Ageless Online

28/11/2025

AI companion robots addressing isolation in South Korea -

A new wave of AI robot companions is moving beyond clinical tools to aid the elderly providing emotional support and critical reminders for meals, medication, and appointments.

10/11/2025

MRT information for wheelchair users.

07/11/2025

Learn how to identify different types of scams and effectively deal with scammers if you encounter them. By SAGE Counselling Centre, this free talk is in English & Mandarin at SAGE Counselling Centre, Jurong Point Shopping.

To register, go to: https://forms.office.com/r/9prAu8yXPn

07/11/2025

I wrote about hoarding before on my Ageless Online website. TOUCH Community Services has written about it and thought it will be good to share. Here’s the article -

The persistent act of acquiring and accumulating items is a chronic, complex behaviour that can severely impair one’s daily functioning and quality of life. Read on as we shed light on Hoarding Disorder and share practical tips to managing it.

30/10/2025

Tang Chun Tuck started volunteering at age 12 and he hasn’t stopped, even despite being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Hear his inspiring story at: https://agelessonline.net/long-time-volunteer-at-singapore-red-cross/

30/10/2025

New 365 Cancer Prevention Society campaign offers free liver screening to protect vulnerable Singaporeans with hepatitis B or cirrhosis from now to November 30, 2025 – https://agelessonline.net/the-liver-check-in-campaign/

30/10/2025

Gateway Theatre, an arts centre for children, youth and families, is focusing on seniors this year. It will launch the inaugural Sunshine Festival on tomorrow to November 9, 2025, a theatre celebration that flips the script on ageing – championing seniors who pursue new dreams in music and performance, and families who cheer them on.

Read more on what the various programmes are – https://agelessonline.net/a-little-sunshine/

27/10/2025

Listening to music has benefits -

Older adults who regularly listen to or play music may significantly lower their risk of dementia, according to a study of more than 10,800 people over age 70.

23/10/2025

Come and attend "Vision Beyond Sight", Singapore's first national event on visual impairment awareness and community collaboration, which is organised by the Singapore National Eye Centre / Singapore Eye Research Institute and SG Assist.

04/10/2025

I am at the launch of the National Celebration of Seniors 2025.

02/10/2025

Dr Chloe Siu, senior lecturer, School of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, shared activities that can help those with dementia and can help with reminiscence including using gerontechnology - example - a rather interesting smell machine!

Someone just posed a comment about even showing movies and music for reminiscence.

02/10/2025

I am attending another conference by DBS Foundation and SUSS, this time on reminiscence. Speaker Prof Yuda Turana, professor of neurology, Atma Jaya Catholic, University of Indonesia, shared this slide that only 5.6 percent Indonesian respondents agreed that older adults with dementia should be cared for in a nursing home, compared by 25 percent in high-income countries!