154th Starts to Pscyho Sporns on JB Death Houses!

[makapaaa]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Feb 12, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>JB nursing homes draw <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Main factor is the lower fees; some also have facilities comparable to those in Singapore

=> In other words, Sporns are made to overpay for fcuked up nursing care all along lah!

</TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Melissa Sim
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Madam Leong Mew Peng, 80, lives in Spring Valley Homecare in JB due to cost concerns. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->WHEN civil servant Gordon Yong, 39, needed to find a nursing home for his mother following her stroke, he found the ones in Singapore too expensive.
They were charging between $1,200 and $1,800 a month - far more than he could afford on his salary of under $4,000, which also supports his three-child family. His working wife also has to look after her parents.
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COMPARING COST
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>He did the next best thing and got his mother a place in a home in Johor Baru (JB) for $600 a month. This is how Madam Leong Mew Peng, 80, came to live in Spring Valley Homecare, less than half an hour's drive from the Causeway.
Fellow Singaporean Alison Low, 58, checked herself into Spring Valley over two years ago - also for cost reasons.
The three-year-old home has 11 Singaporeans, making up one in five residents there. Of the 10 other homes The Straits Times inquired at in JB, eight said they had between one and 10 Singaporeans.
Checks with their kin showed cost savings to be the main draw of these homes.
A plug for these homes came in Parliament on Monday from Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who said Singaporeans could save money by using JB nursing homes. For what it costs to board someone in a private nursing home here, 'you can stretch it easily to pay for at least 21/2 months of nursing home care in Johor Baru', he said. The facilities there typically charge between $450 and $1,000 a month, compared to those here which ask for between $1,000 and $4,000.
Mr Khaw said another perk is that JB is 'near enough for relatives to visit'.
But 57-year-old supervisor Mohamed Waris, whose father is at Spring Valley, said he has problems finding a cab to go there. Nonetheless, he makes the journey every two to three weeks.
Those who check out JB homes are also finding some with facilities that are comparable to those here.
Spring Valley, for example, follows Singapore regulations and provides one toilet for every four beds. Its high ceilings and large windows make its rooms airy.
China Healthcare, previously known as Econ Healthcare, will open a 200-bed home in JB within two years, following its 100-bed facility in Kuala Lumpur. Its chairman, Mr Ong Chu Poh, said a home in JB would appeal to Singaporeans due to their familiarity with the town, its proximity to Singapore and the lower fees.
Mr Yong would agree that JB is still the best choice for him now for those reasons. 'I'm just unable to afford the rates here. But I do wish I was able to bring my mother back.'
[email protected]
Additional reporting by Jalelah Abu Baker Twilight in JB, Forum

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Feb 12, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>JB nursing homes draw <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Main factor is the lower fees; some also have facilities comparable to those in Singapore

=> In other words, Sporns are made to overpay for fcuked up nursing care all along lah!

</TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Melissa Sim
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>

</TD><TD width=10>

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Madam Leong Mew Peng, 80, lives in Spring Valley Homecare in JB due to cost concerns. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->WHEN civil servant Gordon Yong, 39, needed to find a nursing home for his mother following her stroke, he found the ones in Singapore too expensive.
They were charging between $1,200 and $1,800 a month - far more than he could afford on his salary of under $4,000, which also supports his three-child family. His working wife also has to look after her parents.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story -->RELATED LINKS
<!-- Audio --><!-- Video --><!-- PDF -->

COMPARING COST
<!-- Photo Gallery -->
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>He did the next best thing and got his mother a place in a home in Johor Baru (JB) for $600 a month. This is how Madam Leong Mew Peng, 80, came to live in Spring Valley Homecare, less than half an hour's drive from the Causeway.
Fellow Singaporean Alison Low, 58, checked herself into Spring Valley over two years ago - also for cost reasons.
The three-year-old home has 11 Singaporeans, making up one in five residents there. Of the 10 other homes The Straits Times inquired at in JB, eight said they had between one and 10 Singaporeans.
Checks with their kin showed cost savings to be the main draw of these homes.
A plug for these homes came in Parliament on Monday from Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who said Singaporeans could save money by using JB nursing homes. For what it costs to board someone in a private nursing home here, 'you can stretch it easily to pay for at least 21/2 months of nursing home care in Johor Baru', he said. The facilities there typically charge between $450 and $1,000 a month, compared to those here which ask for between $1,000 and $4,000.
Mr Khaw said another perk is that JB is 'near enough for relatives to visit'.
But 57-year-old supervisor Mohamed Waris, whose father is at Spring Valley, said he has problems finding a cab to go there. Nonetheless, he makes the journey every two to three weeks.
Those who check out JB homes are also finding some with facilities that are comparable to those here.
Spring Valley, for example, follows Singapore regulations and provides one toilet for every four beds. Its high ceilings and large windows make its rooms airy.
China Healthcare, previously known as Econ Healthcare, will open a 200-bed home in JB within two years, following its 100-bed facility in Kuala Lumpur. Its chairman, Mr Ong Chu Poh, said a home in JB would appeal to Singaporeans due to their familiarity with the town, its proximity to Singapore and the lower fees.
Mr Yong would agree that JB is still the best choice for him now for those reasons. 'I'm just unable to afford the rates here. But I do wish I was able to bring my mother back.'
[email protected]
Additional reporting by Jalelah Abu Baker Twilight in JB, Forum

