Tag: caring for people with dementia

Caregivers! Put on Your Oxygen Mask First

Caregivers! Put on Your Oxygen Mask First

Caregiving is an important yet at times frustrating, tiring, draining and stressful activity. In August 2017, I wrote about the 4 easy ways for caregivers of persons with dementia to keep their sanity: BLAA, BLAA – Breathe, Laugh, Accept and Adapt. Time flies! 2017 is 

Don’t Write Off People With Dementia

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 

Plan Way in Advance Clearly to Reduce Family Feud like the Lee Saga

Plan Way in Advance Clearly to Reduce Family Feud like the Lee Saga

The unfolding of the Oxley Road saga since mid June 2017 has impacted each and every one of us in some manner. For me, it’s heart-breaking for me to think from PM Lee’s perspective, while he is trying to do his best for our tiny