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IN A nursing home in Johor Baru, a 90-year-old woman waits patiently for a visit from her family. Her memory isn't the sharpest.

When asked if she has had visitors in the year since she moved into City Heart Care nursing home, she was silent.

The assistant admin manager of the home, known only as Ms Abi, shook her head in response to this reporter's question.

Madam Kong A W is one of 14 Singaporeans who live at the nursing home, said the owner of the home, Mr Jeremy Yeo.

Most enjoy visits from their families who live across the Causeway. The nursing home is a 30-minute drive from the Woodlands Checkpoint.

A typical nursing home in Singapore charges about $1,000 a month for each patient.

A check with four JB nursing homes indicated monthly fees ranging between $610 and $800 for a month's stay.

Mr Yeo, a Malaysian in his late fifties, claimed that Madam Kong's family stopped paying for her nursing home bills after her son died.

Said Ms Abi: "She (Madam Kong) has not asked about her family, and we have not told her. To her, we (the nurses and caregivers) are her family."

When The New Paper on Sunday visited the nursing home two weeks ago, Madam Kong was chattering incoherently to nurses in a mixture of Malay and Hokkien.


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Old and alone in Johor Baru nursing home