Some useful information / contacts for pungollians living with elderly.

[tom]

The Health Ministry is studying the feasibility of using Medisave for Palliative Care. ( Home care for the terminally ill )

Home care includes helping patients manage their pain, teaching family members on transfer techniques, bathing, changing of diaphers, feeding and everyday hygiene.

Doctors and nurses will call on the patients, performing nursing procedures such as changing urinary catheters and feeding tubes. Attend to any skin problems on bed-bound patients. These visits may be several times a week depending on the condition of the patients.

Lets hope it will be implemented soon.

[tom]

7 in 10 elderly chinese men don't age well.

Base on the estimated 300,000, there are altogether 210,000 elderly in Singapore who are actually living with some problems.

At a recent symposium titled Health-care challenges for an ageing population, a professor from NUS who presented  a study of about 1300 Singaporeans age 65 and older said," there are four factors that pertain to positive ageing.

1. Good physical health.
2. Mentally alert.
3. Emotionally well.
4. Socially engaged and satified with life.

Another study pointing to the fact that elderly man living alone, found lack of mobility a major area of concern.

Better education, exercise, good diet and having religious, spiritual beliefs help in aging process.

[tom]

Help for studies on the elderly. $3 million for new centre to become contact point for projects on ageing.

Called the Virtual Institute for the study of ageing (VISA), it will be the contact point for anyone wanting to do projects related to the elderly, NUS deputy president for research and technology Professor Barry Halliwell commented.

If you have a project / programme and are not sure if they are working, you can tap on some 60 groups of doctors, engineers, architects, social scientists, represents the first such dedicated research effort to help people to age well.

Besides funding conferences and workshops, the $3 million which NUS and MCYS are pumping into VISA over three years also go towards testing novel ideas and devices to assist Singapore's ageing population.

[tom]

Active ageing projects wants people in their 50's.

Wellness programme for seniors extending to pre-retirees.

This initiative, launched end of 2007, promotes healthy ageing and encourages seniors to remain physically, mentally and socially active.

Centres with upcoming health screenings preparing senior residents for participation in the above projects are as follows :

1. Paya Lebar Wellness Centre. ( nearest to Punggol )
Blk 112, Hougang Avenue 1, #01-1092, Singapore 530112.
Health screening 13 June 2009.

2. Ulu Pandan Wellness Centre.
170 Ghim Moh Road, #02-02, Ulu Pandan Community Building, Singapore 279621
Health screening 14 June 2009.

3. Bukit Panjang Wellness Programme.
Bukit Panjang CC, 8 Pending Road, Singapore678295.
Health Screening 21 June 2009.

4. Radin Mas Senior Connect Plus Centre.
Bukit Merah CC, 4000 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 159465.
Health Screening 27 June 2009.

5. Jalan Besar Wellness Programme
Jalan Beasr CC, 69 Jellicoe Road, Singapore 208737
Health Screening 28 June 2009.

6. Kreta Ayer Kim Seng Wellness Programme,
Kreta Ayer CC, 28A Kreta Ayer Road, Singapore 088995.
Health Screening 5 July 2009.

7. Wellness @ Jurong Central,
Jurong Central Silver Circle, Blk. 402, Jurong West St. 42, #01-525, Singapore 640402.
Health Screening 19 July 2009.