Before the Fog Sets In: Understanding Dementia & Protecting Your Legacy

A free in-person talk by Dr Pang Wee Yang on early signs of dementia, MCI, and planning ahead to protect your family and legacy.
About this Event

Before the Fog Sets In: Understanding Dementia & Protecting Your Legacy

Join us for a practical session on recognising possible early signs of dementia and what families should know to plan ahead in protecting their loved ones.

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• Understand what dementia is, how it progresses, and the warning signs to watch for
  
• Learn how to potentially reduce the risk of developing dementia through lifestyle
  
• Discover how to protect your assets and legacy so your wishes are carried out, no matter what happens to your health
  

Many families only discover the signs of dementia after it’s too late

Dementia often begins with small, easy‑to‑miss changes. There are early warning signs, but families frequently overlook them because they don’t know what to look for.

Here's what makes it worse:

There is a window between being “perfectly fine” and “too late” — a period when your loved one can still make decisions and put plans in place to protect their wishes. Unfortunately, many families only learn this after that window has closed, leaving legal decisions unmade and assets unprotected.

What you'll learn

An Informative Session to help your family plan ahead

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• Understanding Dementia — What dementia is, common early warning signs, and how it typically progresses — explained by a medical professional.
  
• The Grey Zone — MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment): what it means, how it differs from normal ageing, and why early assessment and planning can be helpful.
  
• Planning While You Can — Practical steps for legacy protection and how to start family conversations about future care and decision‑making.
  
• Your Questions, Answered — This is an interactive session with a dedicated Q&A with Dr. Pang Wee Yang, where you can ask him about ageing, memory concerns, and next steps for your family.
  

Speakers

Dr. Pang Wee Yang
Senior Consultant Geriatrician, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Dr Pang is a Senior Consultant with 13 years of experience as a Specialist Geriatrician in a public hospital. He trained mainly at Singapore General Hospital and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (ex-Alexandra Hospital) in Singapore, and also served a short Fellowship in Perth, Australia.

He is versatile with a wide range of experience, and has walked the journey with older persons across the whole spectrum of Geriatric conditions and in a variety of settings (acute hospital, community hospital, outpatient). His special interest is in Frailty and Geriatric Rehabilitation. Outside of his Specialty practice, he has also led several overseas humanitarian missions to provide relief in disaster zones.

Carine Zheng
Financial Advisory Manager, Financial Alliance · RNF no.: ZKC300055466

Carine has been in the financial planning industry since 2011, bringing more than 15 years of experience helping individuals and families make informed decisions about their financial future.

As a second-generation financial planner, financial planning has been part of Carine’s life for more than four decades. Her mother has been in the industry for over 40 years, giving Carine a unique perspective on how financial planning and wealth-building needs evolve across generations.

Today, Carine works with families, professionals and business owners to build financial strategies around protection, wealth accumulation, retirement and legacy planning. Her approach focuses not just on building wealth, but on creating financial flexibility and choices for the future.

Through her work, Carine hopes to help families move from simply accumulating wealth to intentionally planning how that wealth can support both their own financial security and the next generation.

Henry Lim
Wealth Advisory Director, Financial Alliance · RNF no.: LKM300202767

A former compliance officer in insurance and fund management, Henry brings analytical rigour to advice — and has guided 500+ individuals and families across portfolio, protection, and legacy planning over the past 12 years.

He was named Financial Alliance’s Consultant of the Year (2020), has received the Eminence Star Award every year since 2021, and has been featured in Lianhe Zaobao. Henry believes that, with adequate preparation, everyone can build the right amount to live the life they want — in complete peace of mind.

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