06-05-2025
Dignity and purpose: What having a job means for those with dementia
Orchid Laundry director Harry Toh (left) with Mr Michael Tan (centre), who works there once a week under a work therapy programme with Apex Harmony Lodge. Mr Tan has dementia. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
SINGAPORE – Twice a week, Mr Michael Tan, 59, works for a laundry firm at an industrial estate in Gul Link. His job gives him an outing from the dementia care facility where he resides. The former plasterer also likes earning money to buy snacks and other items he wants.
'I like to do things with my hands,' says Mr Tan, in between folding towels.
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