The hospice holds an annual memorial service for the benefit of the families of patients who have died.
Ms Lisa Ng and her husband Aloysius Arlando with memory jars to commemorate her late father Simon, at Dover Park Hospice on Aug 3.Mr Simon Ng, a retired businessman who died at the age of 87 on Jan 23, was diagnosed with stage four dementia in 2020. He struggled with heart failure and possibly liver cancer in the last two years of his life.
The annual event was held at the Ng Teng Fong Centre for Healthcare Innovation, with close to 120 family members mourning the ones they had lost. Since its inception in 2003, the memorial event has helped families cope with the loss of their loved ones. The scented memory jar workshop was led by the hospice’s psychosocial services.
The memorial service allowed the participants to come together to have a multisensory experience in a safe space for them to remember their loved ones, she said.
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