by Eleanor Yap | Jun 20, 2025 | Inspiring Figures
This Health Promotion Board’s Health Ambassador takes her volunteering duties very seriously. Patti Ho takes her volunteering duties very seriously, and enjoys motivating seniors to stay active and healthy, and positive. The 81-year-old is in an ideal position...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 2, 2023 | Health
Singaporeans are re-evaluating their priorities and placing more importance on physical fitness, according to report. Singaporeans are living longer lives, and yet, only six in 10 (59 percent) are confident they will be healthy enough to live well to age 80 or...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 17, 2022 | Health
Three hundred eligible patients will be the first to be onboarded. StarHub has launched LifeHub+, a digital health service, with Alexandra Hospital (AH) and ConnectedLife with Fitbit to connect patients with doctors, health coaches and caregivers. With...
by Contributor | Mar 2, 2021 | Reflections
A Pioneer Generation member shares his two health issues and the lessons he learned from them. I confess that I am no health nut. I observe no fancy diet and generally eat what I please. I have been fortunate to be blessed with a slim profile though, and for...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 24, 2019 | Health
Healthcare professionals say we will have a hard time coping with health-related expenses and prevention is the key. Nearly half of healthcare practitioners feel Singaporeans will be hard-pressed to cope with the health-related expenses of living to 100 as a greater...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 28, 2018 | Health
Our SilverCare Hub brings together healthcare and social care providers to help seniors across different care settings. Seventy-one-year-old Madam D has heart failure and multiple chronic conditions. She was referred from Changi General Hospital (CGH) in March...
by Eleanor Yap | Feb 8, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Make these small steps for long-term wellness. BY: Chua Kay Tse With Chinese New Year just around the corner, many of us might have started indulging in festive goodies but don’t let slip of our health resolutions. Here are top five tips to maintain overall wellness...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 7, 2017 | Inspiring Figures
Bessie Yap shares about her husband whom she lost in 2013 to cancer, and her life after. BY: Eleanor Yap “I still miss him,” said 80-year-old Bessie Yap, as she spoke about her husband, Bernard, who passed away in 2013. The mother of two shared how the two first met:...
by Eleanor Yap | Jan 27, 2017 | Miscellaneous
Nature’s Farm gets a fresh look and adds a number of new elements in the store and services. Health foods and supplements retailer Nature’s Farm has rebranded, unveiling a new logo and a revamped flagship store at Parkway Parade. The brand has introduced new...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 17, 2015 | Health
HPB produces video of seven easy-to-do exercises that focus on muscle strength and balance. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has produced a 30-minute exercise video titled “7 Easy Exercises to an Active Lifestyle”. These exercises have been developed with the help of...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 3, 2015 | Inspiring Figures
P K Krishnan has gone through stomach cancer and two strokes, and lives to talk about it in hopes of inspiring others. P K Krishnan, 78, has gone through wars and survived. We are not talking about the Japanese war, but health wars – stomach cancer and two...
by Eleanor Yap | May 28, 2014 | Health
A call to build “a nation for all ages”, shared a speech by Health Minister Gan Kim Yong, and to open the conversation on ageing. The Government has plans to put together a national effort to prepare Singaporeans for “successful ageing”, according to...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 12, 2012 | Caregiving
The first course dedicated to community gerontological nursing in Singapore. With Singapore’s rapidly ageing population and the Government’s impetus to promote ageing-in-place, it becomes imperative to build capacity in the aged-care sector, and especially in...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 18, 2012 | Health
Part of the Council for Third Age’s Intergenerational Learning Programme, youths and seniors gained insight from each other. Students from Republic Polytechnic (RP) and a group of 10 seniors walked away with an improved understanding of each other after...
by Eleanor Yap | May 8, 2012 | Health
With seniors wanting to remain as independent for as long as possible, there are a number of products coming onboard that can help do just that, including a robot. BY: Joseph Barratt A robot designed to help seniors maintain high-quality of life was revealed in...
