Dementia-Friendly Singapore
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6 Things You Need to Know if Your Loved One Has Dementia
15 October 2022 • Today
Dr. Cleo Chiong, family physician and registrar at St. Luke’s Hospital, shares insights into how to interact with and care for people living with dementia.
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14 October 2022 • National Gallery Singapore
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21 September 2022 • The Straits Times
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31 January 2022 • Channel News Asia
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29 April 2019 • Singapore Management University
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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
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.
19 January 2023 • Agency for Integrated Care
Dear Partners, Happy New Year! Hope you had a great start to 2023. Bringing you the second issue of “Connect2Collab” – In this issue, we spoke to partners who shared about the newly established Dementia-Friendly Community of Practice for our DFC service partners, the launch of inaugural #DementiaFriendlySG movement and three passionate Dementia Friends!
We hope that you will be inspired by these good work of the various partners in the communities. Looking forward to see new initiatives and more collaboration this year. Let’s build a caring and dementia-friendly Singapore together!
24 October 2022 • Agency for Integrated Care
Dear Partners, “Connect2Collab” – the inaugural Dementia-Friendly Singapore e-Newsletter is finally ready! This is part of AIC’s efforts to empower partners through bite-sized resources to keep updated on happenings, innovations and connect with other like-minded friends in the dementia community.
We hope that you enjoy reading about the features and be inspired to introduce similar or new dementia-friendly initiatives in your community/organisation. Together, we can build Singapore as a caring and dementia-friendly nation!
– Ms See Yen Theng, Deputy Chief, Caregiving and Community Mental Health Division, AIC
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.
