LIVING WELL
LEAVING WELL
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Both Sides, Now: Mengukir Harapan presents to you Kata-Kata Kita, a variety show on end-of-life conversations - suitable for all ages!
Hosted by popular personalities Hatta Said and Gloria Tan, the line-up includes Sukar (Melepaskan) a Sandiwara style drama, Radio Dukacita, Pantang and live music by Khairul Afwan. Be entertained, while learning more about end-of-life topics, such as Advance Care Planning, Faraidh law and wills, grief and bereavement. The shows are in a mixture of English and Malay.
These shows were live streamed from Aliwal Arts Centre on 5 - 7 November 2021.
A drama performance over 3 episodes about the lives of 3 siblings, who unexpectedly lost their mother years ago. They now have to care for their ailing bapak. The time has come to repay the kindness of the remaining parent who brought them up. Can the siblings agree?
Written and directed by:
Adib Kosnan and Moli Mohter
Performed By:
Dalifah Shahril, Farez Najid, Izzul Irfan and R Chandran
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Followed by a panel discussion
Azhar, Ashraf and Azura are faced with the duty of caregiving for ailing bapak. Who should be responsible – the eldest son who is busy with his career and family, the youngest who is eager but not independent enough, or the daughter who is a stay-at-home mum, because she is suitable, or because she is… a woman?
On the panel discussion:
Ms Halijah Bte Jantan*View bio
Followed by a panel discussion
Azura is faced with a health scare, at the same time as bapak’s unstable health condition progresses. She is worried about her own health, the people she will leave behind and the responsibilities that no one can take over if she is the first to go. Is it time to think about her wishes, including what will happen to her social media account?
On the panel discussion:
Ms Zahara Mahmood*View bio
Followed by a panel discussion
The siblings are trying to accept the reality that bapak has passed on. Azhar is anxious to carry out his responsibility as the oldest son, whereas Ashraf and Azura are taking their time to process bapak’s demise. What were their father’s preparations, before he let out his last breath? Why doesn’t anyone know?
On the panel discussion:
Mr Mohammad Rizuan Bin Mohammad Yasin*View bio
Radio Dukacita invites you to share your story of losing someone. Join DJ Big as he reads out intimate stories of loss and love, while reflecting on how the living cope with moving on. Surely, there are burning questions. Can we find the answers, or will we have to accept that we will never really know?
Tongue-in-cheek fun with Hatta Said and Gloria Tan, as they improvise scenarios suggested by a live audience, such as the worst condolence message ever received, what to wear for a funeral – and what not to do.
Afwan will be performing a live acoustic version of Both Sides, Now to kick off the evening. He will sing and play his guitar to a medley of English and Malay songs. Audiences get to decide on the playlist by suggesting and voting for the best song to comfort loss.
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Lead Advisor
Dr Ad Maulod (Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Aging Research and Education (CARE), Duke-NUS Medical School)
Researcher
Normala Manap, Director, Age Matters
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Siti Hazirah Bte Mohammad (Research Associate, CARE, Duke-NUS Medical School)
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We are grateful to the following who have also made Mengukir Harapan possible:
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Tote Board Community Health Fund
https://www.toteboard.gov.sg/Agency for Integrated Care
https://www.aic.sg/ECCA Family Foundation
https://eccafamily.foundation/GIC Private Limited
https://www.gic.com.sg/Name
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SATA CommHealth
https://www.sata.com.sg/Siti Mariam Bte Mohd Salim
Nuraishah Bte Abdulla
Rokiah Bte Samsudin
Previous Both Sides, Now Producers
Tay Jia Ying, Kevin Chew
Friends from Just Cause
Emily Perkin, Carol Liew
Dr Nur Farhan Bte Mohammad Alami, Consultant, Raffles Medical Group
Mohamed Imran Mohamed Taib, Director, Centre for Interfaith Understanding
Dr Liyana Zailan, Registrar, Palliative Medicine & Associate Consultant, General Medicine, Woodlands Health Campus
Siti Hazirah Bte Mohammad, Research Associate, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School
Mohamad Shamsuri Bin Juhari, Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies
Medical Social Workers, National Heart Centre
Halijah Bte Jantan, Nurse Clinician, Singapore Cancer Society*
Noorsyafiaton Sharun, Assistant Director, Serenity Cancer Care (Ain Society)
Primary Assistant Manager, Community Care Development Division, Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)
Zahara Mahmood, Principal Social Worker, Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura (PPIS) Family Service Centre
Resident at Jamiyah Nursing Home
Siti Mariam Mohamad Salim, Medical Social Worker, Sengkang General Hospital*
Shahryanty, Social Worker, Jamiyah Nursing Home*
Mohammad Rizuan Bin Mohammad Yasin, Joint Managing Partner, Emerald Law
Dr. Ad Maulod, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School
Rizuan completed his pupillage at B. Rao & K.S. Rajah (now known as Emerald Law) under Mr Fazal Mohamed before he was called to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor. He thereafter practiced for some time at a mid-sized law firm, before returning to B Rao & KS Rajah.
Rizuan practices a wide area of law including but not limited to Syariah Divorces/Muslim Estate Planning, Civil and Criminal Litigation and Family Law.
His professional engagements outside of work include serving as a Volunteer Speaker for the Law Awareness Week, as part of Law Society Pro Bono Services (2018 – Present), and an Assigned Solicitor at Legal Aid Bureau (2017 – Present). In addition, he is a Member of the Muslim Law Practice Committee, Law Society of Singapore (2020 - Present). He also serves as President of Singapore Muslim Students Overseas (2015 - 2017).
Zahara is the Principal Social Worker with the PPIS Family Service Centre. She has been in practice for the past 29 years, and has worked in both community and healthcare settings, while actively advocating for women's rights and healthcare needs for the underserved.
She was involved in the Singapore Bereavement Pilot Project by Assisi Hospice and the Lien Centre for Palliative Care, from January 2009 to December 2010, to train Community Workers on issues related to grief and loss. She was also amongst the pioneer batch of facilitators trained by the Gunderson Health System, Wisconsin, USA on “Respecting Choices” in Singapore in 2010.
She is also part of the Singapore International Foundation Specialist Team who was involved in the “Palliative Care for Children: Train-the-Trainers Programme” from 2017 to 2021. The Specialist Team went on to conduct training in Jakarta for nursing and medical teams on palliative care counselling and end-of-life issues.
Halijah is currently working at the St. Andrew’s Nursing Home as a Senior Nurse Manager/Educator. She has more than 38 years of nursing experience, of which in the recent decade her focus were in the geriatric and palliative care settings. Prior to joining St Andrew’s Nursing Home, she had worked in Dover Park Hospice as well as Singapore Cancer Society. Being a cancer survivor, the conversation about end-of-life is something that she is passionate about.
She had also recently graduated with a Master Degree on Person-Centred Care from the Queen Margaret University in 2020.
