Development of a dysphagia cup to improve patients' fluid intake and reduce caregiver burden.

Ensuring that the elderly drink adequate fluids to meet their recommended daily allowance is often a challenge, especially among the elderly in hospitals and long-term care settings. The complex interplay of biological, medical and psychosocial factors that cause the elderly to become dehydrated is difficult to tackle especially in care settings where there is a staff shortage and heavy workload. The team realised that 90% of the elderly inpatients in the general ward of a teaching hospital in Singapore were not drinking enough to meet their needs, despite the hot and humid weather.

Electronic display board in operating theatres for easy patient identification.

To correct patient identification for surgery nd reduce risk of wrong site surgery. Surgical care is high risk and complex and errors are associated with huge negative implications. The need to identify patients correctly before surgeries is important to reduce risk of wrong-site surgeries.

Comparison between elderly inpatient fallers with and without dementia.

Introduction: This study aimed to examine the various factors associated with inpatient falls among patients with and without dementia in a hospital setting.

Methods: This was a retrospective one-year study using data collected from Singapore General Hospital's electronic reporting system for inpatient falls.

Results: In the study period, 298 patients aged ≥ 65 years fell during their hospital stay.