by Eleanor Yap | Sep 21, 2017 | Miscellaneous, Products
Air conditioner filter that removes airborne particles like dirt, pollen and smoke. Filter out the bad, breathe in the good. 3M introduces the 3M Filtrete Electrostatic Air Conditioner Filter, which transforms air conditioner units to perform double-duty as air...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 20, 2017 | Health
The country’s Housing Society has come up with initiatives to address this need for seniors who prefer staying in their own homes. BY: Eleanor Yap To support the seniors in Hong Kong to age-in-place, the country’s Housing Society, an NGO (non-governmental...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 19, 2017 | Health
Move over GuavaPass, there is now a platform just for seniors so they can exercise and bond. BY: Eleanor Yap Hansen Lee, 27, discovered a gap with seniors and exercise. On one of a few occasions that he was able to convince his parents to join him for a run around...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 13, 2017 | Health
Though warfarin is commonly used, non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants are increasingly a better option. BY: Eleanor Yap Throughout the world, cardiovascular diseases account for one-third of deaths or nearly 18 million. Mirroring the global burden,...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 12, 2017 | Miscellaneous
RSVP Singapore launches new initiative to engage seniors in workplaces. To encourage more seniors to serve the community, non-profit organisation RSVP Singapore has launched a pre-retirement initiative in Singapore targeted at employees 45 years and above....
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 7, 2017 | Miscellaneous
DirectAsia is launching the NCD60 benefit, giving safe drivers an additional 10-percent discount. Be a safe driver and get rewarded with an additional 10-percent No Claim Discount. Online insurer, DirectAsia, has come up with a new feature called NCD60 that...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 6, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Submit an old picture of a building or built area. Lots of change has happened in our built environment. If you have an old photograph of a building or built area that is significant to you stashed away, consider bringing it out and submitting it to the...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 5, 2017 | Health
Asia’s largest clinical study will help establish nutritional standards for the elderly. BY: Eleanor Yap Changi General Hospital (CGH) and Abbott have set up a Nutritional Health for the Elderly Reference Centre (NHERC) in CGH in Singapore. The first task of...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 30, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Try an e-scooter instead to get around. First came bike sharing, now there is e-scooter sharing! Singapore-based company, PopScoot is introducing a new electric scooter co-sharing platform, which will initially see pilot docks deployed at ManuLife Centre,...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 29, 2017 | Caregiving
After some “administrative hurdles in 2015”, the new nursing home for those with dementia is expected to be ready in 2019 and with further features. Jade Circle, the nursing home for people with dementia, has been revived after some “administrative hurdles in...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 28, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Sandsation 2017, part of the festival, will feature more than 30 intricately-carved and larger-than-life sand sculptures of some five metres in height. Bring your family or grandchildren down to the three-week festival “Sandsational Fun at Sentosa” come...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 25, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Whip up some French and Mexican food from recipes of the countries’ best local cooks. Get ready to whip up some authentic French or Mexican recipes – direct from the kitchens where they are perfected, with the help of Lonely Planet’s latest food books. “Lonely...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 24, 2017 | Miscellaneous
A new Web app has come out where volunteers can do tasks for the needy or you can request help personally. If you are looking for help to fix your computer or even get someone to accompany your loved one to the hospital, you might want to consider using a new...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 22, 2017 | Health
Temasek Polytechnic launches brain training games in an app for older adults. Exercise your brain with MindWorks, a set of brain training games in an app for older adults. These games were developed after two years by researchers and students from Temasek...
by Eleanor Yap | Aug 15, 2017 | Health
This will help improve patient comfort and encourage more women to go for their mammograms. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Singapore and the chances of developing breast cancer increase with age. In Singapore, more than 80 percent of...
