Walking with dementia

Five years ago, my dad who was 53 was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. It was an age that no one in the family had expected dementia would strike. My...

Sharings by caregivers of loved ones with stroke

Caring for a loved one with stroke can be rewarding and yet, a challenging task. Often caregivers may feel overwhelmed, alone and emotionally- and physically...

Homage wins Start-up Innovation award

Homage, the regional technology-led caregiving and health platform, is the winner of Channel Asia’s Innovation Awards 2021 in the Start-up Innovation (sector)...

“I decided to be a psychiatric nurse because of my mother”

My mom has schizophrenia. She is not schizophrenia. She is not her mental illness. It is just a part of her. I believe people who are suffering from mental...

Transport services for seniors

As our population ages, there is an increased need for services such as escort ad transport to help seniors with mobility issues gain access to healthcare and...

After a death of a loved one

The Singapore Hospice Council (SHC), together with Temasek Foundation Cares and Ang Chin Moh Foundation, recently launched two books on the topics related to...

Hospice care – a wise choice

Local celebrity and TV personality Gurmit Singh shared that he wished he had known about hospice care when his mum and dad had cancer 15 years ago. He said:...

Automatic patient turning and handling systems donated

IDS Medical Systems (Singapore) and Vendlet have donated six Vendlet automatic patient turning and handling systems to Lions Home For The Elders at Bishan...

Care coordination service

Imagine this scenario – a caregiver is looking after his father who has dementia and wants to get him to a day care centre twice a week to keep him active and...

Building awareness on dementia in the heartlands

As part of Dementia Singapore’s #ShineForDementia and in commemoration of World Alzheimer’s Day, Frasers Property Singapore (FPS) has lighted up three of its...

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