"The New Face of Ageing"

This is the topic of the public seminar I attended this morning. It's organized by the CWA. They are celebrating their 90th anniversary as well as the 21st anniversary of their May Wong Social Centre. They are also the ones running the Henderson Senior Citizens' Home.

Well, some interesting figures to note is that right now 1 in every 12 Singaporeans is 65 yrs old & above. In about 20 yrs, this figure will drop to 1 in 5! At the moment, over 70% of the aged folks in Singapore are still dependent on their children. It is therefore imperative to make Singapore an "elderly-friendly" nation.

I like what their President said about "ageing". She said it's actually mind over matter.. i.e. "If you don't mind, then it doesn't matter!"
To a certain extent it's quite true :)