June 1, 2020
5 Things to consider when tailoring your home environment for a loved one with dementia
Many of us would want to create the perfect dementia enabling environment for ourselves or for our loved…
April 14, 2020
Reaching out to isolated persons with dementia is essential during Covid-19 – here are 7 specific things you can do
Older adults always need social connection, but they need it now more than ever. The novel coronavirus brings…
January 4, 2020
Designing for Dementia: Bringing ideas to life
As part of Designathon 2019, participants were brought through the design-methodology and making process to bring their ideas…
November 8, 2019
Enabling EDIE: A person with dementia’s perspective of dementia
As part of Designathon 2019, the Alzheimer's Disease Association (ADA) provided an Enabling EDIE workshop for participants to experience…
October 23, 2019
End-of-life planning: A pivotal step in a caregiver’s journey
Financial and legal matters may not be the first thing that caregivers think about when faced with a…
October 9, 2019
Ninaivirukkum Varai: Reaching Young Caregivers in Malaysia
In conjunction with World Alzheimer’s Month 2019, Project We Forgot (PWF) and Homage in Malaysia collaborated to run…
September 20, 2019
5 popular caregiver reads for World Alzheimer’s Month
To mark World Alzheimer’s Month in Malaysia, we handpicked a few articles to help you understand the condition…
August 10, 2019
What’s the difference? Debunking dementia and Alzheimer’s
The misconception out there is that dementia and Alzheimer’s are two separate conditions, but in actual fact, Alzheimer’s…
March 4, 2019
Preventing dementia, one step at a time
With the aim of serving the senior population of Singapore, four students of Nanyang Technological University embarked on…
February 7, 2019
My wellbeing as a caregiver and how community support is important
Robing has been caring for his mother, Sally, who was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 62. He…
January 31, 2019
My journey navigating through mum’s dementia
Robing has been caring for his mother, Sally, who was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 62. He…
January 8, 2019
Could different cultures teach us something about dementia?
Our society needs to recognize that dementia is not only a brain disorder of the person living with…
December 5, 2018
Dementia’s Hidden Darkness: Violence and Domestic Abuse
Despite its obvious significance, this dementia and domestic violence overlap remains under-recognized and incompletely understood. It’s not a…
March 23, 2018
Voices from Dementia Caregivers on Pangdemonium’s The Father
Pangdemonium's staging of The Father highlights the journey a family goes through when caring for a loved one with dementia.…
February 25, 2018
Pangdemonium’s The Father: Dementia & Who Will Care?
Pangdemonium's staging of The Father is a poignant and devastating exploration of a 70-year-old man’s deteriorating mind as he sinks…
January 22, 2018
Wat Alz? Kasper’s Story of Memory Places, Imagination, & Dementia
Think about dementia as 'memory loss', and the thought becomes paralyzing. But imagine it as 'communication loss', and…
August 28, 2017
19 Year-Old Strives to Make Dominica a Dementia Friendly Country
Rianna Patterson is bringing waves of change to her community through the Dominica Dementia Foundation. She is also a…
June 19, 2017
A Singapore Heritage Card Game Designed to Fight Dementia & Bring Generations Together
Inspired by her grandfather's battle with dementia and now looking for ways to engage with her grandmother, Christel Goh,…
September 20, 2016
媽 Mother | Project 20/20
Starring Nick Shen, 媽 Mother is a short film by Stanley Xu, Valerie Ong and Lim Yuzheng from…
May 28, 2016
Dear Judgmental
A piece to to all those unaware out there. “Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a…
November 19, 2015
A Journey of Inspiration: Support for Young Caregivers
Melissa Chan, based in Singapore, was 14 when her father was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer's. She was inspired…
October 20, 2015
Visualising An Alzheimer’s Patient’s Experience
Kindness, graciousness, patience and understanding. It all goes a long way in the daily lives of dementia patients.…