This week on The Leong Form, we sit down with two caregivers navigating one of life's heaviest seasons: caring for ageing parents.

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝗵 (@fleachoo) has been the primary caregiver to both her mum and dad for the past few years, handling everything from big decisions to daily schedules. As she puts it plainly: "Circumstances decided this for me."

𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗲 (@specialbakescc) stepped into caregiving for his parents when his father's condition took a turn. As the only son, he leads his siblings through decisions while providing hands-on support himself, all while upskilling to better acquaint himself with his parents' conditions in order to better guide his family.

In this episode, we talk about:
- 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 "𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴" 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

- 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺

- 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

- 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮

Real and unfiltered, and a conversation for you if you’re quietly carrying this load right now.

Catch the full episode now on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Links in bio.

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Helpful resources:
https://www.aic.sg/Caregiving-Support
https://www.mindfull.org.sg
https://www.cwa.org.sg
https://www.hnf.org.sg/services/caregiver-support-training-programme