A bit late to watch this for Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, but better late than to miss this video showing the transformation of the Queen over the years from birth to the present day. Amazing! Ah, we were all young and beautiful/handsome once. And for some, wild and rebellious too! Those were the carefree […]
AGEING GRACEFULLY LIKE QUEEN ELIZABETH II Read More »
Student discount card Early in September the government launched the 1Malaysia Student Discount Card (KADS1M). To date, close to a million full-time students from public and private universities have been issued with the card. Last week the government announced that the card would be extended to part-time students as well as students studying overseas. 2,633 retail
LONG OVERDUE – A SENIORS DISCOUNT CARD Read More »
I came across the above in the New Straits Times a while back. It got me thinking. If it costs RM317,000 to raise a child from the day he was born to the day he celebrates his 17th birthday, how much would it cost to care for an elderly parent, say, from the age of
OLD AND ABANDONED BY THEIR CHILDREN Read More »
How does one refer to folks who have lived past the retirement age and are moving on into their 70s, 80s and even 90s? This huge demographics defy labelling. To lump everyone born between 1900 and 1952 as ‘senior citizens’ is to over-generalize. Senior citizens are not all the same. Many people my age (I
WHY WE SHOULDN’T DREAD GROWING OLDER Read More »
Alzheimer’s purple ribbon It’s been a week now since the National Caregivers’ Seminar up in Genting (see previous post). I continue to receive email enquiries about the seminar and also about the daycare centres that were recommended. Some of you have written to me about the daily challenges you face as a caregiver. I thank
THE LONG ROAD TO THE FINAL GOODBYE Read More »
Last weekend I attended the National Caregivers Seminar organized by the Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation of Malaysia (ADFM). It was time well spent as I learned much and met with caregivers from Johor, Malacca, Penang and Ipoh. As any caregiver will tell you, knowing there are others who are facing the same challenges gives you the
CAREGIVERS, KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE Read More »
Front page of the New Straits Times (13 Oct 2012) Here we go again. Sigh. Clarification needed one more time. In Malaysia, the term ‘pensioners’ refers to retired civil servants, and ‘pension’ refers to a sum of money that the government pays each month to those who have retired from government service at the age
REALLY, FOR PRIVATE SECTOR RETIREES, WHAT’S THERE TO SMILE ABOUT? Read More »
Ray Bethell conducting a symphony in the sky with his kites, deftly pulling the strings like a master puppeteer. I had meant to share this on Facebook, but Ray Bethell deserves much more than than just a brief FB mention. Indeed, it would be an injustice to post anything less than a full article about
RAY BETHELL, THE AMAZING KITE-MAN Read More »
The last time I sat behind the steering wheel of a car was back in 1998. After selling off my Chrysler Alpine, I have been depending mostly on public transport to get around. Every now and then, I am tempted to get a car, but the thought of horrendous traffic congestion, parking problems, road bullies
GETTING AROUND WITHOUT A CAR Read More »
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, as of April 2012, 53% of American adults age 65 and older use the internet or email. I don’t have the figures for Malaysia, but based on a simple survey of the people I know or have met, I am inclined to think only a very
LONELINESS NEED NOT BE PART OF AGEING Read More »
