{"id":9042,"date":"2025-11-05T11:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9042"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:58:35","slug":"caring-for-an-elderly-parent-from-afar-free-hong-kong-group-therapy-is-helping-people-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9042","title":{"rendered":"Caring for an elderly parent from afar? Free Hong Kong group therapy is helping people cope"},"content":{"rendered":"


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For thousands of Hong Kong professionals with ageing parents overseas, caregiving is not a daily routine, but a long-distance act of love, logistics and emotional labour.<\/p>\n

Angela Kaur Baura, a counsellor-in-training, made a quiet vow at her father\u2019s bedside during what was meant to be a celebration of his and her mother\u2019s 50th wedding anniversary. When he died suddenly, that promise \u2013 to care for her mother \u2013 became her compass.<\/p>\n

In the eight months since, she has shuttled between Hong Kong and Dubai, coordinating medical care remotely and learning to advocate from thousands of miles away.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the longest time, I took my parents for granted,\u201d she says. \u201cNow I call my mother every day. I\u2019ve learned that, [in] being a distance caregiver, guilt, regret, sadness and more are entirely normal feelings, if they don\u2019t overwhelm or derail us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Angela Kaur Baura with her mother. Photo: Angela Kaur Baura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
She credits her resilience to self-care<\/span>: weekly singing lessons, her counselling studies and a strong personal network.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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