What this site is, and is not
General information for Singapore readers. Not professional advice.
Last Days is published for general information. It is not medical, legal, financial, religious, or emergency advice, and it does not create any professional relationship between you and the writers. Use it as background and orientation. For your case, talk to a person whose job it is to know.
Medical situations
If someone is dying at home and you are not sure what to do, call the hospice nurse, the home palliative team, or the GP who knows the case. If the situation is urgent and there is no hospice involved, call 995. If the person has a clear Advance Medical Directive or a do-not-resuscitate decision in place, follow what the medical team has set out with the family.
The descriptions of dying on this site are what families and hospice nurses commonly see. They are not a diagnosis, not a treatment plan, and not a substitute for the people caring for your relative.
Estate, probate, and legal questions
For probate, letters of administration, contested estates, wills, lasting powers of attorney, or any matter where the answer changes the legal rights of someone in your family, consult a Singapore-qualified lawyer. The articles here describe how the system tends to work. They do not cover the specifics of your case and they do not replace legal advice on it.
CPF, insurance, and money
For CPF nominations, withdrawals, claims, SRS, and insurance payouts, the authoritative source is the CPF Board, the Public Trustee's Office, and the insurer holding the policy. We summarise how these flows usually go for an ordinary case. We do not advise on what your parent should do with their money or on tax treatment.
Religious and cultural rites
Articles on Buddhist, Taoist, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and free-thinker funerals describe common practice. Customs vary by family, temple, church, mosque, funeral director, and individual tradition. For the rite that applies to your family, defer to the family elder, the religious officiant, or the funeral director running the wake.
Government rules change
Fees, forms, eligibility, and procedure at ICA, NEA, CPF Board, HDB, the Singapore Courts, the Syariah Court, MUIS, and MyLegacy are updated by those agencies, not by us. We link to the official source where it matters. If the agency page says something different from this site, the agency page is correct. Tell us so we can update.
Emergencies
For medical emergencies, call 995. For non-emergency ambulance and out-of-hours help, call 1777. For the police, call 999. For a sudden or unexpected death where the police or coroner need to be involved, follow what the officers on site tell you.
By using Last Days, you accept that the writers and LifePlainly are not liable for actions taken or not taken based on what you read here. Read carefully, link through to the official source where it matters, and ask the right professional for your case.