tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42885473689922400372012-02-10T11:09:06.971+08:00Ageing Asia Market Insights is an industry driven initiative by Ageing Asia Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Xperiential Events. Our market research and analysis team monitors news, trends and viewpoints on economic and social opportunities driven by 1.2 billion ageing baby boomers in Asia.Ageing Asia Market Watchnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288547368992240037.post-91122628483483051682012-02-10T10:54:00.004+08:002012-02-10T11:09:06.981+08:00

Government / NGO & Economy 'US companies can export products for elderly to S'pore'Washington DC - There is a silver lining in the looming silver tsunami, where American companies in Singapore can seize the opportunity to innovate products for the elderly and export them to the region, said Second Minister for Trade and Industry S Iswaran.Source: Today Online, Friday, 10 February 2012 Healthcare

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Retirement Living & Aged careHenry Ford teams with Presbyterian Villages for senior health complexHenry Ford Health System said Wednesday that it has partnered with Presbyterian Villages of Michigan on a joint venture to operate the Center for Senior Independence, which formerly was solely a Henry Ford program. The center, which provides several health, medical and long-term care services for

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesPilot scheme for elderly: Living together, staying independentThe Government is looking at a new 'group living' concept designed to enable elderly Singaporeans with little or no family support to continue living independently. Under a pilot scheme, two or three frail elderly residents will be housed in a rental flat, and be given help in cleaning the place and even with

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Retirement Living & Aged care   Co-ops fill health care cracks left by the stateConsumer cooperatives are on the rise as they gear up for a "second transformation." The year 2012 marks the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives.A wave of transformation that began recently in Korean model co-ops has been seen in the health and care provision sectors. Moving against the neoliberalist

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Retirement Living & Aged careProtection Of The Rights Of Elders In Sri LankaThis  column dedicated to the notion of making Sri Lanka the Wonder of Asia turns its spotlight today  on the protection of elders in Sri Lanka as our society aspires that our elders should be respected and protected from ingratitude.Source: The Sunday Leader, Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Healthcare & WellnessExtended

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesIstana garden party for needy SingaporeansProject We Care, the People's Association's (PA) corporate volunteerism scheme, held its first event on Sunday - a garden party at the Istana for needy Singaporeans. President and Mrs Tony Tan Keng Yam were guests of honour at the event, jointly hosted by the PA and the chief executives of 31 companies.Source: The Straits Times,

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Retirement Living & Aged careGreying Singapore taps robots, games in rehabSINGAPORE — Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body. Bedridden for three months, he has regained some limb functions on the affected side through conventional physical therapy but now hopes to hasten his recovery with the help of new gadgets designed

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Retirement Living & Aged careGreying Singapore taps robots, games in rehabSINGAPORE — Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body. Bedridden for three months, he has regained some limb functions on the affected side through conventional physical therapy but now hopes to hasten his recovery with the help of new gadgets designed

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Retirement Living & Aged careAdvocates: More gay-friendly senior housing needed(AP)  PHILADELPHIA — At age 62, Donald Carter knows his arthritis and other age-related infirmities will not allow him to live indefinitely in his third-floor walk-up apartment in Philadelphia. But as a low-income renter, Carter has limited options. And as a gay black man, he's concerned his choice of senior living

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Retirement Living & Aged careMore apply for subsidised GP careINTEREST in a scheme which gives older, less well-off Singaporeans access to general practitioners (GPs) at polyclinic rates has taken a leap forward since its qualifying criteria were eased in August. The Primary Care Partnership Scheme (PCPS) now gets an average of 2,000 applicants a month, up from about 1,000 before.Source: The

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Retirement Living & Aged careTAKING CARE OF MOM AND DAD, Pt. 1: More Children Taking Care of Aging Parents Once a year, Michael and Mercedes Marrero enjoy a special night out together. They used to do it more often until Mercedes' elderly mother, Susana Colon, 82, came to live with them almost three years ago. At the time, Colon, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, was living with

