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A BLESSING TO BE A GRANDPARENT
Where the extended family used to live under one roof, today’s nuclear family structure means…
A DAILY STRUGGLE FOR THE CITY’S DESTITUTE ELDERLY
Hard times are here, and they get harder by the day. Jobs are scarce and…
THINKING OUTSIDE THAT WOODEN BOX
We’ve heard it before: 60 is the new 40 and 70 the new 50. Yet,…
ABUSE HURTS AT ANY AGE
We shudder with horror and disbelief when we read in the papers about caregivers physically…
YES, THE FUTURE IS INCREASINGLY FEMALE
My mother, now 94, grew up in Seremban in the WWII era when women had…
THE YOUNG ONCE
MCO (Stay-Home) Day 24. Today is a good (Fri)day as any to take a trip…
SELF-ISOLATING DURING COVID-19
Am writing this on the last day of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia…
SHOULD WE SAY NO TO MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS?
Ever wonder why fewer women in China get breast cancer compared to their western counterparts?…
REVISITING CANCER SURVIVOR DR WU’S RECIPES FOR CONQUERING CANCER
I have posted the above image not to promote Dr Tom Wu’s book as it…
HERE’S WHY THE 60+ DO NOT LIKE TO BE REFERRED TO AS ‘THE ELDERLY’
The UN refers to people aged 60 and above as Older Persons. World Health Organisation…
MY MOM HAS ALZHEIMER’S – AM I AT RISK?
My mother first showed signs of Alzheimer’s Disease probably as early as 2008. She was…
HOW AGE-FRIENDLY IS OUR CITY?
Sometimes one can’t help but wonder whether our city fathers and policy-makers consider the special…