The Post Diagnostic Support Community Outreach Team (CREST-PDS) aims to reach out proactively and support newly diagnosed persons with dementia and their caregivers upon diagnosis.
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Enhance persons with dementia and their caregivers’ understanding towards Dementia
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Develop and equip families with more effective coping strategies
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Introduce and link families up with the relevant resources/services
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Building a community of support for caregivers
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Provision of psycho-emotional support
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Customisation of Individualised Care Plans (ICP)
CREST-PDS provides education on dementia, coordinates community resources and facilitates early planning and management of the condition for persons living with dementia and their caregivers upon diagnosis over six months to a year.
CREST-PDS is applicable for:
- Newly diagnosed persons with dementia within the first year of diagnosis (The stage of dementia is not a factor)
- Caregivers and family members
- Do note that only referrals from partnering hospitals* would be accepted into the programme.
*Partnering hospitals are Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Memory Clinic, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) Memory Clinic and TTSH- National Neuroscience Institute.
For more information, download the brochure here or contact our Dementia Helpline at 6377 0700.
Watch to find out how CREST-PDS has touched the lives of these individual families:
- Keat Theng’s Story: https://youtu.be/Yc7ywiuLMRc
- Desmond Ng’s Story: https://youtu.be/US8bbr91FAg
- Raymond Shong’s Story: https://youtu.be/ZC6yDLcV1Qk
Refer to our Care Services booklet to have an overview of our services for caregivers, and persons with dementia.
