Speaker: Professor Kua Ee Heok, Tan Geok Yin Professor in Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, NUS Medicine

The debate of the age is whether dementia is preventable. This lecture will focus on dementia research in Singapore which started 30 years ago and the Jurong Ageing Study (JAS) on dementia prevention. The JAS results show that non-drug interventions like health education, mindfulness practice, music-reminiscence, art therapy and horticultural therapy are effective in improving mental health of elderly people. The Age Well Everyday (AWE) program has now been introduced to 8 community centres. The translational relevance is the immense impact of the AWE program on the health of the Singapore elderly. Many Asian countries are now keen to adopt the AWE program.

Admission is free.