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With many of our schedules still disrupted by COVID-19, clocking our steps isn’t quite as straightforward as climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator as we go about our day.

With most of us working or studying from home on certain days, and restrictions on heading out to crowded areas, COVID-19 has made it difficult to simply clock steps as we go about our day.… Read the rest

Maintaining good oral health is important for your overall health and wellbeing. To help to reduce the risk of developing poor oral and dental health, it’s important to establish a dental care programme.

By encouraging good dental care, you reduce the chance that a more extensive dental procedures are needed later on, while also having the benefit of preventing eating difficulties, digestive problems, and infections.… Read the rest

Being unable to go out freely because of COVID-19 or having disruptions to an established routine can be stressful, especially for persons with dementia. By including engaging activities in each day, you’ll be able to ease some of their distress and keep them active.

COVID-19 has disrupted many of our routines, which can be especially hard on persons living with dementia. During this extraordinary period, it’s important to try to keep to a daily routine as much as possible.

As far as possible, you should minimise any changes to your previous routine, especially when it comes to your loved one’s sleeping and waking schedule.… Read the rest

Medical appointments are some of the more essential reasons that will see us leaving the house amidst the COVID-19 Circuit Breaker measures. During these appointments, taking extra precautions will go a long way in keeping our loved ones safe.

The simplest way to reduce the risk of you or your loved ones getting COVID-19 is to avoid leaving the house unnecessarily.… Read the rest

It’s important to monitor your loved ones for COVID-19 symptoms, to ensure that you can respond in a timely manner should the need arise.

It might seem unnecessary if you and your loved ones are mostly staying at home, going out only for essential services, but those trips outside or contact with delivery persons does put us at risk.… Read the rest

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ADA has faced multiple new challenges. The experience has been a huge learning curve for us. We’ve taken this opportunity to innovate and, along the way, discovered different approaches and better ways keep reaching out to our clients.

With most of the family staying home during this period, persons with dementia might be confused or stressed by the changes in their daily environment and routine. As caregivers, it is important to reassure them and find ways to reduce the factors that affect their mood.

You have received the official ADA Memo which can help enforcement officers be aware of the condition should you or your loved one with dementia be caught for unintentionally flouting the current circuit breaker measures.

We recommend that you carry the ADA Memo around at all times, especially when you head out.… Read the rest

As part of our efforts to help people living with dementia and their caregivers, especially during the COVID-19 Circuit Breaker period, ADA has launched the ADA Memo, a document which can be produced to help enforcement officers recognise that a person with dementia might have unintentionally flouted the rules due to their condition.