Nee Soon South is set to become more dementia-friendly. Eight more go-to points, where the public can take people with dementia who are lost and wandering, will open from 14 May 2018.
These will be on top of the current 14 in Yishun.
These “safe return” points, called Dementia Go-To Points, also provide caregivers and the public information and assistance on dementia.
Businesses have been roped in to direct people who exhibit signs of dementia and who have lost their way to these points.
There are around 70 Dementia Go-To Points here. The Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) is working with Bukit Batok East and Teck Ghee to set up points there.
Yishun is one of six designated dementia-friendly communities here. The other five are MacPherson, Hong Kah North, Bedok, Queenstown and Fengshan. There are plans to increase the number to 15 in the next three years or so.
Currently, one in 10 Singaporeans aged 60 and above has dementia. But by 2030, this number is expected to more than double to 103,000.
Those aged 85 or older are particularly at risk of dementia, with a 50% chance of getting the brain disease.
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Source: The Straits Times, 14 May 2018