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New 'Silver Guardians' volunteers to help fellow seniors as part of Age Well SG initiative

The programme, launched on Friday (Apr 5), involves senior volunteers who assist with the implementation of activities at Active Ageing Centres.

New 'Silver Guardian' volunteers to help seniors as part of Age Well SG initiative

The programme, launched on Friday (Apr 5), involves senior volunteers who assist with the implementation of activities at Active Ageing Centres.

New initiative aims to recruit more than 2,400 volunteers for active ageing centres

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung described the initiative as the fourth prong of Age Well SG. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Three Silver Generation Ambassadors share how volunteering with the elderly has brought them so much more in return

Students from 5 polytechnics to help seniors as volunteers under pact with care agency

The Agency for Integrated Care will make available to students volunteering opportunities in community care settings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

My Perfect Weekend with host-actress Belinda Lee

The 46-year-old personality spends her weekends volunteering and enjoying a good game of pickleball. Read more at straitstimes.com.

1,000 NUS students befriend seniors as part of course to encourage volunteerism

NUS has two service-learning courses allowing students to volunteer with seniors. Read more at straitstimes.com.

'I started waving at the CCTV': Belinda Lee accidentally scares family of elderly woman while filming documentary

You are living separately from your elderly parents. You have CCTV installed in their home to monitor if they're okay, and one day, you see a gaggle of people in there and your mum's nowhere to be found. For the daughter of one elderly woman, her response was to call her mother up frantically and ask if she was alright....

MediSave can be used for palliative care from July, home care from Oct

Singapore News - Those who are being medically cared for at home will be allowed to dip into their MediSave account to pay for home medical and nursing providers from Oct 1. Announcing this, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said his ministry will allow medical service providers funded and... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Elderly dying alone: MND to consider visiting seniors' homes if they default on rent, utilities payments

Following a spate of cases where seniors died alone undetected, the Ministry of National Development (MND) is considering "preventive measures". These include visiting their homes when they have defaulted on rent and utilities payments, Minister of State for National Development Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim told Parliament on Tuesday (May 9). "HDB will know of cases where seniors die undetected at home...