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volunteering for Sengkang Hospital
WORLD ALZHEIMER'S MONTH
AT SENGKANG HOSPITAL
NOVEMBER 2018-FEBRUARY 2019
Student Researcher
The activity we volunteered to do was to facilitate a booth at Sengkang Hospital's World Alzheimer's Month (WAM) Event.
WHAT I LEARNT
WHAT I DID
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Facilitated a booth called "Wheel You Eat?"
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Shown how different colours and types of food that are best for a dementia patient and how it can affect them.
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Educated passersbys on how dementia patients can affect their caregivers, and how it is important to care for caregivers too.
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Understood more about dementia and the potential burn-out caregivers have.
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Ways to catch a dementia patient's attention
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More about a dementia patient's diet
SKILLS
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Communication
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Facilitation
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Creativity
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Critical thinking
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Interpersonal skills
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