AIC engaged over 670,000 seniors on Covid-19 vaccination via visits, calls since Feb
SINGAPORE – Seniors who are keen on getting vaccinated but have difficulties doing so can seek help from the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), as part of its efforts to […]
Hougang day care centre opens makeshift store to engage seniors bored from staying at home amid Covid-19 surge
SINGAPORE – A makeshift store sits at a corner of the NTUC Health Day Centre for Seniors (Ci Yuan) in Hougang Avenue 9, for seniors who miss the shopping experience. […]
60 unvaccinated seniors get Covid-19 every day, six likely to end up in ICU
SINGAPORE – Each day, 60 unvaccinated seniors are getting infected from Covid-19, with six of them likely to need intensive care, Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary told […]
Bedok residents spread vaccination message
SINGAPORE – Residents living in Bedok Reservoir know her as “Hua Jie”, a cheery 54-year-old who turns up every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon to distribute free food and groceries. With […]
Job portal for seniors, intergenerational cafe among ideas to improve ageing experience in S’pore
SINGAPORE – A specially tailored platform to help older people find meaningful employment could do the job to improve the ageing experience in Singapore. Other proposals made during a Citizens’ […]
Publicity trucks to drive up Covid-19 vaccine awareness among seniors
SINGAPORE – In a bid to get more seniors to take the Covid-19 jabs, two trucks will go around heartland areas in the next few weeks to spread messages on […]
PM Lee Hsien Loong urges senior citizens not to delay Covid-19 vaccination
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged seniors to get the Covid-19 vaccination and not wait until it is too late, addressing about 200,000 seniors aged 60 and above […]
‘I jaywalk because I’m fast enough’
Last Monday, around 11.30am, an elderly man on crutches slowly approached the road along Circuit Road Food Centre, looking to get to the bus stop opposite. He looked to his […]