{"id":14871,"date":"2025-11-05T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.iclickwebdesign.sg\/doverpark\/?p=14871"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T01:59:37","slug":"florence-chuah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging2.iclickwebdesign.sg\/doverpark\/2025\/11\/05\/florence-chuah\/","title":{"rendered":"From Grief to Giving Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14871\" class=\"elementor elementor-14871\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b5fa80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b5fa80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9f4ed0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e9f4ed0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca3fd24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca3fd24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-30\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When her sister spent her final days at Dover Park Hospice, Mdm Florence Chuah carried the heavy weight of being both caregiver and grieving sibling. In the midst of it all, the hospice team became her refuge, offering not only tender care for her sister, but strength for herself. The support she once leaned on became the reason she chose to be that same steady presence for others.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Caring for her sister through the final stage of illness was one of the hardest chapters of Mdm Florence\u2019s life. Torn between her exhaustion, fear, and heartbreak as cancer treatments stopped working, she recalls, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome days I felt lost, unsure if I was doing enough or if I could keep going.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet at Dover Park Hospice, she found a space where those burdens were shared. Our team didn\u2019t just hold her sister\u2019s hand, they held hers too. In those quiet, difficult moments, she was given the space to breathe, to grieve, and to simply be a sister again.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After her sister\u2019s passing, the silence that followed was crushing. Yet, the warmth she experienced at Dover Park Hospice never left her. Today, she returns as a volunteer, carrying her sister\u2019s memory with her. Whether sitting quietly beside a patient or offering reassurance to overwhelmed family members, she gives back the same presence and understanding that once carried her.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been on both sides,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she reflects. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow, I want to be the person I once needed, someone who simply understands.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90883f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"90883f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n    .categories-link {\n        display: none;\n    }\n    \n    .posted-on {\n    display: flex !important;\n;\n    justify-content: center;\n}\n<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6686ca8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6686ca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When her sister spent her final days at Dover Park Hospice, Mdm Florence Chuah carried the heavy weight of being both caregiver and grieving sibling. 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