A recent study in Singapore has revealed a significant gap between public awareness of dementia symptoms and the knowledge of available support resources. While many citizens can identify the signs of the condition, approximately 68% of respondents reported being unsure of where to seek professional help following a diagnosis. The findings, commissioned by the Lien Foundation and NTUC Health, underscore the need for increased public education regarding community services, support groups, and digital tools designed to assist caregivers and patients navigating the challenges of dementia.
- Nearly seven in 10 Singaporeans are unaware of the specific organizations or resources available to help manage dementia.
- The study was commissioned by the Lien Foundation and NTUC Health to assess current public understanding and perceptions of the condition.
- Knowledge of specialized tools, such as the Dementia Friends mobile application, remains low despite high general awareness of the condition’s symptoms.
- Social stigma remains a barrier to seeking help, with some respondents still associating the condition with family shame or viewing it as a natural part of aging.
- Younger demographics, particularly Gen Z, showed a higher tendency to be aware of digital resources compared to older generations.
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They were told, but forgot.
Are singaporeans rich or have good pay jobs? Of course not as more than 87% of people lives in hdb flats and not private houses/condos, it's one of many examples of failed management to singapore by fishy pap party, not ashame?
The real every day singaporeans: Majority people said those who trust and support and choosing the fishy pap party surely every year to get another fresh rounds of many types of jabs, and when they want to travel overseas, they take another rounds of many types of jabs again of course.
Also don't forget a lot of NS boys (soldiers) became NoSoul boys during their services, it's the fishy pap party fault but most cases were being covered up by the pap party of course, pap party not ashame?
Don't forget the fishy pap party don't want to choose any side (usa or china) so lost the whole world of course. Also how the fishy pap party going to manage all the multi-nation people from all over the world, into a multi-nation Singapore?
What's important since sg tops world first in scams nation, majority people said it's a matter of time before the remaining singapore reserves $$ and gold bars be scammed away, or by the fishy pap party of course.
And people still ordering food delivery? People still trust the food delivery boys? People still dare to eat the food from the delivery boys? People still not afraid that's the last meal of their lives?
As for illegal foreign workers, not only the platform work, but a lot of restaurants and eating places also using illegal foreign workers in the kitchen, but the fishy pap party just close one eye and all these problems still remains.
The real sg: The fishy pap party instead of doing public service, but they are actually doing self service by own self collect own self's highest pay, etc. and sleep during the parliament sitting.
Under the fishy pap party, sg became world's No.1 most cases of money scams nation, and previously the nation wide C-19 jabs scams (still the fishy pap party dare to approve it) during shutdown, and also many other types of jabs scams, as well as all kinds of other scams too (eg. singpass scams, nric no. scams, vapes scams, love scams, bto flats renovations scams, sim cards/e-sim scams, parcels/food delivery scams, and the list goes non-ending)
The fishy pap party only good in talking and acting, and also boastful talk, brain wash the people, playing tricks and using fear mongering, but singaporeans are no longer small kids to trust or support the fishy pap party.
Who the hell did you pick as sample for yr study?
The dementia symptom kicks in when a person starts talking to him/herself "where's my CPF money"???
Unsure where to seek help coz there isn’t any available