Wednesday, July 14, 2010

'Understanding the elderly challenge'

The four key recommendations are:
A better environment for senior citizens to move around with greater ease, cheaper and better health care for the senior citizens, more opportunities for the elderly to lead a healthy lifestyle and build more bonds with the rest of the citizens and community. Finally a family for the elderly to live with.

The report suggest to vary the time spand of land leases so it can stagger the development of retirement housings by the private sector.

We could waive or give a discount on heath cares for the elderly to help them maintain their health. The government also helps the elderly by giving some funds to the elderly in their Medisave account to help them pay for medical fees.

If we see an elderly crossing the street or walking down stairs, we can approach and help them.
We can give our seat up to the older citizens in a train or bus
We can teach the elderly how to use modern day devices such as a computer, handphone or even a gaming console. This would help them stay up-to-date and even enable use to build bonds with them.

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