/articles/dont-rob-them-their-independence-helping-patients-design-life-around-dementia
SINGAPORE – Madam Leong Seow Kheun likes to start the day with a morning walk.
“I still have stamina,” says the 87-year-old housewife, who has Alzheimer’s disease and short-term memory loss.…
/articles/road-map-healthy-longevity-steps-ensure-longer-more-meaningful-lives
SINGAPORE - The world's population is ageing.
This can become either a burden society has to bear or a benefit to all if older people remain healthy and continue contributing to the economy…
/articles/seniors-will-help-other-seniors-spot-scams-under-new-initiative
Seniors do not always understand commonly used terms such as URL (uniform resource locator) and OTP (one-time password), and the lack of familiarity with such terms discourages them from learning…
/inspiration/making-difference-peoples-lives
"As I live my life actively with a whole new mindset, it has made me more resilient. I also feel happier and more fulfilled now,"
/articles/wild-wild-western-australia-family
KALBARRI AND SHARK BAY, AUSTRALIA - Peering over the precipice, I tune my ear to the sound of birdsong as the jade snake of the Murchison River winds its way through the gorge 100m below.
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/inspiration/making-silver-years-meaningful
I’ve always wanted to bring joy to the elderly with my talent. So, as long as they are happy, I feel very fulfilled and satisfied.
/inspiration/vibrant-ageing-purpose
The desire to develop friendships will naturally come when you do things right.
/inspiration/helping-seniors-gain-newfound-confidence-happiness
I’ve made a lot of new friends and expanded my social circle. [In addition to providing makeup services,] we would rehearse and sing and dance together, and present entertainment programmes in…
/inspiration/learning-and-volunteering-through-photography-helped-enrich-his-life-after-retirement
It didn't take long before I started to feel that I should devote my time to contribute back to the community instead of spending 24 hours on myself. That would make my life more meaningful.
/articles/helpline-offer-listening-ear-seniors
Trained senior volunteers will provide real-time assistance five days a week
To help seniors in need, a new national helpline that provides real-time assistance five days a week was launched…
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/articles/love-care-time
Love can blossom in one's golden years, even in a seniors' home.
Mr Lim Hoo Ching, 86, and Madam Tan Khin Lan, 75, are among four couples who have met and married at the AWWA Senior Community…
/articles/being-fish-its-job-dive
Philip Chan has been with Underwater World Singapore since it opened in 1991
A diver in a red and white Santa Claus costume, with a stringy beard no less, plunges into a tank, sending the fish…
/articles/decade-helping-youth-risk-pays
Beautiful People helps 100 girls and women each year, launches mentorship for teen boys
Ms Nurhayati Abu Bakar was placed under probation and sent to a youth home after getting into a fight…
/articles/senior-record-holder-took-sport-avert-dementia
Madam Phua Peck Ling first spotted a brochure for a cup stacking interest group at the void deck of her Housing Board block about four years ago.
What caught her eye was the claim that cup…
/articles/being-practical-delivers-goods
Volunteers from Keeping Hope Alive focus on meeting actual needs of those they help
From a painting firm boss who uses his supplies to spruce up formerly bedbug-infested flats to a manicurist…
/articles/custodians-opera
They put in many hours, on top of their day jobs, to learn all aspects of the art
In a teahouse in Smith Street, Madam See Too Hoi Siang is telling some primary school children: "Every sound…
/articles/neighbourly-care-vulnerable-residents
Trained volunteers check that they take medication and go for medical appointments
Ms Nekmah Mahadi works at a primary school canteen stall from mornings to afternoons.
The 52-year-old…
/articles/neighbours-step-out-fight-dengue
Mum-and-daughter pair among 6,000 volunteers who are spreading the word on prevention in a friendly way
Dressed in yellow vests and bright red shirts, Madam Liew Yin Wan and her daughter, Ms…
/articles/volunteer-run-library-celebrates-3rd-year
library@chinatown is first and only one here staffed this way
Decked with festive lanterns, a 1960s-style photo booth and a live band, library@chinatown bustled with activity yesterday.…
/articles/single-mum-has-big-heart-marsiling-neighbours
67-year-old who survives on govt aid stations herself at void deck to provide help to others
At the age of 67, single mother Jainah Awang still has to take care of her grown-up son, who is…
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