I was suprised with my stay at Changi General Hospital. The service of the staff and the food prepared for the patients has really improved. Its now like any home cook food although sometimes it might not have been so tasty at times. I enjoyed my stay there and am glad that everything have improved even when collecting the medicine. The discharge time was fast and the medicine was dispensed in a really short time after. The doctors answered my queries and it was well explained. They really did an excellent job in attending to my illness. I went in due to a severe acute asthma attack. My oxygen levels dropped to a low and my potassium level also dropped, I was dehydrated and was very weak. Luckily they administered emergency treatment from the ambulance to the hospital immediately. Thankgod our ambulance paramedics are all well trained and know what to do in such situations.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
I was just mentioning earlier to my daughter that I have never seen such an intelligent dog like mine. I found out that if a terrier dog is well trained, it can practically do anything. Well today & yesterday I am down with the flu bug, maybe cause of the weather and too heaty. My hubby bought breakfast for me today. My aunt's kid is down with high fever and so later bringing food for him. As for my aunt, she has gone for some interviews. Nowadays the flu bug is all around. My daughter is going out today with her friends and as a treat for the children will be bring them to Universal Studio at Sentosa on the 25th before school starts. There is a 20% discount for all NTUC U-plus card members. My grandma will be going to Malaysia next week with my other aunt who came back from the states. They will be going for a few days. Well I hope they will have alot of fun and an enjoyable time. Being sick is awful sometimes.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
What a day......
What a day...... Morning I went out with a friend. Don't know for some reason my eyes were hurting real bad. Got home, turned on the laptop for a short while then went to the room. The minute my head touched the bed, I just dozed off..... Then I was woken up by a call from my daughter, she thought I had gone out, followed by a call from my sister's helper to help her to run an errand. I forced myself to get out of bed and changed. After that she called again and said that her friend had collected for her already. Well that's her for you, when she starts to panick, she calls everyone. Just got up not long and so sad, my hubby is off to work again (night shift). Maybe will bring my daughter out later. Not too sure yet. My dog is too attache to me. He's actually sleeping next to me on my bed now. Gotta get changed now. will leave the house with my husband to go get dinner.
Real Yummy Delicious Doggie Treats
Yummy Delicious All Natural Made Just For Dogs
Try it & your dog will love you for it.....
Just earlier in the evening today, my daughter & I went to vivo city at Harbour Front Mrt. Actually we went there for a walk & at the same time went to check some stuff out at Daiso. We just walked into Pet Safari when we saw this small mini stall selling stuff that looked like donuts and treats for dogs in the shape of a dog bone and so forth.... My daughter was the first to catch sight of it and so I was curious and enquired about it. To my suprise it was really meant for dogs. My daughter out of curiousity went on to ask if it was also for human consumption and true enough it was. She took a bite of it and loved it..... Its all natural, no preservatives, no sugar, no salt, etc......... It can be considered a healthy food I guess..... My dog ,Alfie simply loves it. He's eaten 2 of them already. Try it for your pets. Once in awhile, give them treats that are healthy for them, Guarantee that they will love it..... Its located at vivo city, Pet Safari (inside) next to Daiso. Prices were also reasonable.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Is it safe for elderly people staying in the old folks home?
This article came out in the papers and on the internet news. Its really bad. We send our elderly to get proper care and someone to look after them well and attends to their daily needs and this happens. Lucky for this old lady her son believed her and looked into the matter. If not, these caregivers would take it for granted and do worse. I do agree that sometimes its frustrating not understanding another human which speaks a different language but it isn't the correct way of dealing it. My mom works in a nursing home but she's an angel. She has the patience and kindness. I do see her worry sometimes over the elderly and she gets sad when one of the ones that she look after passes on. although she has the patience and kindness, she is still strict with the staff that is under her. There are head nurses like that around still like my mom and like Ong in the news article and more...... Just hope that all will change for the better for the old folks in the nursing home.
The man who had secretly recorded his mother's abuse at Nightingale Nursing Home revealed that he did so in response to her complaints about their treatment.
The 41-year-old, who identified himself as Mr Zhuo, told Shin Min Daily that of the four years his mother, Madam Bai, had stayed at the home, she had been complaining to him for about three years. This triggered his decision to place a hidden video camera disguised as a clock by his mother's bed at the home.
The resulting footage obtained was recorded in March and handed to MediaCorp Channel 8, before it was sent to the Ministry of Health (MOH) on 22 March.
Describing the recording, Zhuo said, "I saw that two nurses were helping my mother take a bath. They took off my mother's clothes and left her sitting in a chair for half an hour. In this time, a fan was blowing in her direction."
He added that from his observation, the nurses did not help Madam Bai put her clothes back on after her bath.
"Now I know why my mother is always saying she is cold in the mornings," he said.
