Is super-aged Singapore prepared for dementia?
Earlier conversations and support for literacy matter before families reach a crisis point.
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There is a profound difference between general awareness and knowing what to do when your parent or your spouse looks into your eyes and no longer recognises your face, says the writer.
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Rosie Ching
My “Lao Ma” was the only great-grandmother I ever knew. In my girlhood, she was the epitome of neatness, quiet selflessness and tireless efficiency. Gentle, caring, never sitting down for a moment, sewing, serving, washing, clearing, the sole hyper-efficient housekeeper who alone went to the market, cooked all meals, swept the floor, and cleaned the toilets.
It was also she who gradually forgot where she kept the rice, wandered disoriented in the HDB estate she had lived in for the past two decades, who couldn’t tell one relative from the other.
