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Supporting people living with dementia in Malaysia

Malaysia

World Health Organization | 17 Dec 2022

“She is a little forgetful. She would say to me – you have not come for so long! while I was there a few days earlier. I take photos of us together and the next time I come, I show the photos to her. This calms her down, and then she smiles,” says Dilgeet Kaur A/P Garanan Singh, a caretaker at The Golden Age Welfare Association Malaysia working with older people.

Dilgeet visits them in their homes once a week and helps with daily activities such as shopping and cooking while their children are at work. Some of her clients have difficulties being independent due to problems with mobility or poor vision. Others, show symptoms of early dementia.

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