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Dying/End-of-life issues

At 90, she still knocks on doors and looks out for her elderly neighbours in Toa Payoh

Madam Ratnam Periowsamy discussing the news with Ms Judy Lim, 74, and Mr Lee Ping, 95, at the Care Corner Active Ageing Centre in Toa Payoh East on Jan 12.
Madam Ratnam Periowsamy discussing the news with Ms Judy Lim, 74, and Mr Lee Ping, 95, at the Care Corner Active Ageing Centre in Toa Payoh East on Jan 12.

Seniors checking in on neighbours: How groups are preventing lonely deaths among S’pore’s elderly

(From Left) Mr Loh Hui Han, 34, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre executive head, Ms Elaine Ho, 40s, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre nurse clinician, A/P Teng Su Ching, 77, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre board president, Ms Jennifer Tay, 58, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre assistant coordinator, Ms Noraini Maskuri, 64, narrative designer, and Mr Lai Zhiyang, 34, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre board member, posing for a group photo outside the Loving Heart Active Ageing Centre in Jurong East on Dec 30, 2025. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
(From Left) Mr Loh Hui Han, 34, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre executive head, Ms Elaine Ho, 40s, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre nurse clinician, A/P Teng Su Ching, 77, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre board president, Ms Jennifer Tay, 58, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre assistant coordinator, Ms Noraini Maskuri, 64, narrative designer, and Mr Lai Zhiyang, 34, Loving Heart Multi-service Centre board member, posing for a group photo outside the Loving Heart Active Ageing Centre in Jurong East on Dec 30, 2025. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Finding Joy

Told she was dying, she gave her last months to family

Knowing that we cannot hold on to anything or anyone for long on this earth makes the small moments of joy we share with them something to be treasured. .
Knowing that we cannot hold on to anything or anyone for long on this earth makes the small moments of joy we share with them something to be treasured. .

Why some Singaporeans are planning for their end of life before their senior years

Ms Joanna Wong, 56, and her mother Tan Kim Hay, 81, have done advance care planning for themselves.
Ms Joanna Wong, 56, and her mother Tan Kim Hay, 81, have done advance care planning for themselves.

Forum: Casket company staff should dress and behave respectfully at funerals

Who is left, when illness takes away your mind or body?

A sense of self can drive survival and live on in memories.
A sense of self can drive survival and live on in memories.

I’ll miss you when you die years later: Grieving a pet’s death in advance

The writer had grieved her pet’s death for about a decade before the cat died.
The writer had grieved her pet’s death for about a decade before the cat died.

MP Alvin Tan urges residents to be considerate after 70 LED wreaths are placed opposite Pek Kio CC

Seventy LED wreaths were placed opposite Pek Kio Community Centre along Gloucester Road for an ongoing wake.
Seventy LED wreaths were placed opposite Pek Kio Community Centre along Gloucester Road for an ongoing wake.

NUH initiative benefits cancer patients by reducing non-essential medications and procedures

(Clockwise from top left) Adjunct Associate Professor Samuel Ow, who leads the project, with Dr Ada Teo, Ms Lim Suan Tee, Adjunct Associate Professor Amelia Santosa and Adjunct Associate Professor Adrian Kee.
(Clockwise from top left) Adjunct Associate Professor Samuel Ow, who leads the project, with Dr Ada Teo, Ms Lim Suan Tee, Adjunct Associate Professor Amelia Santosa and Adjunct Associate Professor Adrian Kee.

Fewer than one in 3 in Singapore knows how to support dying person: Survey

The lack of death literacy in Singapore highlights gaps in knowledge and skills that could affect individuals, families and caregivers.
The lack of death literacy in Singapore highlights gaps in knowledge and skills that could affect individuals, families and caregivers.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.