Over the past seven years, more than 19,000 clients have received support from
community intervention teams in the form of assessments, counselling and
caregiver education. Stella Lin, 50, is the main caregiver to her 88-year-old
mother-in-law who has depression and dementia. Her mother-in-law’s severe mood
swings had resulted in frequent tensions among the family members. Stella’s
case was referred to Fei Yue Community Services’ community intervention team by
a polyclinic. The team provided her with support at home to better manage her
mother-in-law’s condition. There are currently 20 community intervention teams
and 39 community outreach teams set up by the Agency for Integrated Care. Click here to view news video (10:09 - 12:03).
AIC had also developed the ‘Caregiver Resource Kit’ to help caregivers to take
care of their loves ones with dementia. This enhanced kit consists of
four booklets on “Knowing Dementia”, “Planning Care”, “Providing Care”, “Caring
for Yourself” and a service directory provided along with this kit to provide
caregivers with the necessary information of the various service providers. An
online version of the booklets can also be found in Singapore Silver Pages
website.
o Part 1: Knowing Dementia
o Part 2: Planning Care
o Part 3: Providing Care
o Part 4: Caring for Yourself