Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home

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Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home is an old folk's home located along Thomson Lane in Toa Payoh, Singapore. A second branch of the Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home has been opened along Silat Avenue in Bukit Merah.

History

The Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home was first established in the 1960s former nurse Lay Ah Mooi began taking care of retired samsui women and former maids in her house in Kampong Chong Pang. [1] The home then moved to various locations, including Sembawang, Jalan Kayu, Teck Whye and Telok Blangah, before eventually moving to 1 Thomson Lane in 1984, with the assistance authorities and former Minister for Finance Lim Kim San. [1] After Lay's death in 1992, management of the home went to her grandsons Then Mun Wah and Then Mun Tat. [1] A second home located along Silat Avenue was later established.

In 2012, the home at Thomson Lane was asked to move to make way for the upcoming North-South Corridor. [2]

In April 2020, visits to all nursing homes in Singapore were suspended after a COVID-19 cluster was discovered in the home along Thomson Lane on 31 March. [3] [4] The cluster saw fourteen residents being infected by COVID-19, four of whom later died. [5] Visits to the home at Silat Avenue were again suspended in September after a nurse who formerly worked at the home tested positive for COVID-19. [5] [6]

The home along Thomson Lane has been included in the Toa Payoh Heritage Trail by the National Heritage Board. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Balestier Heritage Trail" (PDF). NHB. National Heritage Board . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Teh, Jen Lee (9 January 2012). "We Hope We Can Stay". The New Paper . Singapore.
  3. ↑ "Visitors barred from nursing homes until Apr 30 after COVID-19 cases detected in old age home". Channel NewsAsia . Singapore. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "All residents and staff at nursing homes to be tested for COVID-19, some employees to be housed on-site or at hotels". Channel NewsAsia . Singapore. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. 1 2 Goh, Yang Han (31 October 2020). "Lessons from first experience with coronavirus helped Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home deal with second incident". The Straits Times . Singapore. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Ng, Hong Siang (1 September 2020). "90 people at Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home at Silat Avenue negative for COVID-19 after former employee tests positive in the Philippines". Channel News Asia . Singapore. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

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