Although the Singapore's '3M' medical care scheme is working for people, why is it still necessary to replace the current medical care scheme for the poor? by Myat Thida Soe.

“…As one of its task, this work argues that given how these Medical care schemes worked over the last decade (1997 to 2007), its effect and implications for the economically disadvantaged in the society, there is the need to improve upon the current medical care scheme or overhaul it to benefit the poor in Singapore. …”
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Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? : Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person / by Klitzman, Robert, author 655971

Subjects: “…Pastoral care…”
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When I say … privilege by Cleland, Jennifer, Razack, Saleem

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Progress and Challenges towards Point-of-Care Diagnostic Development for Dengue by Pang, Junxiong, Chia, Po Ying, Lye, David Chienboon, Leo, Yee Sin

“…Optimal, user-friendly, rapid diagnostic tests based on immunochromatographic assays are pragmatic point-of-care tests (POCTs) in regions where dengue is endemic where there are limited laboratory capabilities and optimal storage conditions. …”
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Towards intelligent caring agents for Aging-In-Place : issues and challenges by Kang, Yilin, Wang, Di, Subagdja, Budhitama, Tan, Ah-Hwee, Zhang, Daqing

“…The relatively shrinking workforce to support the growing population of the elderly leads to a rapidly increasing amount of technological innovations in the field of elderly care. In this paper, we present an integrated framework consisting of various intelligent agents with their own expertise and responsibilities working in a holistic manner to assist, care, and accompany the elderly around the clock in the home environment. …”
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Implications of suboptimal measles immunity in UK health-care workers by Ho, A, Galgut, O, Faustini, S, Peters, N, Shields, A, Klenerman, P, Hopkins, S, Hall, V, Dunachie, S, Richter, A

Dissonances in care: childhood, well-being, and the politics of welfare in Japan by Chapman, CR

“…Children, conversely, cared more about life outside of welfare and actively took care of themselves and others. …”

Environmental endings and religious futures: Buddhist prefigurative care politics by Zielke, Z

Recommended changes to standard of care for monitoring of cortically blind fields by Willis, HE, Cavanaugh, MR

“…This article reviews common gaps in patient care and proposes policy changes to increase awareness of the condition, foster clinical and scientific advances in treatment, and enhance patient outcomes.…”

Intergenerational program and care: Analysis of Malaysia intergenerational modules, policies and guidelines by Samsudin, Intan Liana, Ariffin, Syed Iskandar, Sapri, Maimunah

“…The intergenerational aged care module typology can be further enhanced and extended to childcare facility building as one of the alternatives to the existing intergenerational care module.…”
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Cuffless blood pressure meter with mobile application for home-care service. by Yi, Yun Koay, Bakhteri, Rabia, Darul Zaman, Nurul Izzati, Yuan, Wen Hau

Coping strategies of the sandwich generation in the care process: a qualitative study by Pashazade, Hakime, Maarefvand, Masoomeh, Abolfathi Momtaz, Yadollah, Abdi, Kianoush

“…Objective: The sandwich generation refers to individuals who are simultaneously responsible for caring for their aging parents and their own children. …”
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Living Together Across Borders : Communicative Care in Transnational Salvadoran Families / by Arnold, Lynnette, author 656202, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…It underscores the consequentiality of these linguistic practices by tracing how they are shaped by and reshape gendered and generational norms of family care, as well as how they are tied to Salvadoran histories of migration, violence, and poverty, which are powerfully influenced by US economic and foreign policy. …”
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Low-Cost Electronic Microfluidics for Multiplexed Point-of-Care Biomarker Detection by Kikkeri, Kruthika

“…As we have seen in recent years, point-of-care (PoC) systems are vital elements in healthcare, as they can aid in disease detection, monitoring, and treatment, and even inform public policy. …”
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Telepresence Robots in the Context of Dementia Caregiving: Caregivers’ and Care Recipients’ Perspectives by FakhrHosseini, Shabnam, Cerino, Lauren, D’Ambrosio, Lisa, Balmuth, Lexi, Lee, Chaiwoo, Wu, Mengke, Coughlin, Joseph

“…This research investigates the perspectives of 20 caregiving dyads on VGo, a telepresence social robot with features designed to support caregiving. Care recipients (CRs), aged 65 and older, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, along with their primary caregivers (CGs), evaluated the robot through an online interview study. …”
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Person-centred care for dementia patients (front-end Android app) by Neo, Zhao Wei

“…With the ageing population in Singapore growing, the demand for more caregivers, residential care facilities and higher quality of person-centred care has been rising exponentially. …”
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Person-centred care for dementia patients (front end Android app) by Chan, Zhao Hui

“…This system serves to alleviate stress in caregivers and delivers person-centred care to dementia patients. This system also allows for the communication of information between stakeholders and the scheduling of activities in daycare centres. …”
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An epistemic case study: how businesses exploit consumers in self-care by Kok, Wenyi

“…Practicing self-care has become prominent in today’s society. When one thinks of self-care, it's easy to think of products and a cozy routine. …”
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Market replacing family : liberal familialism and the decline of grandparental care in Singapore by Lee, Jing Ian

“…This paper seeks to explain why there has been a decline in grandparental care in Singapore. I interviewed eight Singaporean grandparents of different genders and races to garner their perspective on childcare arrangements. …”
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Point of care assay for blood aripiprazole concentrations: development, validation and utility by Atkins, M, Taylor, D, Catalan, A, Desouza, N, Chesney, E, Reilly, TJ, Baburina, I, Hilaire, MR, Dratcu, L, Harland, R, Salamone, SJ, McGuire, P

“…</p> <p><strong>Aims:&nbsp;</strong>To detail the development, validation and utility of a new point of care (POC) test for finger-stick capillary blood concentrations of aripiprazole.…”