However, more abuse cases have since been revealed.
At the Irene Nursing home and Serene Nursing Home, owner Irene Ong told The New Paper that she fired three foreign nursing staff from her centres over the past two years over incidents of abuse.
Ong said that she was informed by other employees that the staff members in question had been hitting the patients under their care in separate cases.
Having installed a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera system to monitor her staff and patients in both her nursing homes, Ong was able to check the recorded footage for evidence to confirm the reports.
She also said that she had reported one of the incidents to the authorities, but decided to take matters into her own hands.
"We really pity the patients," she said. "It is just not right to physically abuse them."
At the same time, she and other nursing home caretakers also shared that the challenge of looking after the elderly is significant, and can at times be frustrating for foreign staff who are usually not able to understand dialects, often the only languages spoken by elderly patients.
Ong, for example, told the same paper that she hires staff from Myanmar and the Philippines because she is unable to find any Singaporeans to take up the job.
Moreover, patients with dementia add a new dimension of difficulty for staff administering to them.
Nurse manager Jacqueline Voon, 40, from privately-run Paean Nursing Home, emphasised the need for particular patience when dealing with patients who have dementia.
"The difficulty is that they make a lot of noise and disturb (other patients)," she said. "If it gets out of hand, then we will refer (the patient) to the doctor to increase the dosage of their medication."
She also said that Paean takes preventive measures to handle abusive patients, such as ensuring that they do not have access to sharp objects.
Windsor Convalescent Home manager Maggie Ng, 55, added that her home has seen many cases of patients who punch and use their walking sticks to beat staff. Her employees often have no protection against such incidents as the patients often attack without warning.
Other elderly healthcare practitioners say that nursing staff need to be properly trained to deal with elderly patients, especially those with mental health issues.
Ng Wai Chong, 42, assistant director at the Tsao Foundation's Hua Mei Mobile Clinic, said, "Perhaps we need to take another look at our strategy in the long run for community care so that families don't have to send as many people to nursing homes."
The MOH said it conducts regular inspections of all nursing homes to ensure compliance with its mandatory licensing requirements.
Its inspectors check that the homes are properly maintained, keep their patient records in order and have effective infection control measures in place, among other factors.
Home operators are also pitted against care standards on medication administration, fall rates and housekeeping.
The ministry subjects homes that do not meet these standards to more regular audits, and provides guidance to them to improve their performance.
For reports of breach in care delivery or standards, the public can call the MOH hotline at 1800-225 4122.
The man who had secretly recorded his mother's abuse at Nightingale Nursing Home revealed that he did so in response to her complaints about their treatment.
The 41-year-old, who identified himself as Mr Zhuo, told Shin Min Daily that of the four years his mother, Madam Bai, had stayed at the home, she had been complaining to him for about three years. This triggered his decision to place a hidden video camera disguised as a clock by his mother's bed at the home.
The resulting footage obtained was recorded in March and handed to MediaCorp Channel 8, before it was sent to the Ministry of Health (MOH) on 22 March.
Describing the recording, Zhuo said, "I saw that two nurses were helping my mother take a bath. They took off my mother's clothes and left her sitting in a chair for half an hour. In this time, a fan was blowing in her direction."
He added that from his observation, the nurses did not help Madam Bai put her clothes back on after her bath.
"Now I know why my mother is always saying she is cold in the mornings," he said.
However, more abuse cases have since been revealed.
At the Irene Nursing home and Serene Nursing Home, owner Irene Ong told The New Paper that she fired three foreign nursing staff from her centres over the past two years over incidents of abuse.
Ong said that she was informed by other employees that the staff members in question had been hitting the patients under their care in separate cases.
Having installed a closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera system to monitor her staff and patients in both her nursing homes, Ong was able to check the recorded footage for evidence to confirm the reports.
She also said that she had reported one of the incidents to the authorities, but decided to take matters into her own hands.
"We really pity the patients," she said. "It is just not right to physically abuse them."
At the same time, she and other nursing home caretakers also shared that the challenge of looking after the elderly is significant, and can at times be frustrating for foreign staff who are usually not able to understand dialects, often the only languages spoken by elderly patients.
Ong, for example, told the same paper that she hires staff from Myanmar and the Philippines because she is unable to find any Singaporeans to take up the job.
Moreover, patients with dementia add a new dimension of difficulty for staff administering to them.
Nurse manager Jacqueline Voon, 40, from privately-run Paean Nursing Home, emphasised the need for particular patience when dealing with patients who have dementia.
"The difficulty is that they make a lot of noise and disturb (other patients)," she said. "If it gets out of hand, then we will refer (the patient) to the doctor to increase the dosage of their medication."
She also said that Paean takes preventive measures to handle abusive patients, such as ensuring that they do not have access to sharp objects.
