Photo: Dementia Singapore
A growing movement seeks to make communities more physically accessible for the more than 55 million people worldwide living with dementia. Now, cities like Singapore are making physical changes to help people with dementia stay engaged in their communities, like adding innovative signage, public seating areas and distinctive landmarks. “What we’re trying to do is really to make our environment or our spaces a lot more dementia-enabling, so that people with dementia can still live a normal life,” said Mary-Ann Khoo of Dementia Singapore. One way Singapore is doing this involves using street art to help people with dementia be able to distinguish among uniform, whitewashed buildings. These 10 murals — each depicting a distinctive Singaporean food-related item — are helping residents with dementia find their way home. These efforts in Singapore and in other places aim to help people with dementia live their lives to the fullest.
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