5 JULY 2023
老了就会衰弱？医生教你抗衰弱
年纪大了，身体机能衰退，人就会衰弱？其实不然，医生指出，衰弱是可以预防，甚至逆转的。
20 JUNE 2023
预防肌少症，保住行动力
一般年长者对肌力健康存有误解，认为肌力变差是衰老的自然过程，只要吃得均衡就可以不必运动。尽管衰老相关的生物变化是导致肌少症的主要因素，但是慢性疾病，腹部肥胖，饮食不定，蛋白质摄取不足，缺乏运动，都会增加患肌少症的风险。
04 OCTOBER 2019
First-of-its-kind study sheds new light on sarcopenic obesity
Sarcopenic obesity or "fat frailty" is a little-known health condition that could have a big impact on older persons. Emerging in recent years as a global phenomenon, sarcopenic obesity confluences our rapidly ageing population and rising obesity rate, and is associated with poorer health outcomes.
22 SEPTEMBER 2019
Tackling ageing issues: Turning silver into gold as Singaporeans live longer
With life expectancy of Singaporeans rising steadily, living to 100 years might no longer be a pipe dream down the road. The Straits Times ‘Healthy For 100’ Roundtable, featured four key stakeholders in the field of ageing, including IGA’s Deputy Director A/Prof Lim Wee Shiong, to discuss pressing issues that Singaporeans will have to tackle as they enter their golden years.
09 JANUARY, 2019
Child’s play for these seniors at TTSH’s new dementia unit
Step into Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s (TTSH) new 6-bedded geriatric unit and one will see older patients playing with dolls, enjoying a game of mahjong or a massage, as an oldie tune from songstress Teresa Teng plays softly in the background.
This is all part of the hospital’s Namaste programme, an innovative form of therapy for patients with dementia or delirium.
23 JULY 2019
Singaporeans are living longer but some will face cash crunch as they battle multiple illnesses: Study
The increasing longevity of Singaporeans may be a substantial healthcare success but some here will struggle to afford the rising healthcare costs of living to 100.
The ‘Healthy for 100? Healthy care in Singapore’ study, commissioned by Prudential, concluded that many Singaporeans will spend their later years in ill health, and urged younger people and the nation as a whole to do more to prevent chronic illness.