Windsor Convalescent Home manager Maggie Ng, 55, added that her home has seen many cases of patients who punch and use their walking sticks to beat staff. Her employees often have no protection against such incidents as the patients often attack without warning.
Other elderly healthcare practitioners say that nursing staff need to be properly trained to deal with elderly patients, especially those with mental health issues.
Ng Wai Chong, 42, assistant director at the Tsao Foundation's Hua Mei Mobile Clinic, said, "Perhaps we need to take another look at our strategy in the long run for community care so that families don't have to send as many people to nursing homes."
The MOH said it conducts regular inspections of all nursing homes to ensure compliance with its mandatory licensing requirements.
Its inspectors check that the homes are properly maintained, keep their patient records in order and have effective infection control measures in place, among other factors.
Home operators are also pitted against care standards on medication administration, fall rates and housekeeping.
The ministry subjects homes that do not meet these standards to more regular audits, and provides guidance to them to improve their performance.
For reports of breach in care delivery or standards, the public can call the MOH hotline at 1800-225 4122.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Just What Is Success???
I did alot of thinking on this and I guess it depends on individual. I was curious to know more about it so I just read up more on it.......
Success is the honest achievement of anything worthwhile that you want out of life.
The objects of our heart's desire can be varied and quite different among individuals. It all depends upon our sense of values. To some, the accumulation of money will signify success. To others success will mean the development and bringing up of good, happy and healthy children. To still others, serving humanity by becoming a teacher, a priest, a social worker or missionary, will mean success for them. Outstanding acievement in their particular field of endeavor will spell success for others.
Whatever meaning success has for us, it should always include happiness and piece of mind. Altogether too often we look upon men and women of wealth and successes. Some of life's greatest failures have millions of dollars but are bankrupts in character. Money is neverthe yardstick of success.
The creator never intended that his children should live crimped, narrow lives. We were made to share in the abundance all about us. Money is good but it should never be permitted to become larger than the man.
Whatever worthwhile achievement you want in life can be yours. We have been success equipped. No one can keep you from succeedingexcept yourself. You have the power and ability within you. All that remains between you and the successful achievement is the development andunfolding of this power and ability resident within.
Success is the honest achievement of anything worthwhile that you want out of life.
The objects of our heart's desire can be varied and quite different among individuals. It all depends upon our sense of values. To some, the accumulation of money will signify success. To others success will mean the development and bringing up of good, happy and healthy children. To still others, serving humanity by becoming a teacher, a priest, a social worker or missionary, will mean success for them. Outstanding acievement in their particular field of endeavor will spell success for others.
Whatever meaning success has for us, it should always include happiness and piece of mind. Altogether too often we look upon men and women of wealth and successes. Some of life's greatest failures have millions of dollars but are bankrupts in character. Money is neverthe yardstick of success.
The creator never intended that his children should live crimped, narrow lives. We were made to share in the abundance all about us. Money is good but it should never be permitted to become larger than the man.
Whatever worthwhile achievement you want in life can be yours. We have been success equipped. No one can keep you from succeedingexcept yourself. You have the power and ability within you. All that remains between you and the successful achievement is the development andunfolding of this power and ability resident within.
Friday, June 3, 2011
AVA suspends Taiwan imports used for bubble tea due to DEHP fears
AVA suspends Taiwan imports used for bubble tea due to DEHP fears
AVA suspends Taiwan imports used for bubble tea due to DEHP fears
However, the Agri—Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said consumers need not be undully concerned as the products, which are manufactured in Taiwan, have been recalled and ceased to be used.
They come in bulk and are not available for sale in the retail market.
AVA said it had been testing beverages, jams and jellies manufactured in Taiwan for the industrial plasticiser DEHP.
Another import from Taiwan, "Sunlight Brand" Star Fruit Two, had also failed the AVA tests for DEHP.
However, AVA has given the green light to plastic cling wraps sold in retail outlets, after tests showed the level of plasticisers in the wraps meet European Union standards.
The tests followed Taiwanese reports that food wraps may contain high amounts of toxic plasticisers that can contaminate food.
AVA is advising customers to loosely cover food with plastic wrap and to leave a space between the food and the plastic wrap. This is to allow steam ventilation as well as to avoid the plastic wrap from getting heated up by the food and possibly melt into the food.
Supermarket giant NTUC FairPrice added that it does not use plastic cling wraps from Taiwan.
On Japan’s ban of green tea exports from four of its regions due to high levels of radiation, AVA said Singapore has not imported tea leaves from the banned areas since the Japanese tsunami and nuclear incident in March this year.
AVA said tea leaves and tea products from Japan are tested for radioactive contamination, and it will continue to closely monitor the situation in Japan.