CIVIL SERVANT wor. I rest my case.

CCB can leave someone who brought him up in a foreign place?

Now you all can understand why Garment people are so hard on Singaporeans?

Totally "bo kum cheng". :oIo:

Why the 154th never bring up stories about how some Singapore family can bring up a family of 5 inspite of earning only $1,000 a month? Now this guy earns $4,000 per month. Are they telling us $4,000 a month is not enough in Singapore?

Btw, this civil servant is only 39 years old. At age 39, he has had enough of his mum?

 

[Conan the Barbarian]

</TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Melissa Sim
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Madam Leong Mew Peng, 80, lives in Spring Valley Homecare in JB due to cost concerns. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>




<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->WHEN civil servant Gordon Yong, 39, needed to find a nursing home for his mother following her stroke, he found the ones in Singapore too expensive.
They were charging between $1,200 and $1,800 a month - far more than he could afford on his salary of under $4,000, which also supports his three-child family. His working wife also has to look after her parents.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story -->RELATED LINKS
<!-- Audio --><!-- Video --><!-- PDF -->

COMPARING COST
<!-- Photo Gallery -->
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>He did the next best thing and got his mother a place in a home in Johor Baru (JB) for $600 a month. This is how Madam Leong Mew Peng, 80, came to live in Spring Valley Homecare, less than half an hour's drive from the Causeway.

[email protected]
Additional reporting by Jalelah Abu Baker Twilight in JB, Forum[/QUOTE]

Next best thing for who, the mother or the 39 year old man?
He will reap what he sows, when he gets old, his children will do the same to him.

 

[scoobyhoo]

哀哉斯徒辈,其心不如禽
remind me of the chinese poem learned in secondary one.

 

[postnew]

wah! sg website.

http://www.springvalleyhomecare.com.sg/

come come, waiting for you...

per month S$600 to 750. These charges include Malaysian Immigration monthly stamping.

OTHER CHARGES (in RM)
1. One time medical examination by doctor RM 50.00 (if required)
2. The use of Injection RM 5.00 per use
3. The use of Catheterization RM 30.00 per change
4. The use of Feeding Tube Insertion RM 20.00 per change
5. The use of Drip including Solution RM 30.00 per pack
6. The use of Nebulizer Machine RM 50.00 per month
7. Gluco Test RM 5.00 per test
8. Pericare (without Pampers) RM 5.00 per use
9. Pericare (with Pampers) RM 7.00 per use
10. Pericare (with Pampers) RM 200.00 per month
11. Dressing - Small RM 15.00
12. Dressing - Big RM 30.00
13. Ambulance Services as per service bill + RM 10.00.
14. Transport charges to the clinic RM 30.00 both ways
15. Transport charges to HSAJB, PSH, JSH RM 50.00 both ways
16. Medical charges as per doctor's bill + RM 10.00.
17. Ripple Mattress RM 100.00 per month
18. Oral & Nasal Suction RM 5.00 per use

The building is three-storey high, with a spacious built-up areas of 30,000 sq feet, installed with roof top garden and surrounded by greeneries. It has a full capacity of 192 beds. Residents are encouraged to go to the roof top garden with a help of an elevator

 

[halsey02]

Again Evil Servants.... does this one take 6 mths leave...now they are pitching Johor nursing homes..omg!....wow!...any hands being 'greased' to pitch???

 

[Papsmearer]

A plug for these homes came in Parliament on Monday from Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who said Singaporeans could save money by using JB nursing homes. For what it costs to board someone in a private nursing home here, 'you can stretch it easily to pay for at least 21/2 months of nursing home care in Johor Baru', he said. The facilities there typically charge between $450 and $1,000 a month, compared to those here which ask for between $1,000 and $4,000

Since he encourage Sinkies to get Malaysian private nursing home care to save money, can he also suggest that we get malaysian politicians to save miney too? I am sure they will work for 10% of his salary.

