Palliative care

Easing the pain for patients and families when an illness has no cure

Palliative care will become increasingly important as Singapore's population ages, says the writer.

Health Check Podcast

When to start the conversation: Palliative care is for living, not just dying

Your guide to a kinder end-of-life journey in the ICU.

Lien Foundation gives $3.93m to TTSH, NUH to extend early palliative care to ICU patients who need it

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ward at Tan Tock Seng Hospital on May 5.

S’pore should aim to train 10,000 nurses, healthcare workers in palliative care by 2030: Ong Ye Kung

This comes as palliative care here evolves, extending from a niche specialty to a community service, particularly as Singapore became a super-aged society in 2026.

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.

New children’s palliative ward at Sengkang Community Hospital offers care for complex conditions

(Left) Mr Mohd Aszrin Ahmad, 51, and his son (seated) Dean Joaquim Mohd Aszrin, 14, with (centre) physiotherapist Jilene Lau, and occupational therapist Yang Ching Wen, both from Sengkang Community Hospital, at the Paediatric Care ward.

TTSH to train TCM students from NTU on patient, integrative care

Second-year TCM students from NTU observing Dr Quah Teik Joo as he takes the pulse of stroke patient Tan Kay Chuan.

‘Last’ meals: How durian, chilli crab, and KFC bring comfort to the dying in S’pore

Assisi Hospice's Food Buddy programme gives patients a chance to request certain dishes.

NNI, Lien Foundation roll out early palliative care for patients with neurological conditions

‘Before I die, I want to make a film’: The terminally ill find comfort and hope in creative pursuits

Some terminally ill people in Singapore are embarking on artistic projects, painting, making films, and writing and planning books and memoirs.

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