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vlcaregiver/ST20240928_202487900975/Ng Sor Luan/Sunlife feature about young caregivers: William Koh, 20, cares for his mum with mild dementia.

Full-time national serviceman William Koh is the main caregiver for his mum Margaret Laird, who has dementia.

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SINGAPORE – When Mr William Koh was 16, he ran into difficulties while caring for his then 59-year-old mother, who has dementia.

Then in his first year of junior college, he was not sure what to do when his mum Margaret Laird had problems with her credit card.

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