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Exploring Meaning, Loss, and Identity among Terminally-Ill Patients through Engagement in Food Related Occupational Therapy in a Community Hospital Palliative Sub acute Care Ward in Singapore
Status
Completed
Objective
The objectives are:
To understand how patients experience meaning and cope with loss as they engage in desired food-related activities.
To understand how activities related to food preparation, acquisition or consumption by self or with family relates to their sense of identity.
To identify sources of resilience, and hope in food-related activities and their relationship to heritage and legacy.
Collaborators
YCH
KTPH (Department of Geriatric Medicine & Department of Psychological Medicine)