Caregivers/Caregiving

Forum: Beyond subsidies, caregiver well-being is also important

Forum: Normalise listing of caregiving roles on CVs

Caregivers of over 14,600 seniors benefited from subsidised respite care services in 2025: MOH

Respite care services tap the capacity of existing care services, and providers are generally able to meet the demand, said Senior Minister of State for Health Dr Koh Poh Koon.

When dementia patients fail to recognise loved ones

People with advancing dementia do regularly fail to recognise beloved spouses, partners, children and siblings.

Why more Singapore hospitals are letting caregivers stay overnight next to patients

Madam Ismiati Yahya (left) feeding her husband Abdul Hassan Mohamed Yusof (right) at Jurong Community Hospital.

A San Francisco clinic shows promise in treating drug-fuelled public breakdowns

There were 38 drug deaths in the city of San Francisco in September.

Beyond family: How Singapore can meet the needs of its super-aged era

sfage - Madam Peh Kim Hiok, 62, has been a volunteer with the Singapore Red Cross' ElderAid - a befriending programme for elders - for about 8 years. She believes that seniors should stay healthy and help each other.

Credit: Singapore Red Cross

Young bodybuilders lift Japan’s ailing care sector

In this photograph taken on September 29, 2025, care worker and bodybuilder Takuya Usui (L) chats with Madoka Yamaguchi as he helps her sit on a bed at a care home for people with disabilities operated by Visionary in Ichinomiya, Aichi prefecture. Gender stereotypes and poor pay have long discouraged young men from becoming caregivers, even as demand surges in a country with one of the world's oldest populations. But Visionary, a firm based in the city of Nagoya, is successfully recruiting male bodybuilders to the care industry -- luring them to its promised "paradise for musclemen" with perks including paid gym time and protein shake subsidies. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-fitness-lifestyle-ageing, FEATURE by Tomohiro OSAKI

Ex-DPM Heng Swee Keat and other stroke survivors pay tribute to caregivers

Former deputy prime minister Heng Swee Keat presenting his wife, Madam Chang Hwee Nee, with a bouquet of red roses at the end of his tribute.

Giving until there is nothing left: What dementia steals from caregivers

Dementia is never just about memory loss. It creeps in quietly, then overwhelms with symptoms such as sundown syndrome.

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