Home Nursing Foundation

Our mission

To provide holistic and cost effective home nursing services to the frail, semi and non-ambulant sick with a focus on the elderly and enhance their quality of life in the community by providing professional home nursing services with compassion.

Our vision

To be the leading organization in developing progressive and cost effective services that will cater to the needs of the elderly sick in the community.

Core values

Compassion
     Offering empathy and heartfelt compassion for our beneficiaries lies at the heart of our      duties.

Professionalism
     Rendering our services and fulfilling our duties with utmost professionalism and integrity      for the benefit of our beneficiaries.

Prudence
     To be cost effective and prudent for the purpose of channelling more resources to our      beneficiaries.

Teamwork
     Promoting alliances between strategic partners and HNF staff to provide holistic
     home nursing care and enhance the quality of life of our beneficiaries.

Community Involvement
     Garnering the support of the community and nurturing the relationship with stakeholders      to fulfill our mission

Objectives

To provide home nursing services to the home-bound with a focus on the elderly in the      community.
To promote community involvement and participation in caring for the overall well-being      of the elderly sick through active aging and health promotion initiatives.
To be a catalyst for developing training programs and public education campaigns so as      to contribute to the healthcare landscape of the elderly.

Introduction

The Home Nursing Foundation (HNF) was set up on 2 October 1976 by Dr Toh Chin Chye, then deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health to address the urgent need for cost-effective home nursing services to serve the large numbers of elderly coping with ailments living in the rural areas.

With a team of experienced and caring nurses, HNF delivers professional home nursing services that enable our beneficiaries to remain in the community with their loved ones. Our services include wound dressing, changing of feeding tubes and urinary catheters, stoma care and administration of injections.

With the mission to contribute to the needy elderly in the community, we serve patients from all walks of life regardless of their ability to pay for our services. Hence, we continually involve the community through active aging and health promotion initiatives to raise funds and subsidise the cost of providing long term care to our patients. The support of our generous sponsors and donors remains vital in enabling us to continue our mission and realize our vision.

Charity Status

The Home Nursing Foundation (HNF) was registered as a voluntary welfare organisation in accordance with Sub-section (5) of Section 4 of the Societies Act (Chapter 262) on 2 October 1976, and as an Exempt Charity under Section 5 (4) of the Charities Act 1982 (Act 20 of 1982) with The Commissioner of Charities on 20 December 1982.

Although HNF is a full member of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), it is not funded by the Community Chest. Therefore, the funding for operating expenditure is derived from public donations, service fees from clients and subvention from the Ministry of Health.

Since September 1996, HNF has been a member of the Health Endowment Fund (a gazetted Institution of Public Character) administered by the Ministry of Health, therefore, all donations to HNF are tax-exempt.