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What happens when families can’t cope with caregiving?
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While population ageing explains the broader demand for institutional care, research shows that caregiver burnout is often the tipping point.
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Daniel Fung
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It started with missing clothes.
An 82-year-old woman with moderate dementia began throwing her garments, and sometimes her bedsheets, from the window of her HDB flat.
