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Dover Park Hospice

Staying the course

Dover Park Hospice’s longest-serving staff member, Assistant Manager in Administration Joyce Lee, talks about her motivations in joining the sector and her experiences, offering advice to those thinking of doing so. How long have you been working at Dover Park Hospice?I joined Dover Park Hospice in June 1996. This year

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Assisi Hospice

The final wish

Relationships are critical to our existence, especially during end-of-life. Many patients’ wishes are linked to reunions and reconciliations with their loved ones. Assisi Hospice’s Psychosocial Support team shares two stories about fulfilling such wishes. Her last wishMadam Chan (name has been changed) was admitted to Assisi Hospice in April 2020

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Leaving from home

Better and better, day by day

Madam Salmah retraced her husband’s last journey and how she found the peace in acceptance and gratitude. Madam Salmah Beevi bte Kader has been married to Mr Abu Bakar bin Kunju Baba for 43 years and they were inseparable. Mr Abu Bakar was a protective husband who insisted on accompanying

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Essence of life

Who are you caring for?

Two care workers share their views on what is truly important when it comes to a good goodbye. Residents arrive in a nursing home and hospice with a prognosis. With this in mind, care staff strive to meet residents where they are, to empathise and provide comfort care. However, when

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Dover Park Hospice

My hospice, my home

It’s possible to find fulfilment of one’s final wish in the most unexpected of places. Dover Park Hospice Medical Social Worker Clara Kong shares how it was possible for one of her patients. I first met Mr Leong Siew Khai when he was admitted to Dover Park Hospice with stage

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Facing the moment

Better late than never

St Luke’s Hospital’s chaplain, Esther Goh, reflects on making a final farewell without regrets. When people learn that they are only left with a few months or even weeks to live, they may inadvertently face overwhelming feelings, not knowing what to do. With the clock ticking, it may be advisable

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Leave with dignity

On your own terms

In using the dignity model of palliative care, Singapore Cancer Society enables patients to have closure. Preserving one’s dignity in satisfying a person’s end-of-life care needs is often associated with describing a ‘good death’. Dignity care at Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) focuses on maintaining one’s dignity in three broad domains

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Assisi Hospice

Advantages of early Advance Care Planning

Assisi Hospice’s Senior Medical Social Worker/Counsellor Ms Ivee Tee shares a patient’s case study. Sixty-four-year-old Mr Tan (name has been changed) was diagnosed with cancer and referred to Assisi Hospice for palliative care and symptom management in July 2020. Even though Mr Tan could still care for himself at that

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An heirloom to treasure

A mother’s love

To most, it’s merely a cookbook. But for one palliative patient at Sengkang Community Hospital, the collection of recipes was part of her legacy that allowed her to live out the remainder of her life meaningfully. Madam Julie Wee’s life was not always smooth sailing. Ever since her husband passed

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