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Senior Citizens
NUS students support healthy ageing in Singapore through the service-learning courses GEN2060 Reconnect SeniorsSG (senior befriending), GEN2061 Support Healthy AgeingSG (Silver Generation Ambassador), and GEN2062 Community Activities for Seniors. They engage seniors home-to-home (GEN2061), journey with them (GEN2060), or design activities for them (GEN2062), keeping them healthy and connected with society, ensuring no senior is left behind.
Learn more about GEN2060 here.
Learn more about GEN2061 here.
Learn more about GEN2062 here.
Celebrating Small Victories
The Importance of Taking Life One Step at a Time
Senior befriender Celeste LIM shares how befriending taught her the importance of taking life one step at a time
Oct 2024 I 3-min read
A Day in the Life of a Befriender
NUS Students Connect with Seniors
In GEN2060 Reconnect SeniorsSG, NUS students pair up to befriend seniors, called “senior befriendees”, across Singapore. They visit these seniors regularly, about twice a month, to promote physical, cognitive, emotional and social well-being. What does a typical befriending visit look like? Candice YEO and Sharron SOO share their thoughts.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
Sewing with Auntie
A Story of Skills, Patience, and Connection
KHOO Yan Ting shares her thoughts while working on a sewing project with her senior befriendee.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
Air Tangan ("Water from the Hand")
The Human Connection
Micaella ILAGAN reflects on the human connection in her journey with Auntie Siti (not her real name).
Oct 2024 I 4-min read
The Significance of Human Connection
Reflections on the Bonds Formed through Volunteer Work
Silver Generation Ambassador (SGA) Tharshana SUBRAMANIAM shares how the SGA programme enriches the lives of both the seniors and volunteers
Oct 2024 I 4-min read
Breaking the Ice
And Peeling the Onion
CHEW Jing Heng shares how active listening helped to break the ice while doing door-to-door outreach as a Silver Generation Ambassador.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
Seniors as Community Contributors
A Paradigm Shift
Silver Generation Ambassador (SGA) Keane ONG shares how seniors could potentially become pillars in community development.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
At the Crossroads
An Intersection of Ideas
Richson ONG shares a day in the work of a Silver Generation Ambassador (SGA) and moments that have inspired him.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
Embracing Challenges
Growing through Volunteer Work
Student volunteer Bryan TAN shares how his team innovated and overcame challenges to engage seniors meaningfully
Oct 2024 I 4-min read
Rekindling the Kampong Spirit
Students from the GEN2062 Community Activities for Seniors course, in partnership with SG Cares, are reviving the kampong spirit at Singapore’s Active Ageing Centres and Senior Care Centres.
Oct 2024 I 2-min read
Art and Sustainability
A Creative Outlet for Seniors
Nur NEESHA shares the philosophy that her group uses to design and conduct activities for seniors at an Active Ageing Centre.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
Enhancing Elderly Well-Being
A Nature Walk
Benjamin HENG shares the benefits of a nature walk planned and coordinated by his group.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
Comprehensive Health Assessments
Empowering Seniors
Davin ONG shares how comprehensive health assessments benefit seniors and help Active Ageing Centres engage them better.
Oct 2024 I 1-min read
Rediscovering Connections
The Joy of Intergenerational Bonding
Julia ONG shares how interacting with seniors as a volunteer in the service-learning course (GEN2062 Community Activities for Seniors with SG Cares) has nudged her to cherish the time with her own grandparents.