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We want to address their needs in an integrated and holistic manner,” said Dr Chen. “Both may then end up in hospital and in the long term end up in nursing homes.

But I realised there was no one to support them as a whole,” she added.Īt her clinic, she sees not just the adult with intellectual disability, but also his family, to address their needs together.įor example, if a 40-year-old patient with epilepsy has an ageing mother with osteoporosis, she might be at risk of falling when rushing to help during the patient’s seizure. “If they had seizures, I could refer to neurologists or when they had joint problems, to the orthopaedists. They may have mild, moderate or severe intellectual disability and may also have autism.ĭr Chen said she set up the clinic after years of volunteering to help those with intellectual disabilities, and conducting volunteer-run health screenings for them.

The patients, mostly referred from various agencies and hospitals, range from those in their 20s to the oldest at 90. It has about 200 patients now, and supports about 300 caregivers, said Dr Chen, who also founded the Happee Hearts charity to advocate for those with intellectual disabilities. It moved into the Thomson space in September 2022. The clinic IDHealth, which began in end-2019 as a pilot by Dr Chen, caters specifically to adults with intellectual disability, and their caregivers and families. Having seen Mr Lee since 2019 for various issues, Dr Chen knows what his usual behaviour is when he is happy, or in pain or ill, and can then use that information to assess him and diagnose what troubles him, said Mr Lee’s sister Yvonne Lee, 41. When 39-year-old Kenji Lee, who has intellectual disability, visits Dr Chen Shiling at her clinic in Upper Thomson, they are familiar with each other and the physician is able to put him at ease.

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