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Caring For Seniors
The guidebook is dedicated to inspire and impart knowledge, skills and experiences to staff of different Seniors Activity Centres (SACs) , so that they can be enabled to extend effective services to meet the all-compassing needs of a senior — physical, mental, social, emotional, living conditions, etc. Its contents have been produced by one of SAC pioneers in Singapore, TOUCH Seniors Activity Centre, which opened in 1998.
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