport also known as escort service.
“We started this business because we understand that there is no place like home. We are committed to supporting those who want to receive proper nursing care in the comfort of their own homes.
“This is in line with our vision — to be a centre of excellence in healthcare services and to be the best choice to local regional and international patients and our mission — to be the provider of Sarawak’s largest nursing network,” said Swiss Nurse.
The nursing service provider said it catered to those who needed palliative care; elderly care; and patients who had medical conditions such as stroke, diabetes, Parkinson and Dementia.
“Those interested in engaging our services can contact us at 012 – 8288151 or visit our website at www.swissnurse.com.
From there, we will require the particulars of the patients; patients’ location; patients’ diagnoses; and patients’ medical reports,” said Swiss Nurse.
