by Site Admin | Jul 29, 2020 | Caregiving
A nationwide virtual steps challenge by the Alzheimer’s Disease Association. Singapore will be asked to go the extra mile for the dementia community in September, as the Alzheimer’s Disease Association (ADA) launches a nationwide virtual steps challenge for...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 24, 2020 | Health
The guidebook reveals how using the right or wrong words on the dementia community can make a difference. Alzheimer’s Disease Association (ADA) and Lien Foundation have launched their latest educational materials on dementia awareness – a guidebook of...
by Eleanor Yap | Jan 17, 2020 | Health
Calling for entries to expand understanding and explanation of Alzheimer’s disease. An estimated 50 million people worldwide are living with dementia at a cost of US$1 trillion to the global economy, according to the World Alzheimer Report 2018 by Alzheimer’s Disease...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 31, 2019 | Miscellaneous
DBS/POSB has rolled out an AIC e-learning course on dementia to its staff via its cloud-based learning platform. To help raise awareness for a dementia-friendly Singapore, DBS/POSB has rolled out Agency for Integrated Care’s (AIC) Dementia Awareness (Foundation)...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 29, 2019 | Caregiving
National survey shares that 72 percent of persons with dementia feel rejection and loneliness, while 50 percent feel they cannot be open with others regarding their condition. Nearly three in four persons with dementia feel rejection and loneliness, and more...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 6, 2018 | Caregiving
Harnessing the power of social media to help find seniors who have wandered off. ProjectCare, a website for caregivers, is harnessing social media to help families find their missing loved ones, in particular those seniors who have dementia and have wandered...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 21, 2018 | Caregiving
Theatre company Pangdemonium delves into the all-important issue of dementia. The topic of dementia is wrestled in a new play called “The Father” that is set to open on March 2 to 18 by theatre company, Pangdemonium. The story by French playwright Florian...
by Eleanor Yap | Dec 5, 2017 | Health
Giving those with dementia a sense of purpose. BY: Eleanor Yap The ADA Café, which opened November last year, is more than just a place where people can come to get good food like hearty beef stew, barramundi fish parcel and rosemary chicken. It is also a place where...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 9, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Bishan East-Thomson constituency becomes the second constituency after Yishun to join Lien Foundation’s Forget Us Not initiative. BY: Eleanor Yap A familiar Bishan landmark, the 24-hour Kim San Leng kopitiam, has taken the lead to come onboard a Lien Foundation...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 29, 2017 | Caregiving
After some “administrative hurdles in 2015”, the new nursing home for those with dementia is expected to be ready in 2019 and with further features. Jade Circle, the nursing home for people with dementia, has been revived after some “administrative hurdles in...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 5, 2017 | Caregiving
There are now 13 Go-To Points in Yishun for lost seniors with dementia. Sree Narayana Mission Nursing Home in Yishun is the first nursing home in Singapore to become a Dementia Go-To Point. With the nursing home, there are now 13 Go-To Points in that area that...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 9, 2017 | Caregiving
Michael Wong, a recipient of the 2016 Singapore Patient Caregiver Award, is a cancer survivor who juggles his roles as a volunteer at TTSH and caregiving his wife who has dementia. BY: Eleanor Yap “I always care about people more than myself,” shared 78-year-old...
by Eleanor Yap | Nov 18, 2016 | Health
Hong Leong Finance takes the lead in training its staff to better understand dementia and help its customers. Singapore’s largest finance company, Hong Leong Finance (HLF) has enrolled about 200 of its employees into the dementia-awareness training programme by...
by Eleanor Yap | May 26, 2016 | Caregiving
With dementia rising, caregivers need all the ideas they can to continue to engage their carers and stimulate their minds. Caregivers taking care of those with dementia are often in need of activities to better engage their carers. With the number of dementia...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 21, 2016 | Health
Hong Kah North has become the second community that is dementia-friendly, and more communities have shown interest. Following a ground-up movement on dementia called Forget Us Not in Chong Pang, which was launched earlier this year, there is now another...
