I would like to use this forum to try and locate any family members of an elderly Asian lady who is a tenant at the new apartment complex Parc Sophia (Dhoby Ghaut) and suffers from a severe medical condition, I am not sure if it is Tourette's Syndrome (TS), Schizotypal personality or some other multiple personality disorder.
She suffers severely from fits all throughout the day and night without any appropriate care. I had moved into my apartment Jan 19th 2013, after arriving in Singapore end of Nov 2012. It was not told to me prior to moving in, however the dishonesty of landlords and their agents is not the topic of this post today.
It is incredible concerning that she, the mentally unsound tenant, has resided at Parc Sophia for almost a year, according to building management at Parc Sophia and has no family or close friend carers, who are able to provide to her the care she needs.
It is disrespectful and disgraceful to see how she has been abandoned and is not only suffering alone, but also is constantly receiving abuse back, only because I believe people are at their wits end dealing with her fits several times throughout the day, which would last for hours at a time.
This would happen during the night, or in the early hours of the morning, in the afternoons all throughout the week. The ill elderly lady would then slam her balcony door open and shut to yell abuse, which sadly does includes foul language that I cannot mention here. I have then also witnessed other tenants walking to her balcony to close the door for her so that she isn't frightening other residents and their young children who also live there.
I cannot emphasis how depressing this is to witness.
I find it unbelievable that this elderly lady who has a severe medical condition has no close friends or family who are able to see that she gets the respect and care she deserves.
It really breaks my heart, but I am powerless to do anything and even feel guilty that sometimes for getting irritated when I am unable to sleep at night or swim in the pool, or even have visitors, when she is going through these fits of screaming and swearing. I can even hear her from the street when I walk my dog.
I speak with other tenants who are just as concerned but equally frustrated, the building management themselves have book full of complaints, however even police are powerless to help her.
Out of desperation I have knocked at her door and tried to reach out to her, however due to her severe medical condition she sadly appears to be violent and a danger to herself and others, so I am reluctant to place myself in any sort of confrontational situation.
At the end of the day, this elderly Asian lady has not received the care she clearly needs and I fear that there is a potential threat to herself and to others.
I would also like to know if anyone else has experienced anything sort of similar here in Singapore?
I hope that after posting in this forum it reaches a family member or close friend of this lady, who is able to then help her and see to it that she does not live in such a way.
Thank you.