Working is Therapeutic
We’ve heard about reminiscence therapy but most of us do not see work as a form of therapy. I like you to reflect on the following question for a minute. How much of your time have you spent on work in your whole life? As …
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Caring for & Living with Dementia: Tips & Resources
Strength-based approach for dementia
Coming to Terms with Dementia: What Would Buddha Do?
One of my students kept asked me this question several times after going through the workshop in which he experienced dementia and learn about dementia: “Why isn’t there somebody to teach people what to with dementia?” I didn’t quite understood him at first. I asked …
Look out for Our Experiential Dementia Workshop at A Community Centre near you in 2018!
To empower and inspire you and your friends to join me in my cause to create a society where people with dementia can use their existing strengths to pursue meaningful and happy lives, we are working with the People’s Association to bring you a …
Certified Eden Alternative Training 3-5Oct 2017. Don’t miss it!
Join my friend, Sally Hopkins (Executive Director / Vice Chair Eden International Board), and her colleague, Marlene Grogan (Dementia Care Consultant), this October for an exciting 3-day journey into the world of person-directed care! What: Certified Eden Associate Training has been changing lives for over twenty years. …
Don’t Write Off People With Dementia
In many countries, including Singapore and the United States, people with dementia are often drugged, physically restrained, neglected, subject to emotional abuse, and at times physical abuse too as the disease progresses. In this World Dementia Month, I like to remember my late-grandparents who had …