Let’s Build a Caring and Dementia-Friendly Singapore Together! This handy pamphlet shares with you what you need to know about the DFSG movement.
This is a guide on how to detect dementia, where to seek diagnosis, the kind of help and amenities in and around Woodlands Town, and other helpful resources.
This journal encourages a deeper understanding between youths and seniors by engaging in meaningful conversations and journalling them down.
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Provides information on dementia, understanding the signs and symptoms, and how and when to seek a diagnosis.
This guidebook contains information on legal matters, first aid and dementia, home monitoring & road safety for seniors
This toolkit features information and tips on how to recognise and communicate with persons living with dementia
This toolkit aims to guide readers to use the appropriate language when speaking to or about persons with dementia
This toolkit features tips for better understanding persons with dementia, advance care planning & music therapy
This resources provides information, tips and resources on building a dementia-friendly community in Singapore.
Learn to spot signs and symptoms of a person with dementia. This video is an all-in-one guide that you need to understand dementia.
Learn how Asian dementia differs from the west, how murals on flats can help, and how a new therapy tool designed to jog the memory of elderlies helps.
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The number of people at risk of dementia is projected to rise dramatically in Singapore. CNA looks at Singapore’s unique landscape and steps needed to build a more dementia-friendly society.
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In this episode, CNA meets professionals from two different camps: Scientists who try to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, and those who believe that social therapy is a better approach to manage people living with dementia.
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Caring for people with dementia can be daunting. In this final episode, CNA meets caregivers from different backgrounds and find out how dementia has changed their lives.
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More people under 60 are being diagnosed with early-onset dementia. CNA looks at how they face specific challenges in their daily lives in this episode.
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CNA meets people who suspect their minds are not working as well as they should be. Is this a tell-tale sign of dementia? Let us find out.
When Lai Quen’s husband was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, the journey has been fraught with difficulties, frustration, and tears; whilst keeping their love alive.
George and his wife of 52 years were diagnosed with dementia, he had to make the tough decision to stop work to look after the love of his life.
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“Whatever will be, will be, and you don’t have to worry about it because life goes on no matter what happens.”
Just months after her husband was diagnosed with fourth-stage cancer, Katherine and her family were crushed to learn about her dementia diagnosis.
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“Whatever life throws at me, I will keep on fighting.”
When Anjang Rosli was diagnosed with young-onset dementia at only 50 years old, he and his wife Sarima were heartbroken.
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“I live my life with dignity and pride, despite dementia.”
Peter Lim has been diagnosed with dementia for a decade, but he does not allow this condition to define him.
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This video features candid conversations between seniors & children about their experience with dementia
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This video features candid conversations between seniors with dementia & children about their interests
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This video features candid interactions between seniors with dementia & children where they sing their favourite songs
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This video features candid conversations between seniors with dementia & children about their younger days
This film was produced by Vinn Bay & Tee Boon Leng as part of the 2009 Alzheimer’s Disease International conference
On this episode of ‘Can Ask Meh?’, hear more about persons with dementia, their condition as well as their caregivers
This video offers insight into the experience of a local caregiver and highlights 4 ways to reduce the risk of dementia
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This video features professional advice on how to manage behavioural changes & better communicate with your loved one
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This video provides insight into what the best diet is for persons with dementia
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This video features professional advice on how to encourage your loved one to get a dementia diagnosis
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This video addresses the notion that dementia is hereditary
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This video features professional advice on where you or your loved one should go to get a dementia diagnosis
This e-learning series offers information on understanding dementia, reducing risk & dementia-friendly communities
This book aims to help children understand dementia through the story & activities provided at the end of each chapter
This graphic novel features stories & illustrations inspired by real-life experiences of families impacted by dementia
This infographic breaks down the signs and symptoms of dementia & how it differs from regular age-related changes
