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SPOC-19: A New Initiative To Support The Dementia Community During Circuit Breaker

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The Alzheimer’s Disease Association (ADA) and Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) have collaborated to bring a new initiative that offers assistance to persons living with dementia and their caregivers who may inadvertently violate COVID-19 safety measures due to their condition.

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COVID-19: Journey with the Arts & Dementia (JADe) goes Digital!

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During this COVID-19 pandemic, are your loved ones with dementia getting restless from #StayHome exercises, word search, and sudoku puzzles at home? If you have run out of ideas, consider tapping on ADA’s Journey with the Arts & Dementia (JADe) digital resources as reminiscence activities and conversation starters.

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COVID-19: Convincing Seniors To Stay Home

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With the circuit breaker in place, it can be hard to explain to your loved ones why they can’t go out when it isn’t essential, especially if the daily trips are part of their regular routine. Unfortunately, this is a challenge that has to be tackled.

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COVID-19: Keeping Your Home Safer for Persons with Dementia

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Keeping your home environment clean and safe for your loved ones with dementia is important enough in normal times, but is especially essential as we fight the spread of COVID-19.

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Building An Inclusive, Dementia-friendly Kebun Baru

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In building dementia friendly communities (DFCs), there has been an international shift towards including the voices and perspectives of persons with dementia, known as the asset-based approach.

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Talking About COVID-19 With Persons With Dementia

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The circumstances that have come to be as a result of COVID-19 are extraordinary indeed, and explaining the situation to our loved ones with dementia can be difficult. Follow these tips to keep from overloading your loved one with information, while keeping them in the know.

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Words Hurt: The Impact Of Words

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The way we talk about dementia and people living with dementia affects how others view the condition. But why?

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Technology To Help With Dementia Care

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Using the technologies available to us today, the dementia care experience can be made slightly easier for the person with dementia and their caregivers alike.

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Words Hurt

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Hurt can take many different forms; it’s more than physical pain. Words, especially, have the power to hurt, and the scars that result aren’t just skin deep.

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Reminiscence Therapy For Dementia

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Reminiscence therapy uses the senses to help individuals with dementia remember events, people, and places from the past, and can be useful in reducing negative emotions.

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Update on COVID-19: Changes to ADA Programmes and Events

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In light of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19, previously known as 2019-nCov) and its effects on Singapore, ADA has had to make the difficult decision to temporarily suspend and postpone some of our programmes, services and events.

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Applying For Lasting Power Of Attorney In Singapore

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With the number of people living with dementia in Singapore expected to increase, it’s important that we be aware of how we can protect our interests in the event we no longer have the mental capacity to make decisions.

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