Caring for & Living with Dementia: Tips & Resources
Covid-19 is not going away anytime soon. Older people are more susceptible to the virus and tend to have more complications when infected. In recent weeks in Singapore, there has been an increasing number of local unlinked cases despite our world-class detective standard contact tracing. …
Recently, one of my relatives just passed on. She was in her 90s. I thought that her daughter, being her primary caregiver, would be devastated so I spoke to her to try to console her. But her response was, “It’s better for her this way. …
“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 …
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 …
