Introduction
Caring for someone with dementia is never easy. MELABEV provides numerous services for the caregivers to help them with their never-ending task. These services include counseling & support groups, respite services, special needs project and the resource center.

Counseling & support groups
MELABEV's staff provides practical guidance, advocacy and empathic counseling for the care giving families, to make management of the elderly easier after they return home. Our social workers lead support groups for the spouses and adult children of the person with dementia.

Respite services
Among our other support services to the families is our subsidized respite service, whereby their demented elderly relative can stay in a round the clock facility for psychogeriatric patients while the family care giver receives a needed break of up to two weeks. The family can have a brief respite from their caregiving burdens relaxed in the knowledge that their loved one is being well looked after by experienced staff. They can then continue with their caregiving responsibilities with renewed strength and energy .

Special Needs Fund
We also run a "Special Needs Fund" which provides funds for families unable to purchase the adult diapers their elderly need, or the home help they require, or the uncovered costs of medications they cannot afford.