Organised by Enable Asia and back for the second year, this year’s festival places an emphasis on sound and hearing with various elements to provoke, excite and trigger, emotions and memories, for people with dementia.

Sound has significant impact on people with dementia in terms of quality of life. This is because people with dementia have a reduced ability to discern sound and it hinders them from understanding their sensory environment.

The festival also shines a spotlight on caregivers, who are often invisible heroes and provides possibilities and suggestions for the caregivers’ respite and solace through many interesting activities such as breathing workshop, silent disco and semantic dance workshop, film screenings and more.

Other activities include:

• Experience technology such as virtual reality mind tours of familiar sights and sound devised especially for people with limited mobility, together with a simulation of mother’s cradling arms in the form of Wellness Rocking Chair;
• Screening of a series of feature and short films about dementia;
• Showcasing prototypes of the winners from Designathon: We Engage 2019, a makeathon that looks to empower the community to come together and design for dementia; and
• Visiting the Sound Field exhibition which is an immersive and interactive installation exploring how people with dementia respond to everyday city soundscapes. It aims to bridge the gap between civic and industrial design for dementia.

When: 6 – 8 September 2019, 10.00 am – 9.00 pm

Where: National Design Centre (111 Middle Road, Singapore 188969)

Cost: Free (prior registration is required)

Click here to register.