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Being unable to go out freely because of COVID-19 or having disruptions to an established routine can be stressful, especially for persons with dementia. By including engaging activities in each day, you’ll be able to ease some of their distress and keep them active.

COVID-19 has disrupted many of our routines, which can be especially hard on persons living with dementia. During this extraordinary period, it’s important to try to keep to a daily routine as much as possible.

Medical appointments are some of the more essential reasons that will see us leaving the house amidst the COVID-19 Circuit Breaker measures. During these appointments, taking extra precautions will go a long way in keeping our loved ones safe.

It’s important to monitor your loved ones for Covid-19 symptoms, to ensure that you can respond in a timely manner should the need arise.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ADA has faced multiple new challenges. The experience has been a huge learning curve for us. We’ve taken this opportunity to innovate and, along the way, discovered different approaches and better ways to keep reaching out to our clients.

With most of the family staying home during this period, persons with dementia might be confused or stressed by the changes in their daily environment and routine.

We recommend that you carry the ADA Memo around at all times, especially when you head out. Here are five ways you can consider keeping the ADA Memo safely with you.

In order to help people living with dementia and their families, especially during the Circuit Breaker period, ADA collaborated with the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) and worked with enforcement authorities on how to create awareness of dementia, and how to render the appropriate assistance should someone with dementia unintentionally break the Circuit Breaker rules.

To help your loved one with dementia in case he/she gets approached by enforcement officers for unintentionally flouting the measures, you can apply for the ADA Memo.

With Circuit Breaker measures in place, most of us will be staying at home more, leaving the house only for essential services. Even so, it pays to be cautious and observe stringent hand hygiene in order to reduce your risk of catching and transmitting COVID-19.