Tag: Social Support

Family caregivers need financial support

This article was originally sent in to The Straits Times Forum but was not published.  A recent article highlighted the need to provide social and emotional support for family caregivers, particularly young caregivers (“Room for more cooperatives to meet social needs of ageing population”). P...

Closed: Keen to be an interviewer for our caregiving research?

Applications are closed! Thank you to everyone who wrote in. 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...

An open dialogue on the real experiences of caregivers

By Penny Shi, AWARE intern On 25 April, AWARE held a public dialogue session, Let’s Talk: Who cares for the caregivers?. Over 40 participants from diverse backgrounds, including former and current caregivers, shared openly on their experiences with and solutions for the big issue of unpaid ...

From the caregiver’s journal: Adam’s story

Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from...

From the caregiver’s journal: Amy’s story

Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from the...

From the caregiver’s journal: Ria’s story

Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from the...