News

21 January 2025

Singapore’s program to bring early palliative care to 9,000 heart failure patients

21 January 2025

NHCS and Lien Foundation launch new programme for heart failure care

21 January 2025

Singapore’s program to bring early palliative care to 9,000 heart failure patients

20 January 2025

Over 9,000 heart failure patients to benefit from early palliative care under $6.5m programme

20 January 2025

Heart failure patients at NHCS to receive palliative care from admission

20 January 2025

“新心安达”计划为心衰竭病患量身制定治疗方案

20 January 2025

连氏基金投入650万元同国家心脏中心合作 为心脏病患提供慈怀护理

20 January 2025

连氏基金和国家心脏中心合作推出计划 为心衰竭病患提供慈怀护理服务

20 January 2025

Tamil Murasu: இதயச் செயலிழப்பு நோயாளிகளுக்கு ஆதரவாக புதிய திட்டம்

20 January 2025

Suria’s Berita: Pesakit NHCS akan terima jagaan paliatif dari waktu mereka masuk hospital

20 January 2025

Pesakit jantung bakal terima jagaan lebih baik dalam program baru

19 November 2024

More organisations join AWWA project to engage seniors with dementia

16 October 2024

Research programme in S’pore to detect early depression in seniors through voice analysis

9 October 2024

Only 3 in 10 Singaporeans know what palliative care is about: Survey

8 October 2024

Public understanding of palliative care still lacking: Survey

26 August 2024

How businesses are making a holistic impact through design excellence

7 June 2024

About half of caregivers of seniors with dementia and living at home use physical restraints: Singapore study

7 June 2024

47%看护者曾用皮带等工具 束缚失智症家人的行动

23 April 2024

65% of parents of kids with development needs require professional mental health support: Study

23 April 2024

研究：本地逾六成特需孩童父母 需专业心理健康支持

13 February 2024

Breaking stereotypes: Singapore launches elderly lion dance troupe

24 January 2024

Singapore’s first lion dance troupe for seniors moves to the beat

4 December 2023

Khidmat bantu pesakit sukar bernafas dilancar

28 November 2023

CoC: Investing in disadvantaged young children could pay off sevenfold in the future

24 November 2023

投资弱势孩童 回报高达七倍

17 November 2023

Lien Foundation and Tan Tock Seng Hospital commit S$5.8 million to build Singapore’s first Breathlessness Ecosystem

17 November 2023

Tamil Murasu: மூ‌ச்சுத்திணறலுக்கு தீர்வு காணும் சிங்கப்பூரின் முதல் பயிற்‌சிக் கட்டமைப்பு

16 November 2023

800病患将获免费“气喘攻略”康复指导

28 August 2023

More Meaningful Corporate Giving

5 August 2023

Doctor diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer learns lessons on death, dying and compassion

5 August 2023

President’s Design Award 2023 winners show how design can improve lives

5 July 2023

老了就会衰弱？医生教你抗衰弱

16 April 2023

National Museum of Singapore opens Reunion – the first purpose-built social space for seniors in a local museum

14 April 2023

Sarawak government seals MoU with Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network

12 April 2023

National Museum of Singapore’s new purpose-built social space for seniors proves that art is indeed for everyone

19 January 2023

Sydney Ranked 8th in Dementia Innovation According to New Report Evaluating 30 Cities Across the Globe

28 November 2022

Seniors with dementia volunteer weekly at pre-school, temple under pilot programme

28 April 2022

竹脚医院连氏基金展开援助计划 发展障碍孩童看护者 可接受精神评估辅助

27 April 2022

More mental health support for caregivers of children with developmental needs

6 April 2022

Special education teaching to get boost from $7.5 million gift by Lien Foundation

1 April 2022

KKH to study new care model aimed at improving fertility and children’s health

29 January 2022

Quality of death index (Palllium India)

27 January 2022

Some pre-schools to screen kids for developmental needs from 2 months old as part of pilot programme

26 January 2022

New initiative aims to detect kids’ developmental needs earlier and tackle challenges parents face

24 January 2022

What matters most to patients and families at end of life (European Association for Palliative Care)