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Retirement Living & Aged careNeed for medical professionals who serve seniors growingWhen Janessa Cobb’s grandmother was bedridden for eight months by a severe infection, Cobb took on the equivalent of a crash course in caregiving. “Before taking care of her, I hadn’t had any reason to do it,” Cobb said. “Jumping in full force and having to learn everything was difficult. It put a lot of things

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesNew cycling challenge for hospice causeA NEW addition to the line-up of the OCBC Cycle Singapore event will let cyclists raise funds for the Dover Park Hospice. Next year, the inaugural Business Times Corporate Charity Ride will feature as part of the cycling fiesta.Source: The Straits Times, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 Retirement Living & Aged careLocal nursing homes set

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesSeniors pack fortune cookies to help needy peersSHE has helped families care for their children for 50 years, but Madam Yip Tsui Kao now spends her time helping needy elderly people. The 71-year-old former majie, or nanny, is one of the volunteers at Kreta Ayer Seniors Activity Centre packing fortune cookies. Now in its second year, the Cookies for Charity scheme aims to

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Healthcare & Wellness Queensland Ambulance Service to get new patient transport systemGrowing demand from an ageing population has prompted to Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) to begin the search for a new ambulance transport request and scheduling. According to the agency, some 20,000 medically authorised non-urgent patient transfers are provided per month, and demand for these services is on

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Age Friendly CommunitiesCreative Senior Living Communities Emphasize Aging in PlaceWhen it comes to designing aging urban communities, the focus shouldn’t be on “senior housing”—it should be about lifestyle, a place where residents want to live and age in place, said the senior living community architect behind the BOOM projects in a SmartPlanet article.The BOOM projects are residential

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Age Friendly CommunitiesProfessor helps Los Altos become 'age-friendly' cityDec. 13, 2011 -- Professor of Gerontology Annabel Pelham has applied her expertise on aging to help her hometown of Los Altos become the first "age-friendly" city in California. Pelham spearheaded a two-year effort that culminated in Los Altos and neighboring Los Altos Hills earning the distinction of "

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Retirement Living & Aged careGetting wise to the smart homeMany studies have demonstrated the economic and health benefits of telehealth in aged care, yet the take-up remains patchy. Darragh O Keeffe and Natasha Egan report on the reasons why, and what’s needed to change it. At this stage they are like old friends. We are all intimately familiar with the gadgets and gismos promising us

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesStill an active volunteer after 40 yearsBEING a single parent with two sons to care for never stopped Mr Robert Tan when he found a charity that needed his help. The long-time volunteer, who has, in the past 40 years, involved himself in grassroots activities and helping the needy, said his sons never complained when he took them wherever he went. 'I like to think that

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesInventor Awarded Patent for Novel Skin Protector for the Frail ElderlyCANTON, MA, Dec 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The United States Patent Office has awarded a patent to Ed Goodwin, president of HipSaver Inc., for its line of DermaSaver(R) skin protectors. The DermaSaver products are called "tubes" and provide a loose fitting protective layer of resilient three

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesRobotic Companions for Older PeopleResearchers at the University of Hertfordshire are developing a robotic system which will be a suitable companion for older people. Dr Farshid Amirabdollahian, a senior lecturer in Adaptive Systems and expert in Rehabilitation Robotics and Assistive Technologies at the University is coordinating a new FP7 European project called ACCOMPANY

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesRobotic Companions for Older PeopleResearchers at the University of Hertfordshire are developing a robotic system which will be a suitable companion for older people. Dr Farshid Amirabdollahian, a senior lecturer in Adaptive Systems and expert in Rehabilitation Robotics and Assistive Technologies at the University is coordinating a new FP7 European project called ACCOMPANY

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Healthcare & WellnessSengkang Hospital to be completed in 2018SENGKANG Hospital will be completed two years ahead of schedule in 2018 to meet public healthcare needs, the health minister said yesterday. This is part of the Ministry of Health's (MOH) drive to hasten the building of new hospitals and add hospital beds to ease the crunch in restructured hospitals, the backbone of Singapore's public

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesMobile clinic for elderly to be a reality soonKOCHI: The Kochi Corporation had launched the Vayomitram project for the elderly with much fanfare in October, but senior citizens will have to wait till December 7 to get the benefits of the project. The project, a joint venture of Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM) and National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), was introduced

