Elderly Challenge - Observation 4

I am observed that many places are not accessible by the elderly who uses a wheelchair unless they have a caretaker because they did not have slopes and only have stairs which the wheelchair-bound could not use, thus making them to have problems going there. So the solution to that problem is to have more slopes to let the wheelchair-bound be able to access that place.

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 The living room is designed like that so there won't be crowded thus allowing the elderly to not be able to trip easily. The floor is rough(even though not able to see it) thus allowing more friction with the floor and the elderly feet.The railings are to help the elderly find their way around the room

The Elderly Challenge

1.Explain in your own words, the four key recommendations of the report.

The four key recommendations are make all HDB precincts barrier-free, all new public buses should be elder-friendly, help seniors to monetize their housing assets and provide different housing options.

To make all HDB precincts barrier-free will be to make elevators everywhere in Singapore thus allowing elderly who are handicapped to be able to go anywhere because the elevators allow the handicapped to go to anywhere up and down without using the stairs which is hard for them to go down and up.


To allow all the new buses to be elder-friendly allow the elderly to have the buses not having a step so it helps to not having to push the wheelchair up two steps instead of one and letting the buses to be wheelchair accessible could help for the elderly in wheelchair to be able to let them get anywhere in Singapore easily.


To help seniors to monetize their housing assets allows the elderly to have an expenditure even in an old age and have houses to live in.


To provide different housing options for the elderly allows the elderly to have a house that adapts to the elderly
needs, helping them to cope with their daily life.


2.State one way that the CAI report is recommending to make our public housing more elderly-friendly.

The CAI report recommended having provide different housing options allowing the elderly lives to be more easier and thus allowing them to adapt more easily.

3. State two ways on how we can ensure that the quality of elderly care here in Singapore is affordable

We could provide houses for the elderly in order for them to have housing in case they don't have money. I also think that we could donate whatever we can donate so they can have enough food and clothing.

4. After reading the CAI report, what do you think are the three things that you can do, as an SST student, to help

overcome these elderly challenges

I feel that I can help them by doing community service thus helping the elderly get a better life and be happy. I feel that we can also donate food, clothing and money in order to improve their lives. Lastly, I feel that we could organize activities for them.

Elderly Challenge - Observation 3

The elderly have a lot of problems going out as they have eye problems or even handicapped which may affect them when going out. The elderly who have eye problems causes them to not be able to see signs, words, numbers or buttons, the problem with that is that if they cannot see the signs thus misleading them to another place instead of the
place they wanted to go to. The elderly who are handicapped will have problems going to the place they want to go as using a wheelchair or walking aid would be hard for them to use by themselves.The solution for that is to let the elderly have a caretaker to help guide them to the places they want to go.

Another problem that the elderly have when wanting to go out is to have to use the elevator. The elderly who have eye problems cannot see the numbers, thus resulting them to not be able to go back to their house or go out. The elderly who are handicapped cannot reach the buttons thus having the same problem as the elderly who have eye problems. The solution for the eye problem is to add braile to the buttons thus allowing them them to be able to feel and know the numbers. The solution to the handicapped problem I found out in my grandmother's house where the numbers are actually not so high up thus allowing the handicapped to reach the numbers.

Elderly Challenge - Observation 2

Today, I am going to talk about what the elderly faced when their going to sleep, before, during and when they wake up. Before sleeping, They usually would brush their teeth or dentures and thus have to go into the bathroom which the floor should be wet and thus slippery causing the elderly to slip easily and if they fall, they might injure themselves. The possible solutions are to either bring the teeth-cleaning equipments to a place where it won't be slippery and there is a tap there, or they have to hire a maid. Logically, there is no place with a tap which the floor is not slippery except for the kitchen, which may be oily because of cooking which would result in injuries too, so hiring a maid is the only option.

The elderly also have to get which might be a problem if the elderly have eye problems or handicapped. They would have to try very hard to get onto the bed if they are handicapped and if they have eye problems, it would be hard for them to find where is the bed. For the handicapped, I feel that they could be a bed with shorter legs so it would be easier for the elderly to get onto the bed to rest. For the elderly with eye problems, we could put railings around the room, thus allowing the elderly to find their way to the bed.

During sleeping, they might fall out of their bed because they might roll and fall which causes injuries so my idea is to buy a bed like the bed the baby sleeps on. It allows the elderly to flip and flop and the elderly not to fall out of the bed and will not injure themselves.


When waking up, the elderly might again have the same problems as what they have before sleeping. The only difference between them is that the handicapped, who are wheelchair-bound, need to get their wheelchair which is not easy because they cannot walk thus they need a caretaker to help them.

I feel that helping the elderly is very important and we should not neglect them because of our work or our studies because they are as important as us and are also apart of our society.

Elderly Challenge - Observation 1

The elderly faced a lot of problems regarding what they are going to do in the kitchen. The most common faced problem was with regards with the cooking problem. Most of them, since of their ages, are usually frail and weak, thus resulting in them having difficulty cooking, and thus have to buy food from the coffee shop and the food in the coffee shops are not adjusted to some of their illness and cannot eat some types of food. The most logical solution is to either send the elderly to an old folk's home, which is not fair for the elderly, or to hire a maid to help the elderly in their problems, but it may be costly and thus some people would rather send their elderly to the old folk's home, even though it also needs money but costs lesser then hiring a maid, but the elders' children or grandchildren did not think for their parents or grandparents, who raised them up and gave everything they wanted, and yet did that to them, it is like closing them to a prison, and only can move around in that specific confined space. So, I feel that the if we have to choose one of the two ways, I would rather give more money and hire a maid to take care of the elderly.

Another problem is the floor on the kitchen might be slippery because of the toilet usually located near the kitchen, thus they might slip and fall down and cause an injury. Like the cooking problem, they would also take either way and thus might have chosen the old folk's home choice. Unlike the last problem, I would most likely have chosen to send them to the old folk's home because they will take better care for the elderly then the maid would, and usually people would want the best for their parents or grandparents, thus they might send the elderly to the old folk's home.

All together, problems in the kitchen are big and both the elderly and the caretakers should help them and make sure the problems they had are resolved, and the people have to make sure they made the right decision in the end and will not regret anything they did, and have to stick by their decisions because the elderly are important like us and they are we should treat them with utmost respect and respect the decisions they made and the decisions we made.

Personal Reflection (NEwater visit)

1. I learn how NEWater is made, what are the four
water 'taps' in Singapore and why we should
conserve water.

2. I learn that the four national taps are the
local catchment water, imported water,
desalinated water and NEWater and also learn
that the process of making NEWater from
microfiltration to reverse osmosis and
finally to the ultraviolet tubes.

3. NEWater is only for small consumption and
not be drank daily.

4. We could reuse water by reusing the water we
used for cleaning our cloths to water the plants
we grow.