by Eleanor Yap | Sep 6, 2023 | Miscellaneous
Seniors curated workshops and experiences to showcase their talents and skills for good. Ten seniors have specially curated workshops and experiences showcasing their talents and skills as part of an auction to raise funds for charity. The inaugural auction...
by Site Admin | Feb 1, 2023 | Caregiving
NTUC Health introduces flexible care options and more opportunities for seniors to age well as part of its plans to meet the evolving needs of seniors. NTUC Health has announced new initiatives to enhance eldercare support for families and caregivers at the...
by Eleanor Yap | Jul 29, 2022 | Inspiring Figures
Chang Swee Wah put his dream on hold but after retirement, it was time to revisit it. Chang Swee Wah had a childhood dream of one day becoming a film producer or director. He said, “I wanted to put my thoughts into a film so I can inspire people.” At the age of...
by Site Admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Health
Respondents in this age group want to live their later years with energy and zest. Singapore is one of the most rapidly ageing societies in the world today, with one of the world’s highest average life expectancy at 83.9 years. Not only are Singaporeans living...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 14, 2020 | Inspiring Figures
Thomas Lim and his wife had to cut short their trip to Morocco to come back to Singapore and ended up with a Stay-Home Notice. Thomas Lim, a freelance licensed tour guide and actor, thought he was going to enjoy a trip to Morocco, his first time being there, to check...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 10, 2020 | Miscellaneous
A Facebook campaign of pictures of those over 50 in action during this period. Ageless Online has started a little campaign called “What are you doing?” on Facebook showing pictures of those over 50 and what they are doing during this period of a partial...
by Eleanor Yap | Apr 7, 2020 | Miscellaneous
A new Facebook platform for seniors to gather online. With seniors being affected as activities have ceased because of COVID-19 and they might be isolated, 62-year-old Rickyfm Law, founder of a Nation For Future Seniors, has come up with a platform for seniors on...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 10, 2018 | Miscellaneous
A photography exhibition showcasing examples that say being old doesn’t mean being useless. Photographer Foong Lian Fey’s mother, Mrs Foong, was 81 when she first took up Chinese painting and today, at 86, she was still continuing with her hobby before having pain in...
by Eleanor Yap | Jun 26, 2018 | Inspiring Figures
Lily Boon loves playing the piano, especially when she is surrounded by crowds singing. BY: Eleanor Yap Lily Boon, 79, is a magnet to a piano. Two years ago, on Orchard Road during Christmas season, there was a street piano outside Takashimaya in Ngee Ann City. Most...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 28, 2018 | Inspiring Figures
This enterprising 69-year-old has found a gap when he discovered the ukulele, which has led him to find meaning in his life. BY: Eleanor Yap P’ter Chan, 69, never played a musical instrument before. But then he tried playing the ukulele, and he got hooked and has...
by Eleanor Yap | Mar 21, 2018 | Reflections
It is not just about diet, it encompasses a whole lot more, shared a 59-year-old advocate of “holistic wealth”. BY: Perine Seah What is ageing? What does it mean to you? To me, it is not about a chronological number nor physical degeneration but rather...
by Eleanor Yap | Jan 25, 2018 | Reflections
2011 Active Ager award winner Dr William Wan shares his thoughts on turning 70. BY: Dr William Wan I am 70 and I feel that life has just begun. This feeling is shared by many septuagenarians. May Sarton has written “At Seventy: A Journal” and Judith Viorst, “I’m, Too...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 20, 2016 | Miscellaneous
15 U Live ambassadors planned and organised this year’s U Live Symposium. ‘Old and retired’ is not how Jek Kwok Kwong sees himself. The 68-year-old can confidently name the various plants commonly found around neighbourhoods and is an avid volunteer with the U Live...
by Eleanor Yap | Oct 2, 2014 | Miscellaneous
The National Library Board and the Council for Third Age encourage lifelong learning in a month-long festival. BY: Eleanor Yap A former school principal, Jimmy Ho, 70, has been sharpening his Mandarin skills. He shared that when younger, he went to English school and...
by Eleanor Yap | Sep 30, 2014 | Inspiring Figures
Michael Chia joined dragon boating in 2013 and today, he holds his own during training with rowers half his age. BY: Eleanor Yap During Michael Chia’s secondary school days, he used to hijack a sampan (wooden boat) occasionally that was parked each time at the...