SINGAPORE - Not all of the elderly who go missing have dementia, but it can be reasonably deduced that the condition is a significant contributing factor, said doctors whom The Straits Times spoke to. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Not all of the elderly who go missing have dementia, but it can be reasonably deduced that the condition is a significant contributing factor, said doctors whom The Straits Times spoke to.
In a February 2022 parliamentary reply on missing-person cases, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said about 15 per cent of the 5,072 missing people reported to the police from 2019 to 2021 were vulnerable people, such as young children and the elderly.A key factor that led to the drop in numbers in 2020 and 2021 was restrictions on movement during the Covid-19 lockdown. This meant that most of the elderly did not wander out of their homes.
“They were unable to go out to meet their friends at the coffee shop, attend daycare centres or have meals with their extended family members. It was and still is stifling for persons with dementia, who need that social and mental interaction even more than others.”
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