Yes, but not specifically for people living with dementia.

Yes. Day Care Units and Home Care Teams are integral parts of the long-term care service that provide ADLs support services to older adults in need of care, including people with dementia.

Further, in the Dementia Community Support Scheme, independent community living with a skill training programme, are major themes of training under functional training, which mainly focusses on enhancing PwDs’ instrumental activities of daily living (Task Force on Dementia Community Support Scheme, 2017a).

References:

Task Force on Dementia Community Support Scheme. (2017a). Operations Guideline on Dementia Community Support Scheme.

Dementia organisations like NMT and private attender agencies like Portea, Life Circle Elder Care and more, run home-based care programs primarily in urban areas where paid attenders are available to support home-based care. There are also a few day-care services offered by organisations including ARDSI.

No data yet.

This is often provided by family members.

Not applicable.

Yes – see part 3.

Yes, non-profit as well as for-profit (private) organisations offer these services at a cost to the family (e.g., respite care).