Action Plan for Successful Aging Singapore. Ageing in place Singapore. People's Association. Senior Citizens' Executive Committees PA Senior Citizens’ Executive Committees (SCECs) is the largest seniors’ network in Singapore.
Through this network, the SCEC plans and organises a wide array of activities and courses to enrich the life experiences of senior citizens. There are sports and dance activities that are specially designed to help participants stay fit and healthy. There are also courses that fulfill the pursuit of lifelong learning by offering skills to pick up a new language, improve one's cooking, and even explore the possibilities of computer technology. It aims to engage and empower seniors to lead active, healthy and meaningful lives in the community. For more information on courses and activities, please visit your nearest Community Club (CC). PA Wellness Programme The PA Wellness Programme offers those aged 50 and above opportunities to take part in activities to help them remain mentally, physically and socially active.
Active Ageing Programmes - Singapore Health Promotion Board. ActiveSG gym for elderly opens in Ang Mo Kio, 4 more to open in mature estates. SINGAPORE: To help seniors age well, five ActiveSG gyms designed with the elderly and disabled in mind will open by the end of this year.
Last September, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that such gyms will open in mature housing estates. On Saturday (Jul 13), he opened the first at Ang Mo Kio Community Centre, which is also the first ActiveSG gym in a community centre. The gym is open to the public and costs S$2.50 per entry. To encourage more seniors to make use of the facilities, Singapore residents over 55 years old get free entry on Wednesdays. The other four gyms will be located in Fernvale, Senja-Cashew, Pek Kio and Toa Payoh West, said Sport Singapore deputy CEO Chiang Hock Woon. The Ang Mo Kio facility features exercise equipment suitable for the elderly.
“And the machine remembers the last time you come and use it so the next time when you come back to the machine it auto-calibrates. “In 2030, one in four will be age 65 and above. I Feel Young SG. National Silver AcademyA National Silver Academy has been set up to provide a wide range of learning opportunities for seniors to learn for interest and stay active.
We aim to provide a total of some 30,000 places for senior learners eventually. The Academy comprises a network of institutions such as Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs), community organisations and post-secondary education institutions (PSEIs). Since mid-2016, seniors can participate in selected courses offered by PSEIs without having to take examinations and only for a token fee. Seniors can also attend short courses provided by the PSEIs as well as the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, the LaSalle College of the Arts and non-profit community organisations and VWOs such as YAH! And Society for WINGS, an organisation that reaches out to women aged 40 and above. Read the stories of seniors who have benefited from courses at the National Silver Academy: Active ageing programme to be rolled out at more Residents' Committee centres.
SINGAPORE: A programme to encourage active ageing among seniors will be rolled out to more than 400 Residents' Committee (RC) centres - two-thirds of the total number - by 2020, the People's Association (PA) announced on Sunday (Nov 18).
Wellness Time@RC, an initiative under PA's wellness programme, brings active ageing programmes to seniors at the RC centres to make it more convenient for them. It was conducted mainly at Community Centres (CCs) before this move. The programme focuses on five main areas: Health education, health checks, nutrition and diet, fitness and exercise, and social wellness. Since April, about 200 RCs have already started the programme, although some may not have had all five components. Over 60,000 seniors are estimated to have benefited from the initiative. Mr Lim Boon Heng, special advisor to the chairman of PA's board management, said every RC and CC should be an active ageing hub as they are located right where people live.
Elderly-friendly ‘vertical kampung’ with housing, healthcare facilities opens in Woodlands. SINGAPORE: Singapore's first public integrated development to be extensively designed with elderly-friendly features was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday (May 12).
The 11-storey Kampung Admiralty, located next to Admiralty MRT station, houses about 100 flats for seniors, along with healthcare, wellness and commercial facilities like a supermarket and hawker centre, all under one roof. The pilot project, which was conceptualised by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) more than four years ago, aims to encourage active living among seniors, as well as inter-generational bonding. There is also a childcare centre within the development. Mr Lee said HDB had come up with the idea against the backdrop of an ageing population. "We wanted people to lead active and meaningful lives. Programmes encouraging inter-generational bonding are also organised weekly, such as outdoor activities and music and art sessions. But it’s not just about the hardware.