Dementia-Friendly Singapore Library
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10 July 2023 • The Straits Times
Meeting Centres, piloted by Dementia Singapore in July 2020, offer activities tailored to the needs, interests and abilities of its participants living with dementia. Ms Jacqueline Teng shares about how the centre provides her father Teng Bee Hock with a safe environment for social activities and cognitive engagement.
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06 June 2023 • The Straits Times
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01 June 2023 • South China Morning Post
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06 June 2023 • The Straits Times
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29 May 2023 • Channel News Asia
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26 May 2023 • Channel News Asia
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22 May 2023 • The Straits Times
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20 May 2023 • The Straits Times
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12 May 2023 • Singapore Management University
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16 April 2023 • The Straits Times
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12 April 2023 • TimeOut
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17 March 2023 • The Straits Times
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15 February 2023 • The Straits Times
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30 January 2023 • The Straits Times
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08 January 2023 • The Straits Times
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14 October 2022 • National Gallery Singapore
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26 September 2022 • Channel News Asia
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21 September 2022 • The Straits Times
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21 September 2022 • The Straits Times
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21 September 2022 • The Straits Times
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04 September 2022 • Channel News Asia
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19 August 2022 • The Straits TImes
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10 July 2022 • Channel News Asia
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31 January 2022 • Channel News Asia
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07 January 2022 • The Straits Times
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07 September 2021 • The Straits Times
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29 April 2019 • Singapore Management University
Readings & Studies
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21 September 2023 • Lee Li Ming Program in Ageing Urbanism
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20 June 2023 • Lee Li Ming Program in Ageing Urbanism
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20 June 2023 • Lee Li Ming Program in Ageing Urbanism
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9 September 2022 • Lee Li Ming Program in Ageing Urbanism
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14 March 2022 • Lee Li Ming Program in Ageing Urbanism
Resources for Partners
A journal for youths to start the conversation with their grandparents, starting with “What’s your life story?” By starting these conversations and recording them, it encourages a deeper understanding between youth and senior. Includes question cards and stickers.
*Available in hard copy. Email [email protected] to find out more.
Wall murals using familiar objects can act as unique identifiers to enhance wayfinding and reminiscence for person living with dementia navigating in the neighbourhood. With more neighbourhoods becoming dementia-friendly, mural painting projects have been initiated by various community partners.
A simple resource sharing quick tips, recommended process and parties involved based on learning and recommendations was developed for partners who are keen to embark on similar projects.
The DFSG Kopi Chat serves as a useful platform for community partners to identify and understand better trends, challenges and opportunities on dementia, mental health issues and caregiving needs of residents to better support them on ageing well at home and in the community.
This guide has been developed to assist keen community partners in organising an informal consultation session with residents to identify arising needs, gather feedbacks and challenges faced among residents on dementia, mental health issues and caregiving.
The Youth Hope intergenerational toolkit provides a step-by-step guide to starting the Youth Hope programme, which aims to foster intergenerational bonding between youth and seniors. The toolkit also outlines the steps to implementing Youth Hope in the community and how individuals and community partners can play a part to engage youth to support seniors and persons living with dementia.
This manual serves as a reference for employees of organisations in manning the dementia Go-To Points (GTP) to support persons living with dementia in the community. It dovetails the GTP set-up process, role and expectations as well as provides a list of resources in assisting wandering persons living with dementia and dementia information.
Specially designed toolkit to empower individuals in setting up a Caregiver Support Network that emphasises self-care, peer support and recognising caregivers’ well-being in the community.
This article lists some examples of neighbourhoods in Singapore, where adjustments have been made to address the needs of persons impacted by dementia. These examples feature the adaptation of different aspects of the environment, including the physical and social environments, to aid wayfinding and support the wellbeing of persons living with dementia.
This article lists dementia-inclusive design guiding principles developed by subject matter experts, for laypersons, caregivers, and care professionals. They address the different aspects of the physical environments that persons with dementia live in. By designing spaces around these principles, which include safety, providing appropriate sensory stimulation and supporting autonomy, person-centred care can be provided to persons with dementia.
Ensuring the inclusivity of different spaces to persons living with dementia and their families is a society-wide endeavour. Like anyone else, they can participate in many kinds of activities and have access to different spaces when the environment is designed to support their inclusion.
Connect2Collab Newsletter
April 2025 • Agency for Integrated Care
- Good Practices: Read about Allkin Singapore and Go-Ahead Singapore’s (GAS) collaboration on the Roving Bus Tour for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.
- Case Study: Find out how the Community Outreach Team (CREST) SAGE brought community activities for persons living with dementia and their caregivers closer to their homes.
- Get Personal: Hear from Alison Lim and Jamie Lynn Buitelaar, the Co-founders of Dementia & Co, on the experiences and learnings from co-organising the Dementia Symposium with the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC).
- Helpful Resources: Find out how you can locate your nearest Dementia Go-To Point (GTP) and how to stay updated on dementia-related information and initiatives.
We hope you enjoy these articles and are inspired by the good work of our partners. We encourage you to get in touch with them to find out more, if you are keen to kickstart such initiatives in your own communities.
Let’s build a caring and dementia-friendly Singapore together!
Connect2Collab Past Issues
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Good Practices: DFSG Community of Practice
Case Study: DFSG National Movement
Get Personal: Ustaz Mohamed Ali Atan, Mr Gopal Kanapatty, Mr Lionel Yan
Helpful Resources
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Good Practices: WeCare@MarineParade’s Caregiver Support Network
Case Study: Singlife Collaboration with Dementia Singapore on Singlife Dementia Cover
Get Personal: Cannie Yeo of Care Corner Senior Services
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Good Practices: Nurturing Understanding And Connections, Across The Generations
Case Study: Empathy In Action: SST Students Advocate For Persons With Dementia
Get Personal: Q&A with Project Forget-Me-Not Team Lead, Soh Ke Wei
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Good Practices: Thye Hua Kwan @ AMK 645 and AWWA on Dementia-friendly design in Yio Chu Kang
Case Study: Café of Mistaken Orders by The Salvation Army Peacehaven
Get Personal: Running the Reunion Space with the Programmes team at National Museum of Singapore
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Good Practices: CREST CG at Club HEAL.
Case Study: Tsao Dementia Care System (DCS)
Get Personal: Daniel from EnableAsia
Helpful Resources
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Good Practices: Starting Dementia-Friendly “Kopi Chats” in Clementi DFC
Case Study: How ‘We See You Care’ Campaign
Get Personal: Post-Diagnostic Support Community Outreach Team (CREST-PDS Team) from AMKFSC Community Services
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Good Practices: Incorporating Dementia-Friendly Design with Dr. Phillip Yap
Case Study: Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods study utilising Whole-of-Community Approach
Get Personal: Emily Ong
Helpful Resources
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Good Practices: DFSG Community of Practice
Case Study: DFSG National Movement
Get Personal: Ustaz Mohamed Ali Atan, Mr Gopal Kanapatty, Mr Lionel Yan
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Good Practices: Walk2Remember
Case Study: Dementia Hackathon 2022
Get Personal: Allison Lim of Dementia&Co
World Alzheimer’s Day: Whatsapp stickers and 1000 Cranes