Cover article in The Malay Mail 27 Nov 2014 Yet again we read about retirees who have depleted their EPF savings within a few years after withdrawing the entire sum upon reaching retirement age. The reasons they give run the gamut of expenses from their children’s wedding to house renovation. Many use the money to […]
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View of the city from the sky bridge at the Twin Towers Sometimes one can’t help but wonder whether our city fathers and policy-makers consider the special needs of older people when they make decisions on improving the city’s infrastructure and public facilities. Do they study the demographics when they brainstorm at meetings? Admittedly there
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Two more months to go, and it’ll be time to retire this 2014 calendar. Pity. I am referring to the calendar produced by the Contilia Retirement Group (CRG) in Essen, Germany, featuring some of the residents of the nursing home re-creating famous scenes from movie classics. The oldest ‘actor’ is 98 years old, and he
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If you are a senior, and have never taken music lessons before or learned to play a musical instrument, and would like to start now, a good choice would be the ukulele. It is a humble little instrument that can provide hours of entertainment and joy for those playing it and those listening to it.
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With the rapid rise in the number of older persons looking for assisted living facilities, it is always heartening to hear about the opening of a new nursing home or a retirement home. Last Saturday (1 Nov, 2014) SeniorsAloud was invited to attend the opening of the Kuan Ai Nursing Home in Serdang Jaya, Seri
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Never too old – Queen Elizabeth II, 88, sending herfirst tweet on 24 Oct 2014. (Photo: AFP) There seems to be an inherent mistrust of the Internet among older adults of the Internet, at least here in Malaysia and Singapore from my conversations with the seniors I have met. While an increasing number of seniors
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South Korean elderly men fill out application forms for employment at a job fair in Seoul on October 22, 2014. Out of work and out of pocket, South Korean retirees are struggling to force their way back into an unwelcoming job market in an effort to supplement meagre or non-existent pensions. — PHOTO: AFP This
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Source: pure-ecommerce.com This is a follow up to an earlier post on entrepreneurship for seniors. If you are seriously contemplating starting a business venture, or planning to invest in one, here are some business ideas you might want to look at. Of course, it goes without saying you have to do the market research, check
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Just when I thought International Day of Older Persons would pass quietly and unobserved this year, I received an invitation from Ong Thiam Hiong for SeniorsAloud team to join the residents of Taman Megah Fasa 2 (TMF2) in celebrating the special day. Ong (as he prefers to be called), 67, is chairman of the TMF2
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