End-of-Life Matters
An EOL care plan goes beyond creating an ACP. There are other ways we can plan ahead to safeguard our wishes and minimise the stress on our loved ones in the future.
Find out more about the various resources available in Singapore that can help you with end of life planning for yourself, your parents or your loved ones.
All About End of Life Planning
End-of-Life Planning
Legacy Planning
Palliative Care
Grief Support
Death Positive Communities
End-of-Life Planning
Useful Links
- MyLegacy: A government agency website that helps individuals explore their end-of-life plans.
- Life Point: A community-based specialised service aimed at preserving self-respect, dignity, and peace of mind of the elderly by helping them make informed decisions regarding the last stages of their lives.
- Other Ways to Plan Ahead by AIC
Legacy Planning
Useful Links
- Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA): A signed legal document that allows one to appoint one or more persons to make decisions on their behalf should one lose mental capacity one day.
- Advance Medical Directive (AMD): A legal document signed in advance to inform your doctor that you do not want any extraordinary life-sustaining treatment to be used to prolong your life.
- CPF Nomination: Decide how your CPF savings will be distributed when you pass on.
- heritance: A digital platform that enables inheritance planning at your fingertips.
Palliative Care
Useful Links
- Singapore Hospice Council: A registered society and an Institution of a Public Character (IPC) that promotes hospice and palliative care in Singapore.
- HCA Hospice: Singapore’s largest home hospice provider that provides comfort and support to patients with life-limiting illnesses.
Grief Support
Useful Links
- Coping with Bereavement: Information and hotlines by the Institute of Mental Health.
- Viriya Grief Programme: Grief support services by Viriya Community Services.
Death Positive Communities
Useful Links
- Death Kopitiam: A biography of death, dying and funerals in Singapore.
- Death Cafe Singapore: A community that aims to increase awareness of living happily through discussing the subject of death.