The Future Is Female: Dementia Care - Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care
On this episode of #TheFutureIsFemale Melisa Idris speaks to Teepa Snow, an occupational therapist specialising in dementia care and education. She developed the Positive Approach to Care®️ technique which emphasises empathy, respect, and understanding when interacting with individuals living with brain change, while actively advocating to change the norms of dementia care culture.
Sun Mar 31 2024
FEATURE - COVID orphans face grief and poverty as world moves on
Between 10.5 million and 12.4 million children are estimated to have lost at least one parent or caregiver to COVID, a 2022 study showed.
Fri Jun 16 2023
Dementia: Her Majesty urges govt to set up centre to train caregivers
Her Majesty has urged the government to set up a training centre related to taking care of dementia patients.
Sat Oct 01 2022
Caregiver Devika sacrifices Deepavali for the sake of Makcik Supiah
A caregiver decided to skip celebrating Deepavali with her son in Kuala Lumpur today because she could not bear to see a sickly woman suffering in the floods.
Thu Nov 04 2021
Door-to-door vaccine programme blueprint for underserved communities
Bedridden individuals and their caregivers in Malaysia have started receiving their COVID-19 vaccine under a door-to-door programme.
Wed Jul 07 2021
Plans for SPM-qualified nursery childminders from next year
Its Deputy Minister, Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun said the move was still being studied and it was seen as an effort of the government to raise the quality of childcare at such institutions.
Thu Nov 24 2016
Foreign caregivers not allowed at childcare centres
Operators of childcare centres are not allowed to take foreigners as caregivers, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
Wed Nov 25 2015
Infant sleep safety still misunderstood by many caregivers
Even though most caregivers agree on the importance of safe infant sleep practices, many of them may not know what to do, a US study said.
Sat Sep 19 2015
3-month-old baby boy dies on first day at care centre
A three-month-old baby boy was found unconscious on his first day at a child care centre in Section 35 here, before being pronounced dead at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang, yesterday.
Wed Sep 02 2015
Second health worker in Texas tests positive for Ebola
Like the first case, the second concerned a caregiver who treated a Liberian Ebola sufferer who later died at the Dallas hospital.
Wed Oct 15 2014
MAS claimed to have stopped caregiver services to families of MH370 crew
Families of crew members on the missing flight MH370 alleged that the MAS management had stopped the caregiver services to them.
Mon May 19 2014
MH370: 'Don't give false hope, just say nothing', says volunteer counselor
Caregivers and counselors sacrificed their own working hours just to lend a helping hand, all they can do is try "to be there for them".
Thu Mar 13 2014
MH370: Financial aid from MAS draw mixed feelings
Families reacted differently to the financial aid given out by Malaysia Airlines aimed at helping with their daily expenses.
Wed Mar 12 2014
'Lollipop' child star Shirley Temple dead at 85
The Hollywood child star died of natural causes on Monday night in her California home, surrounded by her family and caregivers.
Tue Feb 11 2014
The fate of elderly orphans in nursing homes
With the life expectancy of Malaysians seemingly improving, the problem of 'elderly orphans' is expected to be on the rise as well.
Wed Nov 06 2013