CNA: THKNH insights – Residents with no next of kin in Nursing Homes
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Where feasible, residential care facilities try to help its residents reconnect with any surviving next of kin.
Mr. Michael Foo, Director of Thye Hua Kwan Nursing Home, said that wherever feasible and at the residents’ expressed desire, the home tries to reach out to estranged family members to ask about their potential interest in visiting the residents.
However, he noted that initial efforts to contact next of kin are typically done by the referring source such as restructured hospitals.