Author: Tan Susan

Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

“Can they dance?” A response (question) that I commonly receive when I suggest incorporating dancing as a form of leisure activity as well as physical activity for people with dementia. The following questions soon pursue. “What kind of dance? Cha Cha? Rock & Roll? What …

Jan, 2019! Time to Reassess Your Life Plan

Jan, 2019! Time to Reassess Your Life Plan

Are you sure that you have planned sufficiently for your life? Start to do a real plan for your life in 2019, regardless of your current age or whether you are perfectly healthy or not. All of us know that in the REAL world, accidents …

3Rs for Positive Caregiving – Reflect, Reframe, Realise

I have been talking about mindfulness and its roles in preventing dementia, as well as how to start your mindfulness practice in the previous few articles. In this article, I will like to present the roles of mindfulness in caregiving – positive caregiving to be …

9 Simple Active Strategies for Adding MEANINGS to Your Life

9 Simple Active Strategies for Adding MEANINGS to Your Life

Over the past two years, I have been conducting increasingly more classes to get participants to be more active and to exercise more regularly. From my participants, I learnt that many people are not physically active enough as they felt that there are many barriers …