Mental Health Service
Allkin Singapore works alongside a wide network of healthcare and community partners to journey with vulnerable and marginalised persons with mental health issues.
What We Do
Allkin Singapore's mental health service aims to respond to the rising needs for mental health care within the community, including dementia support in Singapore. By working alongside a wide network of healthcare and community partners, we journey with vulnerable and marginalised persons with mental health issues towards reintegration by providing comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational support services.
How We Enhance & Enrich Lives
Community Resource, Engagement & Support Team (CREST)
The Community Outreach Team, also known as the Community Resource, Engagement & Support Team (CREST), strives to increase public awareness of dementia and mental health conditions, promote early detection of at-risk persons, and provide emotional support to individuals and their caregivers.
This team works with other community partners to facilitate preventive activities to reduce the risk of mental health issues and conducts meaningful activities to support the clients’ well-being and stimulate their cognitive functions. It is also the community node to link individuals to relevant health and social care services when necessary.
The community outreach team is part of the initiatives under the Community Mental Health Masterplan, a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), which enables persons living with mental health issues and dementia to seek early mental health care treatment and dementia support services nearer to their homes and ensure that they are well-supported in the community.
Post-Diagnostic Support for persons newly-diagnosed with dementia and their caregivers (PDS)
The Post-Diagnostic Support Programme for persons newly-diagnosed with dementia and their caregivers (PDS-Dementia) offers timely assistance to those living with dementia and their caregivers for a duration of six months following the diagnosis. The programme provides education on the condition, coordinates community resources, and dementia support services, such as facilitating early planning and management of the condition.
The programme also includes a caregiver support network where caregivers can and interact with each other through their shared experiences, co-develop solutions to challenges, lean on each other for social and emotional support, and access valuable resources for dementia support in Singapore.
Community Intervention Team (COMIT)
The Community Intervention Team (COMIT) provides therapy, counselling, assessment, psychoeducation support, and case management for clients with dementia and mental health issues, including their caregivers. The assessment enables the team to create personalised care plans for clients or connect them with more fitting services. Caregivers will receive appropriate assessment and intervention, including support, training, psychoeducation, and support groups.
COMIT works closely with Polyclinics, General Practitioners, community outreach teams, and other community partners to provide holistic care to clients. The community intervention team is part of the initiatives under the Community Mental Health Masterplan, a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), which enables persons living with mental health issues and dementia to seek early mental health care treatment and dementia support in Singapore that are nearer to their homes and ensure that they are well-supported in the community.
By The Numbers
1,237
clients supported
+60%
clients successfully reintegrated into their communities and on track to achieve life goals
8,649
seniors engaged to promote self-care and early detection on mental health issues