 

[pia]

It is the mother's poor luck to have a son like this. He's obviously a hen-pecked idiot, who succumbed to wife's demand that his mother should be tucked away in a death house. She's able to look after her parents, whom I supposed are happily staying in S'pore with her income? While his income is "insufficient" to look after her and kids, and a mother to boot?

Even if the govt pushes for the JB death houses, it is entirely up to each one of us how we treat our parents.

I don't agree with Kaw, but I've no sympathies for this asshole civil servant son either :oIo:

 

[singveld]

PAP going to dump the old, weak and useless sinkies in johor to die, and replace them with young FT/FW into their HDB.

 

[SIFU]

if that civil servant can afford to spare $600 to send his mum to be housed in JB, he can afford a domestic maid to take care of her in spore as well..

obviously his intention is to send his mum away from spore.. out of sight out of mind..

what an asshole :oIo:

 

[po2wq]

... A plug for these homes came in Parliament on Monday from Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, who said Singaporeans could save money by using JB nursing homes. For what it costs to board someone in a private nursing home here, 'you can stretch it easily to pay for at least 21/2 months of nursing home care in Johor Baru', he said. ...

mite as well sell ur pigeon hole n mov ur whole family 2 stay in jb ...

houses r chip, petrol is chip, food is chip ... in jb ...

sum more near 2 chip private nursing home ... 'less dan half n hr's drive fr ze causeway' ...


tel ppl go 2 jb if wan chip ... pertrol is oso chip in jb ... y dun remov ze 3/4 tank rule? ...

 

[pia]

mite as well sell ur pigeon hole n mov ur whole family 2 stay in jb ...

houses r chip, petrol is chip, food is chip ... in jb ...

sum more near 2 chip private nursing home ... 'less dan half n hr's drive fr ze causeway' ...


tel ppl go 2 jb if wan chip ... pertrol is oso chip in jb ... y dun remov ze 3/4 tank rule? ...

Dont' be surprised if that suggestion will come soon.. for people who they perceive not contributing much to the economy, say, less than $1k/month salary. Don't waste premium space in Sinkieland! That's their idea in the first place isn't it?

 

[The_Latest_H]

That's a pathetic suggestion by Mr. Khaw. First of all, to outsource these to JB is not just a disservice to the obligations of the sons and daughters to their parents, but also sends the wrong message.

Plus, the distance gives an impression to outsiders that the children are not serving their parents well enough.

We also have not considered the time limits, the immigration issues and the money spent to put them in JB. In the end, if this is allowed, we are basically condemning more old people into a life of loneliness and isolation in their later years.

This is not proper retirement.

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

Again Evil Servants.... does this one take 6 mths leave...now they are pitching Johor nursing homes..omg!....wow!...any hands being 'greased' to pitch???

Anyone here know where this civil servant Gordon Yong works? Let's name and shame him.

 

[radon39]

Anyone here know where this civil servant Gordon Yong works? Let's name and shame him.

Help yourself

http://www.sgdi.gov.sg/

 

[myfoot123]

Now we are beginning to know the meaning of civil servant. Got money to spend on expensive cooking lessons but no money to take care of parents.

 

[po2wq]

Anyone here know where this civil servant Gordon Yong works? Let's name and shame him.

wrong target la ... he was forced 2 ... he said he oso moni no enuf wat ...

muz check root cause la ...

 

[jixiaolan]

Mr Khaw, i got 1 question. Die liao, is their organs still liable for harvesting?

 

[iamelite]

This is the last straw..

the idea is totally stupid... and immoral.

PAP ! LISTEN HERE!
FOR YEARS, I HAVE NOT WANT TO VOTE FOR THE ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS.

BUT NOW.. YOU HAVE PUSH IT TOO FAR..

MARK MY WORDS..
I WILL VOTE YOU OUT THE NEXT ROUND!
YOU ARE FIRED!

 

[snrcitizen]

It is the mother's poor luck to have a son like this. He's obviously a hen-pecked idiot, who succumbed to wife's demand that his mother should be tucked away in a death house. She's able to look after her parents, whom I supposed are happily staying in S'pore with her income? While his income is "insufficient" to look after her and kids, and a mother to boot?

Even if the govt pushes for the JB death houses, it is entirely up to each one of us how we treat our parents.

I don't agree with Kaw, but I've no sympathies for this asshole civil servant son either :oIo:

You are spot on. In fact, the wife's parents are most likely staying with the couple and the man (if you can call him one) boots his own mother to JB.

Khaw has a lot to be answerable to Singaporeans for failing in his responsibility as the Health minister.