Dying/End-of-life issues

Caring for the dying in S’pore: From death houses in Sago Lane to dealing with a super-aged society

Patients at Dover Park Hospice's day care doing a volunteer-led seated exercise activity.

This is how you’re going to die?

Singapore Casket staff unloading a hearse.

LPA fees for customised powers lowered from $185 to $30 for Singaporeans

The Ministry of Social and Family Development said the fee revisions reflect its commitment to make LPA applications more accessible.

‘To live audaciously is to give generously’: S’pore man with fatal disease starts charitable fund

ST20260410_202611600374/thjim/Shintaro Tay/ Theresa Tan// Mr Yeo Whee Jim, who is in his early 50s, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2023. The widower, who lost his wife to cancer about a decade ago, has a teenage daughter. He started a charitable fund in 2025 with over $400,000 of his money to help children from disadvantaged families, including young caregivers. He did this even when he is so ill and with a limited lifespan.

Forum: Consider government institutional donee option for LPA

Forced to grow up too soon: The unseen plight of Singapore’s child caregivers

Troy Lee MS De Silva, 20, and his sister Zara Umeria Mohd Shaffari, 16 who started taking on caregiving duties as children in their teens when their dad fell ill, studying at home on Jan 9, 2026.

He took a 90% pay cut to become an ‘afterlife agent’: Why young Singaporeans are talking about death

(Clockwise from left) Author Alicia Ng, "afterlife agent" Kenneth Yeow and writer-illustrator YY Liak.

Lasting Power of Attorney applications to be made permanently free for Singaporeans

About 404,000 or one in seven Singapore citizens have made an LPA as of Feb 20.

Finding Joy

The magic of mementoes, and why we can’t let go of our worn keepsakes

Researchers have suggested that this practice of holding onto tokens of loved ones may have begun 2,000 years ago during the Iron Age. These keepsakes matter, especially now.

Rise of no-viewing funerals in South Korea

South Koreans are moving away from highly perfunctory, expensive funeral rites toward quieter, more private forms of remembrance.

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