/articles/more-seniors-tapped-helplines-last-year-over-issues-pandemic-fatigue-uncertainty
SINGAPORE - More seniors sought assistance through helplines operated by social service agencies in the second year of the pandemic compared with the first.
The agencies told The Straits Times…
/articles/more-seniors-benefiting-dementia-prevention-programme-mooted-sm-teos-late-wife
SINGAPORE - A dementia prevention programme mooted by Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean's late wife has now grown into a nationwide programme that combines health education, art, music, horticultural…
/articles/its-time-seniors-get-out-cage-syndrome-senior-wants-encourage-others-travel
SINGAPORE - Mr Victor Seow, 64, is a retired general manager of a co-operative. He is chairman of Silver Horizon Travel Co-operative, a volunteer-run social enterprise for and by seniors to encourage…
/articles/some-scam-types-see-more-seniors-falling-prey-them
SINGAPORE - When Madam Lim spoke to a man named Captain Song Ye Ting, who claimed to be from the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau investigating a case of money laundering, she trusted him.…
/articles/enabling-seniors-get-digitally-connected-smart-nation
Communities have been coming together in support of the Digital for Life movement to help citizens learn and impart digital skills to enable more seniors to access online services
Whenever she…
/articles/300000-seniors-lauded-efforts-learn-how-go-digital-during-covid-19-pandemic
SINGAPORE - Madam Mahjaben Shabbir Basrai, 62, was disappointed when most of her volunteering activities were affected after the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020.
A trainer at volunteer…
/articles/unable-walk-decade-ago-77-year-old-now-medal-winning-taekwondo-black-belter
Struck with knee pain, she decided to take charge of her life, picking up the sport and inspiring other seniors to do the same
A taekwondo black belt achieved in under three years. A gold…
/articles/service-winner-being-active-making-friends-and-gaining-satisfaction-are-benefits-he-reaps
A heart for supporting others lets this energetic 66-year-old tap on his leadership skills and enjoy adrenaline rush when helping at events
When meeting rooms within the Sport Singapore (…
/articles/active-ageing-how-wealth-life-experience-and-knowledge-helped-made-learning-new-things
Free activities at community centres, e-learning resources and YouTube videos also kept this active woman connected with the world
Ms Margaret M Tang may have spent the bulk of her adult life…
/articles/she-bakes-cooks-and-sews-make-ends-meet
SINGAPORE - They got married in 1994 and he, an odd-job worker for a chemical company, was the primary breadwinner in the family, while she was the homemaker taking care of their one boy and four…
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/articles/doing-charity-work-out-rental-flat
Ex-businessman, wife have been providing free meals to needy Chai Chee residents for 5 years
Step out of the lift on the ninth floor of Block 23, Chai Chee Road at lunchtime and you will notice the…
/articles/40-years-between-photos-couple
Home nursing service project takes portraits of patients with loved ones
Until recently, the only formal photograph that Madam Qui Jok Poh had with her husband, Mr Khoo Piak Choon, was taken…
/articles/growing-older-mandatory-growing-optional
Mrs Eileen Koh-Ling speaks fluent English and Chinese. “In my 20s, I started to work and was learning English at the same time. All these 40 plus years, I have been working non-stop and it seems to…
/articles/positive-mind-leads-successful-ageing
Rajam Sadanandan has worked with SINDA (a self-help group) for nearly 20 years.
Rajam is happy, full of self-esteem and resourceful. She is able to contribute to the community through…
/articles/happy-time-elderly-thanks-volunteers
Neighbours meet and catch up at annual reunion lunch organised by volunteers
Chinese New Year Eve used to be a quiet affair for retired civil servant Choe Seong Phan, 97, and his wife, Madam…
/articles/seniors-cook-camaraderie-novel-void-deck-kitchen
Something is brewing in a corner of Marine Parade.
The usually empty void deck at one block of flats is often filled these days with old folk busy chopping vegetables or peering over bubbling…
/articles/wanted-silver-friends-seniors
With Singapore's elderly population on the increase and more of them living alone and socially isolated, there is a greater need for volunteers to befriend and look after them.
The Central…
/articles/lindas-active-ageing-journey
Even though Ms Linda Lim retired from her 9 to 6 office job only in last November, the 68 year-old is no stranger to active ageing. When she was working, Linda took time off her hectic schedule to…
/articles/amy-and-her-passion-learning
At 64, Amy has the zest and spirit of a 25 year-old. Her bubbly chatter and infectious laughter fills any room with enough warmth to melt the iceberg in the North Pole. Amy is well known among her…
/articles/seniors-learn-tap-mouse-power
Hundreds of seniors are getting up-to-date on how to use technology in their daily lives, with the help of teenage volunteers.
The North East Eldersurf Intergen Bootcamp, which is organised by…
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