Saturday, June 5, 2010

Holiday work - Part 1: Understanding the ‘The Elderly Challenge’

The report recommended that the environment for senior citizens should be obstruction free, making it more accessible for senior citizens to travel around.
Another recommendation was for improved health care for the elderly so that their quality of life is better. The health care for elderly will also be improved and made easier and cheaper for elderly to excess.
The report stated that chances for elderly would also be increased. Opportunities for elderly to live healthy and active lives will also be increased along with more opportunities for the elderly to make more friends, foster better relationships with family members and participate more in activities and community groups . Adults and children will also have better attitudes towards towards elderly.
Lastly, the report stated that elderly should be encouraged to live as part of a family or a community. Housing options for elderly should also be complemented by good support care services.

They recommended varying the length of land leases as it will facilitate the development of retirement housing by the private sector.

We can introduce plans for the elderly to help the poorer elderly cope with health care as they may not have enough money to pay for health care in the future.
The government can also help the elderly by topping-up the elderly's Medisave account annually so as to help the elderly cope with health care.

I can help the elderly by going down to their homes and help out with elderly tasks that they may not be too good at doing and talk to them if they are feeling lonely.
Since learning never stops, i can try to teach the elderly another language that i know so they can communicate with people better and hopefully break the language barrier between elderly and other people.
I can organize a fund raiser to help elderly get more money for the elderly and hopefully improve their way of living.

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