{"id":20131,"date":"2022-01-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/25\/chubb-commits-us10000-grant-to-support-dementia-care-in-singapore\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T02:00:00","slug":"chubb-commits-us10000-grant-to-support-dementia-care-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/01\/25\/chubb-commits-us10000-grant-to-support-dementia-care-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Chubb Commits US$10,000 Grant to Support Dementia Care in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>SINGAPORE\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Media<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 25 January 2022 &#8211;\u00a0The Chubb<br \/>\nCharitable Foundation announced today that it has committed a USD10,000 grant<br \/>\nto <a href=\"https:\/\/dementia.org.sg\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Dementia Singapore<\/a> \u2013 a Social Service<br \/>\nAgency specialising in dementia care, caregiver support, training, consultancy,<br \/>\nand advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will support Dementia Singapore&#8217;s activities to<br \/>\npromote dementia care through <a href=\"https:\/\/dementia.org.sg\/2021\/11\/23\/new-launch-cara-mobile-app\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">CARA<\/a><br \/>\n\u2013 a lifestyle and community digital platform that provides easy access for<br \/>\npersons living with dementia and caregivers to connect to an ecosystem of<br \/>\nsolutions. <\/p>\n<p>CARA, an<br \/>\nacronym for Community, Assurance, Rewards, Acceptance \u2013 the four main functions<br \/>\nof the membership programme, is the first dementia membership programme of its<br \/>\nkind in the world. It is available on the Apple App Store and Google Play<br \/>\nStore. The CARA membership and app download is free.<\/p>\n<p>The key<br \/>\nfeatures of the CARA mobile application include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><u>Safe Return:<\/u><\/b><b> <\/b>An<br \/>\ninitiative supported by the National Council of Social Service (NCSS), CARA<br \/>\nserves as a unique identifier for persons with dementia, providing assurance<br \/>\nthat members can continue to move freely and independently within a safe<br \/>\ncommunity, giving caregivers greater peace of mind.<b><u\/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><u>Connected Care Circle: <\/u><\/b>With CARA, multiple family members in the care circle can link their<br \/>\nCARA accounts to their loved ones living with dementia and receive Safe Return<br \/>\nnotifications.<b><u\/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><u>Tailored Rewards:<\/u><\/b><b> <\/b>CARA<br \/>\nmembers can enjoy benefits suited to their care journey such as discounts and<br \/>\npriority privileges from our carefully selected partners.<b><u\/><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><u>Ecosystem of Solutions:<\/u><\/b><b> <\/b>Members can access a curated list of solution providers relevant to<br \/>\ntheir needs. They can navigate options at their fingertips and tap on the<br \/>\ncommunity platform for further support and resources throughout their dementia<br \/>\njourney.<b><u\/><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In<br \/>\nSingapore, one in 10 people aged 60 and above suffers from dementia and this<br \/>\ncorresponds to approximately 82,000 people in 2018. This number is also<br \/>\nprojected to increase to 152,000 by 2030<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe<br \/>\nCARA will be a useful digital companion for the dementia community,&#8221; said Mr<br \/>\nStanley Ho, Dementia Singapore&#8217;s Director of Advocacy &amp; Communications,<br \/>\nwhose team is leading the development of the CARA app. &#8220;With CARA providing a<br \/>\nkey touchpoint that caters to their various dementia care needs, we hope people<br \/>\nimpacted by dementia can benefit from using this app and continue to lead<br \/>\nfulfilling and enriching lives,&#8221; Mr. Ho added.<\/p>\n<p>Chubb Insurance Singapore Limited&#8217;s Country President Kevin<br \/>\nBogardus said, &#8220;We are delighted to partner with Dementia Singapore to support<br \/>\nthe development of the CARA app as well as other campaigns towards members&#8217;<br \/>\nengagement. Through these efforts, we are doing our part to help make dementia<br \/>\nmore manageable for all.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthhub.sg\/programmes\/74\/understanding-dementia\" rel=\"sponsored\">https:\/\/www.healthhub.sg\/programmes\/74\/understanding-dementia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2022\/01\/25\/117274\/chubb-commits-us10000-grant-to-support-dementia-care-in-singapore\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 25 January 2022 &#8211;\u00a0The Chubb Charitable Foundation announced today that it has committed a USD10,000 grant to Dementia Singapore \u2013 a Social Service Agency specialising in dementia care, caregiver support, training, consultancy, and advocacy. The grant will support Dementia Singapore&#8217;s activities to promote dementia care through CARA \u2013 a lifestyle and community digital &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}