I am glad I attended the public forum on “Caring For The Frail Elderly At Home” held at Singapore’s Changi General Hospital this morning. In just two and a half hours I listened to seven presentations ranging from ‘Home Safety’ to ‘Managing Medication’. What I would like to share here is how to prevent falls […]
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A checklist of 24 things to do for filial sons and daughters. What is your score? While the Confucian virtue of filial piety is not quite buried along with our ancestors from China, it is at risk of becoming as antiquated as foot-binding for young Chinese ladies from good families. The Straits Times today published an
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It’s FOOD, FOOD and GLORIOUS FOOD for the next few days as Malaysians celebrate Hari Raya. Non-Muslims visiting their Malay friends will be treated to a sumptuous feast of home-cooked delights. Those opting to dine out will be pampered to a majestic buffet of traditional and festive Raya cuisine. While the temptation is there to
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Below are two videos to enlighten non-Muslims on how Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated in India and in China. Eid-ul-Fitr is Arabic for the 3-day celebration to mark the end of a month-long fasting or Ramadan. In Malaysia, it is called Hari Raya.
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The Star 10 August 2012 It struck me while reading the article “In a limbo” how much retirees and retired Olympians have in common. For workers, it is mandatory for them to quit their jobs when they reach retirement age. For sportsmen and sportswomen, that age comes much earlier. At only 27, Michael Phelps, with
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Report in The Star 16 August 2012 This post is mainly to keep a record of public announcements made by the EPF on the issue of withdrawals. Decisions made in haste without sufficient time to hear the views of all stakeholders often result in the authorities involved having to retract their earlier statements. This ‘flip-flopping’
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Living a simple, frugal lifestyle. (Photo: The Sunday Times) If you missed Lee Wei Ling’s article in The Sunday Star 12 August, click on the link below to read it. The article first appeared in The Sunday Times, 5 August. A rather interesting account of how her father, Lee Kuan Yew, former PM of Singapore,
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Hannah Peterson of LifeInsuranceQuotes sent in this article below to share with Seniorsaloud community. You can read the full article on their website. REMEMBER: These are all MYTHS! Believe them at your own risk. Myth #1: Older people are either cranky or depressed. Myth #2: Growing old means getting sick. Myth #3: Senility is inevitable. Myth
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There is a fine line between mercy killing and murder. When a man helps his terminally-ill spouse end her life as she could no longer endure all the pain and suffering, is he an accomplice to a suicide or is he a murderer? Or neither? To the police of Palm Springs, CA, it was a
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Albert Einstein wasn’t the only advocate of life-long learning. So were Henry Ford and Mahatma Gandhi. These great men died at 76, 83 and 78 respectively – proof that when we stimulate our brain cells by picking up new skills, new experiences and new knowledge, we could extend our life span and keep Alzheimer’s at bay.
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