by Eleanor Yap | Jul 21, 2016 | Health
A guide has been developed to help seniors combat falls as incidence of falls rises with age. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has launched an inaugural Falls Prevention Awareness Campaign to provide seniors and their caregivers with five simple tips to reduce...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 19, 2016 | Miscellaneous
From a smart diaper to brain health supplements, there were lots of solutions at Aging 2.0 Singapore, but it was a rehab wearable solutions company that won. BY: Eleanor Yap Innovation by start-ups was certainly abound at the Hangar by the NUS Enterprise, National...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 15, 2016 | Miscellaneous
A new initiative empowers the youth to start meaningful projects for the community and make a difference. Seniors and other beneficiaries and causes are being reached out to by a new initiative by the youth wing of the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC)...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 13, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Lonely Planet has come up with its “Best in Asia 2016″ list, with Hokkaidō earning the top spot. Looking for interesting destinations in Asia that you haven’t visited yet? Travel media company, Lonely Planet, has come up with an inaugural “Best in Asia...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 7, 2016 | Products
More space to store all your groceries and keep them fresh. Hitachi’s latest Japan-made refrigerator – Model R-F7300XS – provides a larger capacity for your groceries. Its dimension is 880 mm (width) by 738 mm (depth) by 1,833 (height), and a gross capacity of...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 5, 2016 | Health
A couple shares their woes when their three children left the home, and how a social experiment helped them regain their intimacy. Most Singaporean married couples go through their lives in phases. After completing school, a typical Singaporean would work hard...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 30, 2016 | Miscellaneous
The two-day dancethon event brought together both seniors and youths. Over 3,000 seniors participated in the two-day “Ngee Ann City – PA Dancethon 2016” held in the heart of Orchard Road, Ngee Ann City, Civic Plaza on the weekends in May 2016. Into its...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 28, 2016 | Health
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm disorder affecting millions around the world. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder affecting many globally. The condition, where patients experience rapid and irregular heartbeat,...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 22, 2016 | Inspiring Figures
Growing up poor motivates this 65-year-old to give back. BY: Marilyn Peh When police and civil defence personnel converged at a neighbouring block one evening two months ago, 65-year-old Annie Lim rushed to the scene immediately. No, she wasn’t acting out of kaypoh...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 20, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Ageing Asia partners with Aging 2.0 to search for Singapore’s best start-ups that will go on to a global stage. Ageing Asia, an ageing market consultancy social enterprise, is partnering with Aging2.0, a global platform on a mission to accelerate innovation to...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 15, 2016 | Health
The team hopes to identify biomarkers of progression and change the course of the disease. A new project, ‘Assessing the Progression to Type-2 Diabetes’ (APT-2D), aims to collect and analyse comprehensive information from 2,300 volunteers, so as to study in...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 14, 2016 | Health
A 76-year-old shares how he deals his condition but doesn’t keep it too strict. Lau Kim Boo remembers the time he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He shared that when he was 40, he had a cyst at his back area and was recommended to see a doctor to surgically...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 10, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Two-month long festival to rally Singaporeans to read. Read! Fest is a two-month long festival that aims to rally Singaporeans in a nationwide reading journey by involving the community to stimulate interest in reading amongst peers and loved ones. There are...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 7, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Nominations are open for advocates of IT adoption so they can inspire other seniors to embrace IT. More and more seniors are using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to expand their knowledge, pursue hobbies, and keep in touch with friends and...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 2, 2016 | Health
A survey reveals only nine percent of Singaporean women surveyed consider themselves at personal risk of HPV, an infection that will affect around four in five women by the time they are 50. In conjunction with Singapore’s Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, new...
