
Upgrades to make Yio Chu Kang more dementia-friendly have come at the right time for Madam Ng Pang Hoi, whose 95-year-old mother started showing signs of dementia a few months ago.
Madam Ng, 76, who works as a part-time cleaner, has been living with her mother in a two-room rental flat in Yio Chu Kang for more than 40 years.
She said: "Because of her dementia, my mother struggles to remember even the simple things, like where she put her belongings a few minutes ago." Pointing to the bright signs on the ground leading to the market, Madam Ng said: "I'm usually with her, but I taught her that if she ever gets lost as she goes to the market alone, she can follow the signs to find her way there."
To help residents with dementia live and age well, colourful, distinctive and easily recognisable features have been added in some parts of Yio Chu Kang, with more to come throughout the neighbourhood.
This story is from the December 03, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
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