By Shailey Hingorani, Head of Advocacy and Research, AWARE
Congratulations: We’ve made it to International Women’s Day 2019. Let’s take a breath, pat ourselves on the back, put our feet up… and bask for a while in joyful appreciation of how far women have come.
After all, in man...
This post was originally published as a press release on 19 February 2019.
AWARE welcomes some key moves announced by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat’s Budget 2019 speech, towards expanding health care financing and acknowledging the burden of caregiving. However, we are surprised and disa...
“It doesn’t look like work when you’re in the outside looking in. But we’re working.”
Irene Law Kah Tin, 63, is a caregiver to her 88-year-old father, who has early signs of dementia and suffers from incontinence. In some ways, Irene is lucky—her boss allows her a flexible work ar...
Written by Rachel Lee, AWARE intern
Don’t be salty if you missed this workshop, parents.
"Salty"? Yeah, it means "upset" in slang these days.
A pop quiz consisting of slang used by today's teens was a highlight of the experiential workshop Birds & Bees, held at AWARE Centre on the m...
By Priya Narayan, AWARE intern
As part of our ongoing efforts to continuously engage with the elderly and informal elderly caregivers in Singapore, AWARE invited the NUS Law Pro Bono Office to give a talk on the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), on 23 July.
The speakers were Isabella Tan and Gw...
Did you know that there are government subsidies available for inpatient hospice and home palliative care? Or that there are grants available for caregiver training? Find out more about the subsidies and schemes you might be eligible for in this talk conducted by medical social workers from Ren ...
We are organising a session on the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) on 23 July at 6pm.
Come learn about the LPA, its purpose and its importance for yourself and your loved ones.
Benefits of an LPA
Early preparations to protect your interests should one become vulnerable one day.
Ena...
An edited version of this letter was originally published in The Straits Times Forum, 31 May 2018.
Correction: An earlier version of this letter inaccurately stated that 78% of women were out of the labour force because of family responsibilities; the presentation of this statistic has been cor...
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We are conducting in-depth research with caregivers as part of an upcoming report on eldercare in Singapore. The findings from our interviews with caregivers will help to inform the policy recommendations we make to ease the financial s...
