Date : Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time : 19:25
Title : ABOUT METTA HOME

Metta Home is a home for the intellectually disabled and is one of the welfare services of Metta Welfare Association. It has started operation since October 2000. Metta Home is not affiliated to the Community Chest. MH can accommodate 103 intellectually disabled and host a Day Activities Centre for another 50 intellectually disabled clients. This 4-storey building houses contemporary amenities, for example physiotherapy and medical treatment rooms. The curriculum is tailored to develop social and domestic skills to equip clients with the abilities and confidence to lead a normal life. This will help them integrate back into our society and lighten the burden of their families or caregivers. MH is a surrogate home where clients will learn and grow just like in their own home. They are given space to develop individually and to learn at their own pace. The Home strives to foster shared responsibility with parents and to guide them to care for their children.

Objectives of Metta Home:
(a) To offer residential services for the intellectually disabled
(b) To share the responsibility of looking after the disabled with their parents/guardians
(c) To Allow the intellectually disabled to live in a secure, warm and accepted environment
(d) To increase the confidence and esteem of clients
(e) To raise public awareness and consciousness of the intellectually disabled in our society
(f) To network and initiate joint projects with the community

What Metta Home does:

· Activities of Daily Living (ADL)Daily tasks like dressing, feeding, mobility, grooming and toileting.
· Community Living Skills (CLS)Skills to lead independent lives. Numeracy, time and money management, housekeeping, preparation of simple meals, shopping and the use of public facilities like escalators, elevators and toilets are some of the examples.
· Pre-Vocational SkillsTo prepare them for future employment in both open and sheltered environments, concepts like punctuality, concentration, cooperation and responsibility in addition to basic skills like sorting, typing and labelling, are taught.
· Social & Recreational ActivitiesArts and crafts, games, singing, story-telling, dancing, excursions and festive celebrations to promote social interaction and cultivate constructive hobbies.
· Therapies
Occupational therapy and physiotherapy for clients whose fine and gross motor skills are impeded.