COVID-19 Impact in Community Care —A Perspective on Older Persons With Dementia in Singapore

The health and care of our vulnerable older persons with dementia (PWDs) have been inadvertently compromised by general measures taken to protect our community. On April 3, 2020, the Singapore government enforced social distancing measures and compulsory mask-wearing.1 The Silver Generation Office reinforced these measures to cognitively impaired older people with home visits.2 An ongoing initiative, “Support for Persons Living With Dementia Over the COVID-19 Period (SPOC-19),” organized by the Alzheimer's Disease Association (ADA) and the Agency for Integrated Care, provides memos to appeal for waiver of monetary fines for PWDs who breach safe distancing rules.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - June 4, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Nydia C. Rais, Lydia Au, Melanie Tan Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research