Explain in your own words, the FOUR key recommendations of the report.
Housing for seniors
This allows the elderly to live as a part of the family or community. There will be a range of housing options to suit the lifestyle of the elderly and help them with their disabilities, complemented with facilities. Like this, Singapore will be suitable for all ages to live in.
Accessibility for seniors
The facilities must be elderly-friendly. This will allow the elderly to lead active lives. We can start by making their homes and the environment barrier-free. This will ensure that they are safe and sound at all times. Singapore will then be suitable for the elderly to live in.
Caring for seniors
Elderly needs to take care of their health. They would also have some needs. Therefore, in addressing a diversity of needs and looking after their health, healthcare and elderlycare services in Singapore must be easily accessible to the elderly living in the community.
Opportunities for seniors
This would allow the elderly to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. They will then have good relationships within their families and also with their friends when they do activities together. Singaporeans will then have a positive attitude towards the seniors.
State ONE way that the CAI report is recommending to make our public housing more elderly-friendly
They are going to have accessible lifts, walkways and transport pick-up points which are elderly- friendly.
State TWO ways on how we can ensure that the quality of elderly care here in Singapore is affordable
We can ensure by knowing how much funds can be spent to improve the lifes of the elderly. If the budget is high, then it is affordable. But we must take into consideration of the disadvantages of it as it may affect the community. If there are lots of benefits, it is then very worth it.
After reading the CAI report, what do you are the THREE things that you can do, as an SST student, to help overcome these elderly challenges
- I can generate ideas to improve the lifestyle of an elderly by looking at things from a different perspective. This will allow me to apply critical thinking skills and using SCAMPER to further improve an item or even create a new one. For example, wheelchairs are not for going downstairs. We can use modify the wheelchair and further improve it by implementing something into it. This would help the elderly.
- I can go to the old folks home and talk to them to understand better what are their needs. I can not only keep the elderly company but can also figure out how to further improve their lives by helping them to overcome some challenges they met.
- I can organise a fun-raising day in SST, where the funds collected will go to the elderly. The funds can then be used to help them.
