New app for dementia patients in S’pore offers wellness activities, lets public help those lost to alert caregivers

Wong and her husband Lau using Dementia SG’s Cara mobile app, on Nov 21, 2021. — GAVIN FOO/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: Worried about her husband, who was diagnosed with dementia eight years ago, Wong Lai Quen, 63, wanted something to help stimulate his mind when she was at work.

So she signed up for an account on a free mobile app aimed at helping dementia patients seek out activities and programmes that would mentally stimulate them.