/articles/8-10-older-adults-singapore-prefer-age-their-current-homes-smu-study
SINGAPORE – Eight in 10, or 82.8 per cent, of older adults in Singapore prefer to age in their current homes, a study has found.
This indicates a desire for continuity and stability, supported…
/articles/happiness-helping-meet-active-seniors-who-volunteer-guide-and-coach
SINGAPORE – At a sheltered court in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Madam Susan Park guides nearly 40 seniors through a seated exercise routine.
The 63-year-old demonstrates stretches and cardio…
/articles/3-1-centre-offers-integrated-community-care-seniors
SINGAPORE – After retired taxi driver Hoong Yan Pui had a fall and suffered a knock to his head in November 2023, he stayed at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital for several months before visiting the…
/articles/extra-140-million-govt-funding-support-expansion-active-ageing-centres-ong-ye-kung
SINGAPORE – When nursing student Abigail Lim goes for work attachments at hospitals, she often sees elderly patients alone. So when her mother Jenny Teo, 52, asked her and her brother to volunteer to…
/articles/positive-mindset-towards-ageing-needed-tap-seniors-experience-workforce-tan-see-leng
SINGAPORE – There are opportunities for Singapore to tap the experience and wisdom of its seniors as the population continues to age.
But this must be done with long-term planning and a “…
/articles/all-hands-deck-collective-support-seniors-needed-spores-ageing-society
SINGAPORE – More volunteers are needed in the face of Singapore’s rapidly ageing population, and they will mostly come from institutes of higher learning, corporations and the community, including…
/articles/ai-technology-being-used-help-seniors-tell-their-life-stories-keep-active
SINGAPORE – Madam Lian Swee Wah has always been drawn to the power of words, and she loves writing. She wrote her first book – an autobiography – in 2019 and published it with the help of a former…
/articles/merger-council-third-age-c3a-agency-integrated-care-aic-better-scale-senior-learning-and
With effect from 1 April 2025, the Council for Third Age (C3A) will be merged into the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) as a single lead organisation for ageing-related services. The merger will…
/articles/if-you-are-grouchy-it-will-show-your-face-tips-those-hitting-their-60s
Five Singaporeans reflect on what their 60s were like.
Turning 60 is a major milestone for many.
It often marks the approach of retirement. Health issues also become more pronounced.…
/articles/retired-not-expired-age-71-veteran-court-interpreter-graduated-diploma-legal-studies
SINGAPORE – On Nov 4, 2023, Mr Nadarajoo Sivanandan put on a spiffy white shirt and red tie to dine out with a former colleague and good friend.
“Dress up,” she instructed, when she offered to…
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/articles/ping-pong-power-fighting-parkinsons-disease-table-tennis
SINGAPORE - When Mr Sunil Raghavan was in his 30s, there were niggling details in his daily life that he could not account for.
There was a persistent stiffness in his right shoulder. He could not…
/articles/elderly-people-may-feel-lonely-isolated-even-while-living-family-study
SINGAPORE - Elderly folk living with their families may be surrounded by people but they can still feel socially isolated, a new study has found.
Of the 1,021 seniors who provided data that…
/articles/number-home-vaccination-teams-grows-11-33
For seniors who cannot leave their homes, waiting times for Covid-19 jabs are likely to fall significantly now that the number of home vaccination teams has tripled from 11 to 33, Health Minister Ong…
/inspiration/volunteering-and-its-surprising-benefits
Volunteering and its Surprising Benefits.
/articles/free-n95-and-surgical-masks-selected-supermarkets-aug-26
SINGAPORE - Households here will each be given 50 medical-grade surgical masks and 25 N95 respirator masks, which they can collect at 131 supermarket outlets islandwide from Aug 26.
This is the fifth…
/articles/one-five-seniors-aged-70-and-above-spore-has-not-booked-covid-19-vaccination-appointment
SINGAPORE - More seniors are coming forward to be vaccinated, with about 1,000 people aged 70 and above signing up each day.
However, more than 96,000 – or 21 per cent of those in this cohort – have…
/articles/passion-dancing-new-lease-life
Step into Active Ageing Hub (Bukit Batok West) and you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the beautiful flutter of pink fans and graceful bodies moving in time to classical Chinese music.…
/articles/6-effective-tips-boost-brain-health-and-mental-wellness-seniors
Feeling more forgetful or careless as you get older? It’s not unusual to forget things from time to time. But if you’re frequently stressed out, unable to focus or experiencing mental…
/articles/vaccination-drive-focus-140000-seniors-70-and-older
Health Ministry, volunteers, mobile units will keep reaching out to them in coming weeks
The country's vaccination programme in the coming weeks will focus on 140,000 unvaccinated seniors aged 70 and…
/articles/going-door-door-using-personal-touch-address-concerns
It had been raining non-stop for three hours, and parts of the sheltered walkway were full of puddles. On a day like this, many might prefer to stay sheltered and warm at home.
But not 52-year-old…
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