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The Big Read: As Singapore society ages, who will care for the caregivers? Caring for an invalid elderly demands a lot from the caregivers even in the best of times; in perilous times it gets worse.
Ms Jasmine Chua caring for her 84-year-old mother who has dementia. (Photo: TODAY/Raj Nadarajan)
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SINGAPORE: At his wits’ end, Mr Danny Raven Tan, 53, once threatened his dementia-stricken mother with a chopper because she was “driving him nuts”.
Since she was diagnosed with the illness that causes impaired intellectual functions and personality changes in 2015, his mother, who is now 88, would tiresomely ask him about his father and godmother, both of whom had died, frequently raise her voice at him and accuse their helper of stealing her money.
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Ms Jasmine Chua caring for her 84-year-old mother who has dementia. Photo by Raj Nadarajan for TODAY
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SINGAPORE, March 6 At his wits’ end, Mr Danny Raven Tan, 53, once threatened his dementia-stricken mother with a chopper because she was “driving him nuts”.
Since she was diagnosed with the illness that causes impaired intellectual functions and personality changes in 2015, his mother, who is now 88, would tiresomely ask him about his father and godmother, both of whom had died, frequently raise her voice at him and accuse their helper of stealing her money.
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