Confinement nanny course for women

Confinement nanny course for women

WINGS’ course is now open for registration.   WINGS’ confinement nanny course is now open for registration. The course aims to equip mature women with up-to-date knowledge and practical skills for infant and confinement care to work as confinement nannies....
Retire with a purpose – volunteer

Retire with a purpose – volunteer

RSVP Singapore is organising the third National Senior Volunteer Month.   RSVP Singapore is organising the third run of the National Senior Volunteer Month (NSVM) on September 9 from 9am to 5pm at ITE College Central. The event will promote volunteerism among...
Access to cancer information

Access to cancer information

The Singapore Cancer Society has collaborated with BookDoc to widen public access to cancer-related information and services. Voluntary welfare organisation Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) is collaborating with BookDoc, an online healthcare platform with a presence in...
9 healthy snack options for diabetics

9 healthy snack options for diabetics

Who says that a diabetic patient’s diet has to be boring? BY: Alefia Vasanwala Do you struggle to find healthy snack options as a diabetic patient? Here are nine dietitian-approved snacks that you can have on hand to quell your hunger pangs in a timely manner,...
Silver Arts is back!

Silver Arts is back!

There is a diverse line-up of programmes that includes a Hokkien music concert, a Malay theatrical play, a ’60s English rock concert and a reprisal of two famous monologues by Kuo Pao Kun in Cantonese and Teochew.   Seniors are in for a treat at the sixth edition...
Asthma more severe in seniors than in children

Asthma more severe in seniors than in children

This chronic disease can develop at any age and seniors who have it are prone to lower quality of life.   Asthma affects some 300 million people worldwide. Though this chronic disease tends to be focused around children as symptoms are first developed at a young...
Get active!

Get active!

To celebrate Singapore’s 52nd birthday, there will be many sporting activities across the island. There’s something for everyone during this year’s GetActive! Singapore (GASG), which takes place from July 29 to August 9, 2017. GASG aims to attract all Singaporeans to...
Support Team Singapore

Support Team Singapore

Come and cheer for Team Singapore at the upcoming SEA Games and Para Games. Want to support Team Singapore at the 29th SEA Games and 9th ASEAN Para Games being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? Sport Singapore is offering fans and sports enthusiasts to catch these games...
Manage your diabetes

Manage your diabetes

Here are 5 tips to get you on track to control your diabetes.   Diabetes is a global epidemic expected to affect over 640 million people by 2040, putting one in every 10 adults at risk of the many life-threatening health complications associated with the disease...
The cruel fate of Sungei Road market

The cruel fate of Sungei Road market

Looking back at how this flea market came about and why it is important to find a permanent home for it. BY: Yeo Hong Eng What a pity! That market which opened in the 1930s during the Depression Days for the poor to tide their poverty days over was closed on July 10,...
Oh, honey!

Oh, honey!

New packaging and honey in lozenges.   Haddrell’s of Cambridge’s UMF Manuka Honey from New Zealand sports a new packaging at Nature’s Farm. The brand has also recently come up with a line of UMF 16+ Manuka Honey Lozenges in three different flavours to add to its...
Estranged from children

Estranged from children

Finding a way to mend your relationship. BY: Eleanor Yap It is actually common to see children drift away from their parents and barely keep in touch or sometimes never. Though it is sad to see that a child one has borne is no longer close as once was, you shouldn’t...
Lessons from Japan

Lessons from Japan

Lien Foundation takes two Singaporean seniors to Japan to explore eldercare services.   Lien Foundation’s latest project Genki Kaki is a 10-part series of short films and articles that highlight the rich diversity of services for seniors in Japan and what...
Walking Fido really does help!

Walking Fido really does help!

Recent study shows that pet dogs help adults aged 65 and over stay active.   For older adults, owning a dog increases the likelihood of achieving World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended levels of physical activity, according to a recent study done in the UK....

Funds transfer made easy

PayNow lets you transfer funds from one bank to another using your mobile phone or Singapore NRIC.   There will be a new peer-to-peer funds transfer service called PayNow, where customers of seven participating banks can send and receive Singapore Dollar funds...