While palliative caregivers are unsung heroes providing care and comfort during patients ’final moments, they might also find themselves in need of a listening ear. Mr K was a palliative caregiver at Sengkang Community Hospital, one of the community hospitals under SingHealth Community Hospitals (SCH), who struggled to come to terms with his best friend’s […]
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St Luke’s Hospital continues to provide peace, closure and support for the bereaved. It is often said that when a loved one has passed, one learns to live with the love left behind. For Chiew Gee, while she continues to be reminded of her late mother’s love, it was the love and support her mother
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Death is not the prerogative of the old, and neither is the need for palliative care. It happens to the youngest and the best of us. Singapore’s population is ageing rapidly — one in four will be 65 years and older by 2030. In data published in June 2021 by the Singapore Department of Statistics:
Caregivers play an important role in supporting their loved ones. For Marivic, a palliative nurse at Sengkang Community Hospital, being apart from her dying father did not stop her from caring for him till the end of his life. The ringtone woke her up. Glancing at the clock on the wall, Marivic realised that it
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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 faced with our residents’ deaths,
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