1 December 2021

New day hospice offers spa, mahjong room, bar

1 December 2021

“慈怀绿洲”为临终病患打造有如Club Med的设施

1 December 2021

Singapore hospice aims to redefine end-of-life caregiving

12 April 2021

Raising children in a circle of care

5 April 2021

New graphic novel aims to spark conversations about end-of-life and palliative care

5 April 2021

New graphic novel aims to encourage more conversations about death

5 April 2021

How a Deaf Child Found Her Voice

1 April 2021

This new graphic novel is all about addressing end-of-life issues and palliative care

29 March 2021

More ‘die-logues’ around end-of-life issues

23 March 2021

All Death Matters 小城大事 Mediacorp CAPITAL 958 城市频道

28 February 2021

特需孩童的世界 因包容而宽广

25 February 2021

Circle of Care scheme helps track needy kids’ health, development

25 February 2021

More help needed for low-income families to meet children’s needs

24 February 2021

寻求医疗服务阻碍多 低收入家庭孩童较难按时复诊治疗

23 February 2021

Integrated healthcare model key to improving preschoolers’ quality of life: Study

23 February 2021

弱势孩童支援网络

2 December 2020

Preschool Teachers Learn to Help Children with Special Needs

2 December 2020

Lien Foundation steps up drive to make pre-school inclusive for kids with different learning needs

3 November 2020

Longer hours, more stress for nursing home staff amid Covid-19

9 October 2020

Singapore 16th out of 30 cities in dementia innovation readiness

8 October 2020

Glasgow pinpointed as one of the best in world for dealing with dementia

13 September 2020

Hack Care 骇客看护指南 照顾失智者 更得心应手

11 October 2019

Singapore group does its bit to help those in neighbouring countries with water woes

11 October 2019

Lien Centre for Palliative Care marks decade of dedicated research and training of health professionals in end-of-life care

29 September 2019

The Big Read: Where kids with and without special needs learn together – and it’s not in S’pore

16 September 2019

Quality of Death Index: Singapore ranked 2nd in Asia, 12th globally

26 July 2019

Programme lauded for helping special-needs children improve skills

13 July 2019

Report urges better end-of-life planning

29 June 2019

Kick-starting talk on death and dying early

29 June 2019

戏剧盒“两面之间”

1 June 2019

Bringing end-of-life matters closer to the community

10 May 2019

Break walls between pre-schools and early intervention

9 May 2019

Study calls for pre-school teachers to be better paid, to work more with early intervention teachers

16 March 2019

An inclusive arts festival for children, with or without special needs

4 March 2019

Fight muscle loss and resist ageing

14 January 2019

The Class Divide: Singapore’s highly stratifi ed education system is contributing to a socio-economic divide that starts from early childhood and is in danger of persisting across generations

28 October 2018

Open layout works well for communal learning

28 October 2018

Learning for all, the Finnish way

30 September 2018

Little tweaks, with a big difference: The value proposition of inclusive preschools

27 September 2018

Speaking of life and death

5 September 2018

Launch of World Alzheimer’s Month 2018 as part of Forget Us Not I

5 September 2018

Dementia helpline gets 40% increase in calls

4 September 2018

Championing caregivers of dementia patients through videos, graphic novel

30 August 2018

Are Singaporeans ready for Ah Kong to age in place?

20 August 2018

Concerns over lack of regulation of home-care sector

15 August 2018

政府应增加对居家护理拨款

28 July 2018

New guidelines in caring for vulnerable babies launched by Lien Centre for Palliative Care

27 July 2018

Need for more LTC workers

27 July 2018

Care workers earn less than overseas peers

27 July 2018

月入仅约1300元 长期护理支援员工属低薪一族

26 July 2018

45 per cent more long-term care workers needed by 2020: Study

15 July 2018

Expansion of Circle of Care scheme to support more disadvantaged

15 July 2018

Unequal Childhood

10 July 2018

Raising awareness of dementia on NEL

24 May 2018

带着花了“30年”才完成新书 龙应台下月14日来新分享《天长地久》

23 May 2018

Wider network, S$12m funding for programme supporting children from poor families

23 May 2018

$13 million boost over next five years for Circle of Care scheme for disadvantaged children

