by Eleanor Yap | Nov 7, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Pilot programme gives active seniors an opportunity to pick up a skill and help those in need. A retired cook, Tan Seng Kin, who lives at Tampines Street 43, is a member of Lions Befrienders SAC’s (Senior Activity Centre) wheelchair servicing team. He is happy...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 31, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Both Sides, Now focuses on raising public awareness on end-of-life plans. Both Sides, Now has returned this year with an arts-based, community-centric approach that aims to build end-of-life (EOL) friendly communities where individuals and families are...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 30, 2017 | Miscellaneous
NLB launches enhanced NLB Mobile app and new Digital Business Library, now with more to read on-the-go. Good news, lifelong learners! The National Library Board (NLB) has launched an improved version of the NLB Mobile app and a new Digital Business Library to...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 25, 2017 | Health
The International Osteoporosis Foundation and its member societies worldwide emphasis early prevention. It’s invisible, and it’s dangerous. Osteoporosis, which causes bones to become weak and fragile, only reveals itself when a bone breaks. In older adults that...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 24, 2017 | Health
Two seniors reveal their hearing loss and their hearing aid woes. BY: Eleanor Yap Pauline Ong did not look too much into it when she first experienced difficulty hearing in 2005. Once during a bible study session in 2008, when there were 10 to 12 people around the...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 19, 2017 | Miscellaneous
This simple idea to improve lighting at the traffic junction and reduce accidents took home second prize. Low visibility contributes to over 40 percent of all fatal car accidents; those involving passengers are often due to poor visibility at night or during...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 17, 2017 | Health
Johnson & Johnson Vision’s 2017 Cataract Awareness Survey found that only 11 percent are aware that vision loss due to cataracts can be regained after surgery. Most people in Singapore fail to fully understand cataracts and its emotional burden even though...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 12, 2017 | Health
Recent CARE conference explores ways of defining, measuring and developing interventions for resilience in older ages. BY: Eleanor Yap Depression and stress are at the highest particularly during midlife, those who are 50 to 59 years old. In the US, there is recent...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 10, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Not-profit theatre interest group gears up for its seventh production. Ageless Theatre, which comprises mainly of seniors from the ages of 40s up to over 70-year-old, all with a burning passion for performance, is set to open the doors to its seventh...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 9, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Bishan East-Thomson constituency becomes the second constituency after Yishun to join Lien Foundation’s Forget Us Not initiative. BY: Eleanor Yap A familiar Bishan landmark, the 24-hour Kim San Leng kopitiam, has taken the lead to come onboard a Lien Foundation...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 5, 2017 | Miscellaneous
A cooperative helps take the stress away of organising a funeral, and offers emotional and psychological support to the Christian community. Bereaved families who have lost their loved ones can find comfort at the Methodist Co-operative Society’s one-stop...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 3, 2017 | Health
Free concert to raise awareness and combat stigma against mental health issues. Twenty-five agencies and community partners from the healthcare and social services sectors have joined hands to raise awareness and reduce stigma about mental health issues through...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 29, 2017 | Miscellaneous
A hilarious musical that shines the spotlight on ageing and eldercare. Sing’theatre’s hilarious jukebox musical called ‘Forever Young’ is guaranteed to knock you off your chair! Originally written by Swiss playwright Erik Gedeon and adapted by...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 28, 2017 | Products
A natural supplement that enhances mental agility and optimises cognitive performance. EDGE is an advanced supplement that enhances mental agility, optimises cognitive performance and helps sustain levels of intense focus. Formulated by neuroscientists and...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 26, 2017 | Inspiring Figures
A 76-year-old recounts her early years, but it is her present doing voluntary guiding that she is most proud of. BY: May Young In the early days, when I was in my early 30s after I gave birth to my daughter and only child, I used to be telephone operator during...
