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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17 September 2022 • The Straits Times
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07 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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27 April 2022 • The Straits Times
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12 February 2022 • The Straits Times
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07 February 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
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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
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 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
11 July 2023 • Agency for Integrated Care
Dear Partners
Bringing you the fourth issue of “Connect2Collab”! In this issue, we featured innovative programmes and ideas initiated by our partners, benefitting persons living with dementia and caregivers in the community.
Learn about:
- Good Practice: Dementia-Friendly Singapore “Kopi Chats” started in Clementi DFC to start conversation among residents on dementia and dementia-friendly community
- Case Study: How ‘We See You Care’ Campaign aims to raise more awareness about the caregiving role in Singapore, which many may not see themselves as one
- Get Personal: Post-Diagnostic Support Community Outreach Team (CREST-PDS Team) from AMKFSC Community Services Ltd on their collaboration with Sengkang General Hospital on supporting newly diagnosed dementia patients and caregivers.
We hope that these bite-sized articles would serve useful reading for you. Be inspired by these enthusiastic partners about their good work. We encourage you to get in touch with them to collaborate and spur new initiatives.
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: Incorporating Dementia-Friendly Design with Dr. Phillip Yap
Case Study: Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods study utilising Whole-of-Community Approach
Get Personal: Emily Ong
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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
