Strategies to Help Deal with Wandering
Most of us have gone through the frustration of momentarily forgetting someone’s name, the date of an important appointment, or even where we’ve misplaced our mobile phone. But for persons living in the shadow of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias, this sense of frustration can be a daily affair.
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Let’s Recycle and Create Together!
ADA recently embarked on the Recycled Arts Programme for persons with cognitive impairment or dementia. It is a pilot programme that aims to provide purposeful engagement and improve their overall well-being.
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Coping With Hallucinations
In the process of caring for your loved one with dementia, you may have come across times when she says that she just saw her dead husband walk pass the window, or shout at non-existent bugs crawling on the floor. Whether disturbing or ridiculous to you, hallucinations are very real to persons with dementia. For caregivers and loved ones alike, seeing your ward with dementia hallucination can present both a traumatic and frustrating scenario.
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Uncovering The Facts Of Vascular Dementia
Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s. Here are the facts that you should know about this form of dementia.
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Celebrating our unsung superheroes
Close to 150 caregivers of persons with dementia attended our Caregiver’s Appreciation Gala Luncheon 2019. Organised to show appreciation to caregivers for their dedication and hard work in looking after their loved ones with dementia, the annual event was jointly organised by ADA and students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law.
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Bringing Cheer to our Clients
The support ADA receives from corporate partners across different industries, who believe in being a good steward and giving back to the communities around them, is something that we’re immensely grateful for. Between August to October 2018, organisations like Deloitte Singapore and Edrington Singapore Ptd Ltd brought some cheer to ADA clients at various New Horizon Centres.
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Finding Joy in Caregiving
As a caregiver, it can be hard to find joy in what you do at times. But whether the responsibilities were thrusted upon you or not, there is definite joy to be found amidst the challenges.
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Making Shower Time More Dementia-Friendly
There are many persons with dementia who develop a fear of showers even though this is a normal part of each day. Here are some tips that can help encourage your loved one to keep clean.
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Singapore’s first dementia advocate under the Dementia Alliance International (DAI)
ADA has recently agreed to collaborate on an interesting new initiative by The GIVEN Company, a proudly Singaporean social enterprise which aims to make charity fundraising more efficient, effective and sustainable by employing alternative technology-based solutions.
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End-of-life Care For Dementia
Watching your loved one deteriorate because of dementia is difficult. End-stage dementia can be even more traumatic to witness. Knowing the signs that a person with dementia is nearing the end of his life is essential because it can help you decide on how to give them the right care to increase the quality of the time they have left.
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Dementia, Pet Care and You
When a loved one is diagnosed with dementia, it shouldn’t mean that they have to give up their beloved pets. There are ways to integrate them to ensure they remain lifelong well-loved members of the family.
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Love For All Seasons
The WAM conference is the centrepiece of ADA’s campaign to spread the message of awareness, and has become an annual event which reaches out to persons with dementia and their dedicated caregivers, providing them with a voice.
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