Noorlinah Mohamed
Moderator

Noorlinah is an award-winning actress, a teaching artist, creator of public engagement projects and a caregiver to her mother who is diagnosed with dementia. She has delivered talks, participated in panels and workshops as well as created a performance called ‘Recalling Mother’ produced by Checkpoint Theatre to raise awareness on dementia and caregiving.

Since 1988, she has performed and taught in Singapore, Asia, Europe and the United States. Noorlinah is a recipient of the JCCI Cultural Award (2008) and the Women’s Weekly Women of our Time Award (2005) for her contributions to the arts. She obtained her PhD in Arts Education from the University of Warwick in 2013 and was Director of The O.P.E.N., a pre-festival of ideas and public engagement initiative of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (2014-2017).

Dian Karnina
Panelist

Dian is a Psychologist/Manager at Apex Harmony Lodge, the first-purpose built home for people with dementia in Singapore.

In her role, she empowers individuals across the spectrum of the condition to live well, and advocates for the active involvement of various members of the community to create a dementia-friendly, respectful, and inclusive society. Currently, she drives the Therapy Through Work Program for People with Young Onset and Early Stage Dementia (TTW YES).

Master in Arts (Psychology), BSc Psychology (Behavioural Sciences)

Nancy Cheong
Panelist

Nancy is presently an Outreach Manager with Caregivers Alliance Ltd (CAL), which is a professional non-profit organisation in Singapore dedicated to meeting the needs of caregivers of persons with mental health issues through education, support networks, crisis support, tailored services and self-care enablement. In her current job, she also set aside time as a Caregiver Counsellor to reach out to caregivers at Changi General Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

She received her Master of Social Sciences in Professional Counselling from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. She has also completed a Specialist Diploma in Gerontological Counselling which offers a holistic training in the eldercare and silver sector to work with older people to improve their quality of life.   

Nancy started out in the banking and airline industries where she has amassed more than 10 years of experience in customer relations. She then started her own business dealing in health and wellness services and products where she was a successful entrepreneur for over the last 25 years before entering the social service sector.  Since joining CAL, Nancy has actively reached out to a wide spectrum of caregivers across different strata of the community, in particular those whose who are caring for their loved ones with mental health issues, providing them with training, support and counselling. She is especially passionate about working with persons with dementia and their caregivers, and it is her desire to become more involved in helping them to be resilient and to strengthen their well-being for their caregiving journey.