Symbols of traditional items used to help people with dementia navigate Chinatown MRT station


Brightly coloured stickers with nostalgic symbols placed at Chinatown MRT station to help people with dementia. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Symbols of a red lantern, a yellow tiffin box, a green rotary dial telephone, a blue plastic carrier bag and an orange bamboo basket, along with arrows in the same colours, have been installed at strategic locations in Chinatown MRT station. They are meant to people with dementia and the elderly exit the station and get to their destinations.

This is the first time the symbols and arrows are being used in an MRT station, and is the second instalment of the Helping Persons Living with Dementia Find Your Way initiative, which was first rolled out at Toa Payoh bus interchange in February.

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