One-stop resource portal on dementia

Dementia Singapore has launched Singapore’s first one-stop resource portal on dementia, built in collaboration with the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC). Named...

Engaging seniors through games & activities

Nilofer Husain used to conduct research in neuroscience as a postdoctoral research fellow at Duke-NUS Medical School, while her husband Rishi Gupta used to...

Recycling wheelchairs

Sixty-six-year-old Jamilah Bte Gulam, who lives in Chai Chee, was using a pram and manual wheelchair for the past one-and-a-half years since a fall. She is...

Inclusive sports festival

Sport is undoubtedly a universal language. Leveraging on its ability to foster inclusivity in the community, SportCares presents the second edition of the...

How to prevent caregiver burnout & fatigue?

You may become a caregiver (or caretaker) as your parents or elder relatives start to age, and their physical, mental and emotional state gradually changes. It...

Lifting the weight off caregivers’ shoulders

Caregiving can be challenging on many fronts – emotionally, physically and financially. According to The Survey on Informal Caregiving commissioned by the...

A cheerleader

Choong Siet Mei supported her 52-year-old husband, Tan Whee Boon, when he had a severe bout of food poisoning from eating raw fish two years ago, resulting in...

Caregivers can broadcast missing loved ones with dementia to wider network

Support for families will now be further strengthened with an additional notification platform when their loved ones with dementia go missing. This support...

National Stadium lights up 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...

Mother knows best

When seven-year-old Terry Goh had to undergo chemotherapy for Burkitt’s Lymphoma (a very fast growing form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma), he struggled so hard every...

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