SINGAPORE - The Alzheimer's Disease Association is providing people with dementia and their caregivers a letter that they can show enforcement officers or the police if they inadvertently violate circuit breaker measures in place here.
The memo is part of an initiative by the two agencies to support people with dementia and their families during the Covid-19 period. The initiative is supported by the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, which is in charge of safe distancing enforcement by various agencies at public spaces and in Housing Board estates.
There are at least 82,000 people diagnosed with dementia here, according to a 2018 study by the Institute of Mental Health.
And sovereign?
Shouldn’t there be guidelines too on how to engage with a person with dementia? They may get confused and at times, some may get agitated.