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Can robots help solve China’s elderly care crisis?
China’s population is aging fast, and robots are moving into care homes. Humanoid machines are already helping care workers look after older people.
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Eligibility for caregiver support schemes to be broadened for people with intellectual disabilities, autism
The changes are aimed at those whose care needs may not be adequately reflected by assessments of their ability to perform daily activities.
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Customers bring gifts, children to meet elderly stallholder after he was shoved over head-pat
Mr Yeo Song Khoon is mostly seated at his stall but occasionally walks unsteadily to the back of the shop. His family previously told the media that Mr Yeo has had difficulty walking for years.
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Police identify 40-year-old diner after assault on elderly man who patted child’s head
The man who was shoved to the ground after patting a young girl on the head said he was willing to let the matter go and that he does not want to “cause trouble”.
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Singapore police investigate assault on elderly man who patted girl’s head
A man believed to be the father of the young girl allegedly threw the 73-year-old to the ground after the pat.
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Police identify man after elderly man shoved to ground over patting girl’s head
The incident, which was captured on CCTV, took place at a food court in Roxy Square mall along East Coast Road.
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Police report lodged after elderly man shoved to ground in dispute over patting girl’s head
The incident, which was captured on CCTV, took place at a food court in Roxy Square mall along East Coast Road.
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SATS looking into claims service partner docked S$5 from airport wheelchair assistant’s pay for being 11 seconds late
Under manpower regulations, pay deductions for absence from work cannot exceed the employee’s salary for the period they were absent.
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Singapore prisons adapt as inmate population ages, 1 in 6 aged 60 or older
In 2025, about one in six inmates in Singapore was aged 60 or older, compared with about one in 10 in 2019, according to the Singapore Prison Service.
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More patients in Singapore to receive hospital-level care at home and in nursing homes
A collaboration between NHG Health and social service agency Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities allows patients to recover in the comfort of their homes, while continuing to receive treatment.
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