3 things you should know about end-of-life planning
End-of-life planning involves Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Medical Directive (AMD), and Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA).
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Care Series
This series of blogs covers topics on caregiving for the activities of daily living (ADL), assistive devices, and smart technologies.
Hospice care provides end-of-life care for the patients
Hospice care is for patients whose life expectancy is six months or less, it enables the patients to live their final days with dignity and respect.
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Palliative care is not necessarily end-of-life care
Palliative care is a care that provides comfort, relief, and support to individuals facing serious illnesses or conditions.
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Taking supplements doesn’t mean you are unwell
Supplement is not the same as medicine. Taking the right supplements can help to overcome the deficiency in health.
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Is ageing-in-place the best solution?
The surge of ageing population and limited supply of eldercare facilities have led to the emerging of a new concept called ageing-in-place.
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Maintaining oral care for the elderly population
Oral care is important especially for the ageing population to maintain good nutrition and quality of life.
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Fall can be detrimental to an elderly
A fall to an elderly is a combination of weak muscles, slow coordination and responses, poor vision, change in blood pressure, etc.
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What eye care you need before you age?
Eye care is crucial to maintain good quality of life especially when we age. Many eye conditions are preventable if we seek treatment early.
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Providing dementia care for elderly people
Dementia care is very different from normal nursing care for illnesses. It is more of caring for someone with cognitive disability.
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Becoming a caregiver for someone in need
Besides caring for your care recipient, a caregiver must also learn how to balance for your own work, family, social and leisure activities.
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