{"id":778,"date":"2017-07-13T08:48:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T08:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/?p=778"},"modified":"2017-07-13T08:48:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T08:48:28","slug":"insights-into-ageing-and-the-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/insights-into-ageing-and-the-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights into Ageing and the Elderly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-598d3ff9ba1c1\" data-node=\"598d3ff9ba1c1\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-photo fl-photo-align-center\">\n<div class=\"fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fl-photo-img wp-image-2439 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/nuhscg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/Book-ColoursOfAgeing-KuaEeHeok-WriteEditions-2017-3D-1.jpg\" alt=\"Book-ColoursOfAgeing-KuaEeHeok-WriteEditions-2017-3D-1\" title=\"Book-ColoursOfAgeing-KuaEeHeok-WriteEditions-2017-3D-1\" width=\"450\" height=\"569\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-598d3ff9ba182\" data-node=\"598d3ff9ba182\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A new book on dementia written by Professor Kua Ee Heok of NUS Medicine\u2019s Department of Psychological Medicine was launched in June 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Titled \u2018Colours of Ageing\u2019, it is a collection of Prof Kua\u2019s research findings, stories and individuals\u2019 experiences from his past 30 years of research on dementia and mental health. The \u201cColours\u201d of ageing in his book\u2019s title represents the hope, will and the imagination of an \u201cundefeated mind\u201d, which is crucial to living with one\u2019s faculties intact.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/news\/2017\/2017-06\/2017-06-20\/HOPE-st-20jun-pD4.pdf\">The Straits Times, 20 June 2017, Life, pD4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Links<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nusmedicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/faculty-staff\/kua-ee-heok\/\">Prof Kua Ee Heok&#8217;s academic profile<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A new book on dementia written by Professor Kua Ee Heok of NUS Medicine\u2019s Department of Psychological Medicine was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Insights into Ageing and the Elderly - NUS Dept of Psychological Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/insights-into-ageing-and-the-elderly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insights into Ageing and the Elderly - NUS Dept of Psychological Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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