Shining a light on dementia

Shining a light on dementia

Building awareness on dementia in the heartlands.   As part of Dementia Singapore’s #ShineForDementia and in commemoration of World Alzheimer’s Day, Frasers Property Singapore (FPS) has lighted up three of its malls – Century Square, Northpoint City and The...
Living with Lucy

Living with Lucy

This musical brings awareness to dementia and caregiving. The reality of Singapore’s ageing population trend is that by 2030, it is estimated one in four people will be aged over 65 years. The number of families with a loved one with cognitive function disability will...
Nationwide virtual steps challenge

Nationwide virtual steps challenge

Dementia Singapore inspires hope for the dementia community through the challenge.   Singapore will be asked to go the extra mile for the dementia community as Dementia Singapore embarks on its annual nationwide virtual steps challenge during World Alzheimer’s...
Mobile app for dementia membership programme

Mobile app for dementia membership programme

CARA provides a safe return function, curated care solutions, resources and lifestyle rewards for those with dementia and caregivers in Singapore.   Dementia Singapore has launched a dementia membership programme that provides solutions and personalised support...
One-stop resource portal on dementia

One-stop resource portal on dementia

The new digital portal provides resources to support persons living with dementia and raises awareness about the condition.   Dementia Singapore has launched Singapore’s first one-stop resource portal on dementia, built in collaboration with the Agency for...
National Stadium lights up

National Stadium lights up

The Singapore Sports Hub raises awareness for the dementia community.   The dome of the National Stadium will be illuminated in purple and yellow on the evening of September 21, 2021 to mark World Alzheimer’s Day. Purple is the symbolic colour universally...
Local celebrities bring awareness to dementia

Local celebrities bring awareness to dementia

Dementia Singapore has partnered with Tay Ping Hui and Munah Bagharib as its first-ever brand ambassadors.   Local celebrities Tay Ping Hui and Munah Bagharib have become local ambassadors for Dementia Singapore (formerly known as Alzheimer’s Disease Association) to...
Take a walk to remember

Take a walk to remember

This event brings awareness of and about dementia, as well as those impacted by it.   Come September, Singapore will be asked to go the extra mile for the dementia community, as Dementia Singapore – formerly known as Alzheimer’s Disease Association – will be...
Global dementia cases forecasted to triple by 2050

Global dementia cases forecasted to triple by 2050

New analysis shows a decrease in prevalence due to education countered by increase due to heart health risk factors.   Positive trends in global education access are expected to decrease dementia prevalence worldwide by 6.2 million cases by the year 2050....
Coming full circle

Coming full circle

Gary Teo was a caregiver for his mother and sister who had dementia and now he is helping clients with dementia.   Dementia is something 77-year-old Gary Teo knows quite a bit about. Five years before his mother, Lim Geok Lam, passed away in 2007, he shared that...
A warrior in the making

A warrior in the making

Anjang Rosli may have dementia but he is not letting it get in the way, as he has found a new purpose in life. When we are dealt a bad hand in cards, we need to play them out. That is exactly what 56-year-old Anjang Rosli is doing when he got diagnosed with mixed...