The Alzheimer’s Disease Association (ADA) is a voluntary welfare organisation and is made up of caregivers, professionals and all who are interested in dementia. The ADA provides daycare for people with dementia, as well as services such as counselling, support groups, information and referral, public education talks, conducts training and workshops for caregivers.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Memories Cafe
27 Apr 2019
10.30am-12.30pm
Happy Pancakes
Family Caregiver Training Programme
25 May 2019
9.30am-12.30pm
ARTC (Bendemeer)
Caregiver Support Group (Mandarin) – Stimulating Activities for Persons with Dementia
25 May 2019
2.30pm-4.30pm
NHC (Tiong Bahru)
Caregiver Support Group (English) – Incontinence Care in Dementia
18 May 2019
2.30pm-4.30pm
NHC (Bukit Batok)
LATEST NEWS
In February 2019, clients at New Horizon Centre (Bukit Batok) were greeted to a new design with a refreshing look after three months of renovation! The 25-year-old day care centre has been revamped completely with outward looking interiors that allow daylight to stream through its coloured glass panels.
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More than 5,600 across Singapore participated in a survey by the Singapore Management University (SMU) and Alzheimer’s Disease Association, which revealed that nearly 3 in 4 persons with dementia feel rejection and loneliness, and more than half feel that others act as though they are less competent due to their condition.
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Using a Virtual Reality (VR) application, people can now experience first-hand some of the problems faced by those with dementia. ADA’s new Enabling EDIE workshop uses VR technology to help bridge the gap, allowing us to experience first-hand the challenges people with dementia experience in day-to-day life.
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To effectively address dementia, people and organisations are working on the ground and encouraging others to create dementia-friendly communities. A variety of initiatives supporting the fight against dementia were highlighted on the 16 April edition of Channel 8’s Morning Express.
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One of the symptoms that is less commonly identified and attributed to dementia is incontinence. In the course of caregiving, how often have you realised that your ward has soiled herself, only to blame it as an inevitable by-product of old age (or even wilfulness)?
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Most of us have gone through the frustration of momentarily forgetting someone’s name, the date of an important appointment, or even where we’ve misplaced our mobile phone. But for persons living in the shadow of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias, this sense of frustration can be a daily affair.
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DIRECTORY
ADA Resource & Training Centre
70 Bendemeer Road #06-02 Luzerne Building, Singapore 339940
Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm
6293 9971
Caregiver Support Centre
70 Bendemeer Road #03-02A Luzerne Building, Singapore 339940
Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm
6389 5121
Dementia Helpline
6377 0700
ADAcafe @ Agape V
7A Lorong 8 Toa Payoh #01-01 Agape Village, Singapore 319264
Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5.30pm
(closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays)
6904 4095
Family of Wisdom (Bendemeer)
72 Bendemeer Road #05-29 Luzerne Building, Singapore 339941
Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm
6291 6268
Family of Wisdom (Tiong Bahru)
298 Tiong Bahru Road #10-05 Central Plaza, Singapore 168730
Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5.30pm
6593 6440 / 6593 6442
Family of Wisdom (Toa Payoh)
7A Lorong 8 Toa Payoh #03-06 Agape Village, Singapore 319264
Mon-Fri: 8.30am-5.30pm
6801 7483
New Horizon Centre (Bukit Batok)
Blk 511 Bukit Batok Street 52, #01-211, Singapore 650511
Mon-Fri: 7.30am-6.30pm
6565 9958
New Horizon Centre (Jurong Point)
1 Jurong West Central 2, #04-04 Jurong Point Shopping Centre, Singapore 648886
Mon-Fri: 7.30am-6.30pm
6790 1650
New Horizon Centre (Tampines)
Blk 362 Tampines Street 34, #01-377, Singapore 520362
Mon-Fri: 7.30am-6.30pm
6786 5373
New Horizon Centre (Toa Payoh)
Blk 157 Toa Payoh Lorong 1, #01-1195, Singapore 310157
Mon-Fri: 7.30am-6.30pm
6353 8734