14 May 2018

Inclusive camp for special-needs kids

30 April 2018

Burnout a problem among those helping special needs kids: Poll

25 April 2018

Is Singapore an inclusive society? Only 11 per cent of those who work with special-needs kids think so

15 March 2018

Children learn to empathise with peers who have special needs

15 March 2018

At arts camp, children learn to empathise with peers who have special needs

7 March 2018

Reimagining spaces for the elderly

10 February 2018

Lien Foundation leads call for a rethink on spaces and living concepts for seniors

26 January 2018

SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek says talk of resignation ‘purely speculative’

25 January 2018

SMRT Staff Step Up Efforts to Make MRT and Bus Journeys Even More Accessible For All

21 January 2018

Empowering kids in need through art

20 January 2018

Fostering Inclusion through the Arts

20 January 2018

‘Is Anyone Home?’ exhibition aims to empower children through the arts

18 December 2017

Inclusive pre-school Kindle Garden caters to children of different needs

15 December 2017

10分钟路程不再腰酸腿酸

13 December 2017

Exercise just the tonic to perk up seniors

13 December 2017

New seniors’ gym for all

13 December 2017

Strength training programme the perfect tonic for seniors

13 December 2017

“健得力”奏效为年长者再辟八地点

12 December 2017

Gentle workouts help frail seniors go from strength to strength

12 December 2017

每周2次去健身 97岁阿嫲走路自如

12 December 2017

Gym workout serves as tonic for 97-year-old Toa Payoh resident

10 December 2017

Living with Dementia

10 December 2017

Author, activist and poet living with dementia

26 November 2017

65岁以下失智症患者 人数六年来激增六倍

26 November 2017

65岁以下失智者 6年激增6倍

21 October 2017

Normalising conversations about death and dying

21 October 2017

Puppets add light touch to heavy topics

17 October 2017

失智友善咖啡店本地首家在碧山

2 October 2017

Playground created for kids, by kids

2 October 2017

Inclusive art sessions draw kids together

11 September 2017

Commentary: Lessons in living from the world’s oldest country

7 July 2017

Anti-diaper, restraint-free care philosophy for Jade Circle

7 July 2017

Jade Circle nursing home project revived

7 July 2017

Plan for home with single, twin rooms for dementia patients back on track

26 May 2017

Enabling Person-Centred Care through IT

26 May 2017

Facebook-like database for more personal care in nursing homes

26 May 2017

护老疗养更具人情味

26 May 2017

VWOs in eldercare to get new IT system

26 May 2017

Ingot Channel 8 News

23 May 2017

New casebook launched to guide care for the elderly

17 March 2017

Assembling Singapore’s ‘superheroes’

18 January 2017

A home that’s not a home

12 December 2016

Campaign to foster Singapore’s first dementia-friendly estates

6 December 2016

Making music fun and accessible for children

24 November 2016

Care for at-risk kids to go on after pre-school

15 November 2016

Life In A Nursing Home | Talking Point | CNA Insider

6 November 2016

Growing old: Should you be worried?

6 October 2016

Better aged-care option needed apart from nursing homes

6 October 2016

Nursing homes study: Key Findings

21 September 2016

10,000 trained to spot and help those with dementia

7 August 2016

‘When I’m 64…what kind of Singapore can I grow old in?’

29 July 2016

‘$8 more a day to stay in single-bed nursing home’

12 July 2016

Move over, Captain America: The champions of Superhero Me are on the way

11 July 2016

Art brings together kids with special needs, those without

23 May 2016

Singapore’s first model of integrated care expands

23 May 2016

Circle of Care to cover more children

23 May 2016

关怀之圈儿童服务规模将逐步扩大

13 May 2016

建筑师夫妻档可马洛夫、王可欣 打造让孩童调皮的空间

5 May 2016

广告公司力求创新浴火重生 (Die Die Must Say)

1 April 2016

‘Eye-opening’ inclusive pre-school programme draws raves

10 January 2016

The future of nursing homes

7 October 2015

The world’s best and worst places to die, ranked

6 October 2015

Singapore makes strides in palliative care

14 September 2015

Gym Tonic introducing Exercise-As-Medicine concept in Singapore

30 August 2015

Elder-friendly gym machines for active ageing

30 August 2015

芬兰乐龄健康经验

17 July 2015

Helping the elderly stay active

17 April 2015

Lien Foundation spending over $2m on machines for homes, eldercare centres

17 April 2015

“健得力”计划助年长者“自立”