— CNA/cc/al
Dose It safely
"By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too." - William Shakespeare
Using slightly larger spoons for medicine can result in overdosing which can be dangerous, especially for children.
It's so easy to pull out a kitchen spoon to give or take a dose of liquid medicine. But it's a bad idea, shows a study from Cornell University in the US. When people used a medium-sized tablespoon, they underdosed by more than 8%, on average - even after they saw the correct amount. Using a larger spoon, they overdosed by nearly 12%. Those errors could be dangerous if you're taking a medicine two to three times a day - or giving even a single dose to a child, says study co-author Koert Van Ittersum. So stick to dosing cups, dosing syringes, or droppers meant for medicines.
Other stay-safe tips: Don't split sustained-, controlled- or extended- release tablets. Doing this dumps the medicine all at once. Don't halve pills with an enteric coating, either. Do remove an old transdermal patch before putting on a new one. Apatch can release medicine even after it's time to toss it.
Using slightly larger spoons for medicine can result in overdosing which can be dangerous, especially for children.
It's so easy to pull out a kitchen spoon to give or take a dose of liquid medicine. But it's a bad idea, shows a study from Cornell University in the US. When people used a medium-sized tablespoon, they underdosed by more than 8%, on average - even after they saw the correct amount. Using a larger spoon, they overdosed by nearly 12%. Those errors could be dangerous if you're taking a medicine two to three times a day - or giving even a single dose to a child, says study co-author Koert Van Ittersum. So stick to dosing cups, dosing syringes, or droppers meant for medicines.
Other stay-safe tips: Don't split sustained-, controlled- or extended- release tablets. Doing this dumps the medicine all at once. Don't halve pills with an enteric coating, either. Do remove an old transdermal patch before putting on a new one. Apatch can release medicine even after it's time to toss it.
Bone Wise
Bone Wise
Knowing the risk factors help foil osteoporosis
A recent global study of osteoporosis in women shows we are too quick to downplay its seriousness. According to the study, only 33% ofpost menopause or coeliac disease - perceive themselves to be fracture-prone than their peers. It's a worry, given that 12-15% of those with hip fractures die within 6 months from complications or subsequent immobility. Professor John Eisman, director of osteoporosis research at Sydney's Garvan Institute, says no-one can afford to overlook the disease. "As a man you're probably more likely to die in relation to osteoporosis in terms of its effects, side effects and (premature) mortality than from something like prostate cancer. For a woman, you're probably more likely to die in relation to osteoporosis than you are from breast cancer." Understanding you have a risk, and taking it seriously, pays off, adds Associate Professor Jacqueline Centre, also of the Garvan Institute.
Knowing the risk factors help foil osteoporosis
A recent global study of osteoporosis in women shows we are too quick to downplay its seriousness. According to the study, only 33% ofpost menopause or coeliac disease - perceive themselves to be fracture-prone than their peers. It's a worry, given that 12-15% of those with hip fractures die within 6 months from complications or subsequent immobility. Professor John Eisman, director of osteoporosis research at Sydney's Garvan Institute, says no-one can afford to overlook the disease. "As a man you're probably more likely to die in relation to osteoporosis in terms of its effects, side effects and (premature) mortality than from something like prostate cancer. For a woman, you're probably more likely to die in relation to osteoporosis than you are from breast cancer." Understanding you have a risk, and taking it seriously, pays off, adds Associate Professor Jacqueline Centre, also of the Garvan Institute.
Well Spotted - Moles Linked To Delay Ageing
Well Spotted
Moles Linked To Delayed Ageing
People with a high number of moles (more than 100) are likely to have relatively slow ageing skin, and now a team of researchers at King's College London has discovered they are also blessed with tougher bones. Their latest research has found that people with more than 100 moles on their bodies are 50% less likely to develop osteoporosis than people with few moles.
Why? It appears that people with large numbers of moles have longer telomeres - the bundles of DNA found at the end of chromosomes in all cells - and telomeres are a good biological indicator of the rate at which we are ageing.
" People (with moles) have a slightly increased risk of melanoma, but they have the benefit of a reduced rate of ageing," says lead researcher Dr Veronique Bataille.
Moles Linked To Delayed Ageing
People with a high number of moles (more than 100) are likely to have relatively slow ageing skin, and now a team of researchers at King's College London has discovered they are also blessed with tougher bones. Their latest research has found that people with more than 100 moles on their bodies are 50% less likely to develop osteoporosis than people with few moles.
Why? It appears that people with large numbers of moles have longer telomeres - the bundles of DNA found at the end of chromosomes in all cells - and telomeres are a good biological indicator of the rate at which we are ageing.
" People (with moles) have a slightly increased risk of melanoma, but they have the benefit of a reduced rate of ageing," says lead researcher Dr Veronique Bataille.