HCA Hospice Care visit

I recently joined the NUS Community Service Club. I've wanted to for long. I'm part of this group called the NUS HCA Hospice Care which organizes visits to terminally ill elderly patients. Basically we drop by the patient's house and try to cheer them up, carry out household chores like sweeping and dusting and run other errands for them.

Believe me the few hours we spend at the patient's house are brimmed with positive, vibrant energy. You can just feel it. Everybody there has a common goal. To selflessly serve the patient. Besides it's a whole lot of fun to meet the other volunteers. (Top: A pic of me with some volunteer friends after our visit)

Today I went to visit a 78 year old man who lives at Lakeside. He's bedridden and is looked after by his wife. We helped him out of the bed and took him for a stroll outside on a wheelchair. We spoke to him in Malay and sang songs for him. He was getting out of his house after months and had this bright smile on him throughout though he could'nt speak.

I feel great today. Great to have made someone smile and great to have met the other fantastic volunteers.