16 April 2015

Lien Foundation rolls out new Finland-inspired exercise programme for seniors

9 April 2015

Rising costs have sent some Singaporeans to nursing homes in Johor Baru

4 April 2015

连氏基金拨款220万为体虚老人设健身室

13 February 2015

Putting ‘Heart’ and ‘Home’ into the Nursing Home

13 February 2015

Less hospital, more home

27 October 2014

Redefining preschool spaces

14 September 2014

Future preschool spaces envisioned in Lien Foundation project

4 September 2014

Moving Within Before Moving On

27 August 2014

Designing A Better Death

13 June 2014

Singapore nursing homes turn to cloud, mobile technologies

7 May 2014

Singapore’s first end-of-life edutainment go into the community

7 May 2014

Getai shows set to get seniors talking about end-of-life issues

7 May 2014

歌台宣传“死都要讲”运动

6 May 2014

Getai shows to raise awareness on end-of-life matters

9 April 2014

Many prefer to die at home, but few do: Poll

30 March 2014

Having social workers, educational therapists on the spot allows for early intervention

30 March 2014

Lien Collaborative for Palliative Care

30 March 2014

S’porean doctors in Sri Lanka to teach palliative care

30 March 2014

For quality child care, care for parents too

19 March 2014

Pre-school scheme leads to big gains

15 January 2014

E-casebook on medical ethics to be launched

5 December 2013

Looking through Both Sides

5 December 2013

Reaching out to help others explore end-of-life matters

26 October 2013

Our dearly, differently departed

23 October 2013

High-tech cemetery wins design competition

1 October 2013

云南山村安全饮用水

25 September 2013

本地慈怀病院设计有待改善

25 September 2013

A garden for loved ones to say goodbye

25 September 2013

Study suggests better ways to design hospices

24 June 2013

S’pore team on palliative care project in Myanmar

17 June 2013

Breathing new life into funeral business

16 June 2013

生前规划葬礼减轻亲人痛苦

13 June 2013

Funeral firm plans $1m industry revamp

12 June 2013

Design for Death

7 April 2013

Obituaries celebrate lives of loved ones

1 April 2013

IngoT II set to boost eldercare services

27 March 2013

IT transforming Singapore’s nursing homes

27 March 2013

IT system cuts paperwork for nursing homes

27 March 2013

七福利团体疗养院将提升护理水平

26 March 2013

Singapore’s first holistic childcare for preschoolers-at-risk

26 March 2013

用保健科技系统提高服务效率

26 March 2013

Kind approach to better kindergartens

8 March 2013

Strength in face of death

1 March 2013

More ways to support social initiatives

23 February 2013

New pre-school scheme to help the disadvantaged

5 August 2012

Starting Well Index

5 August 2012

Act now on pre-school education

28 July 2012

At the starting line

21 July 2012

Early childhood education study ‘good and timely’

20 July 2012

Tackling preschool challenges in S’pore

18 July 2012

Govt should run pre-schools: Experts

21 May 2012

Lien Environmental Fellowship

21 May 2012

NTU helps to clean lake in Sri Lanka

5 February 2012

Doctor’s pain relief mission for terminally ill

3 February 2012

A life less painful

1 December 2011

Doctors help patients say final farewell in comfort

1 October 2011

Death & roses

16 January 2011

Lien Aid gets China Charity Award

23 September 2010

Taking the stench out of sewage

7 July 2010

Mission: I’mPossible

7 July 2010

Early Help for Kids with Mild Learning Problems

7 July 2010

“我行”计划让有特需幼儿正常学习

27 March 2010

Special Report: Trickle of Hope

24 April 2008

China water woes: Charity pours in $3m

19 March 2008

New palliative care centre to get $17.5m fund

19 March 2008

Duke-NUS, Lien Foundation in palliative research

Facebook for eldercare

Young girl with special needs shapes her garden through clay art

Singapore not an inclusive society

MOH to grow aged care services to meet rising demand

The other paradigm shift in debate on nursing home care model

‘Wake-up call’ for S’pore kindergartens