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesBabraham leads £3.6m probe on ageing and immunityMaintaining a healthy lifespan for an increasingly older population is a major challenge facing society.Efforts to understand the effect of ageing on the immune system received a boost today as the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) announced investment in a new £3.6 million research project,

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesSocial isolation a risk for all as we age, Benetas chief warnsAll Australians risked becoming socially isolated as they aged, regardless of their social, cultural or financial background, a national forum sponsored by an Anglican agency in Melbourne was warned recently. The CEO of not-for-profit aged care provider Benetas, Ms Sandra Hills, said the forum identified several

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General Age Related NewsDon't legislate filial pietyTHOUGH the idea of having annual parental leave serves as an incentive and encouragement for children to take care of their elderly parents, it is not going to do any good to the value of filial piety in our Asian society ('Govt mulling over parental care leave for caregivers'; Tuesday). Taking care of our parents should come naturally of our

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Retirement Living & Aged CareElderly face cost of 'broken' care systemNorthern Ireland's social care system is "broken", and the region's ageing population face substantial future costs to fund it, a new report has found. The study, commissioned by Independent Health and Care Providers (IHCP), calls for urgent reform of how older and vulnerable people are looked after.Source: UTV, Monday, 21 Nov

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"In conversation with" is a collection of fast facts, observations and perspectives by guest writers who keep a firm eye on Asia's ageing market growth potential. This week, Janice Chia, Managing Director of Ageing Asia Pte Ltd reveals the immense business opportunities that Ageing Asia presents. By Janice Chia – Ageing in Asia presents a unique opportunity for businesses, governments and NGOs to

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesSelf employment is baby boomers’ bustWhen it was reported that people in Greece were demonstrating against the government’s plan to raise the age of retirement, many here wondered why. People in developed countries mostly dream of early retirement, when they can do the things they always wanted, such as traveling and volunteering as compensation for decades of hard work.

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Retirement Living & Aged careDeadly nursing home fire in SydneyAround 10 people have died in a blaze at a west Sydney nursing home this morning. Authorities said as many as 100 people were evacuated from the building at the time of the blaze at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home. A New South Wales police spokesperson confirmed to media there had been fatalities in the blaze, with "less than 10" people

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesOnce a matter of life and death The Shenzhen civil servant who beat his parents committed what was considered a serious crime in ancient times. Had someone filed a lawsuit against him in the old days, he would have been flayed to death for the crime of wuni. Although that cruel punishment has long been abolished, such deeds are still considered intolerable. That explains

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Retirement Living & Aged care Home for the aged plans to appeal, says news was a 'bombshell' The management of Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home in Thomson Road found out last month that the state land it sits on will be affected by the new expressway.“Have you planned for your future?" The news came as a 'bombshell', said manager Then Kim Yuan, a grandson of the late philanthropist who started the home

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Retirement Living & Aged care Caregiver helps dying in their final days SEVERAL years ago, social worker Ng Tzer Wee attended the funeral of one of her charges. The man's widow was distraught, so Ms Ng telephoned her afterwards to check on her. 'She broke down immediately and told me not to call her again - that was how raw her grief was,' said Ms Ng. Such emotional episodes are par for the

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Retirement Living & Aged care1Retirement age – getting experienced older people to work can help country’s economyIn a recent study conducted in the United Kingdom, a significant correlation was found between delayed retirement and a later onset of Alzheimer's disease. The Cardiff University and Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London joint study identified men with “probable” Alzheimer's

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Retirement Living & Aged careHomes not ‘home’ for India’s elderlyThe socio-economic shift in family structure comes at a time of equally rapid demographic change as India’s overall population ages. In 2000, the number of Indians over 60 years of age stood at nearly 80 million, or roughly eight percent of the population.Source: Khaleej Times, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 Aged need more social

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Retirement Living & Aged careKin behind most elderly murdersA survey conducted by Mumbai police after the recent surge in crimes against senior citizens has thrown up an unsettling fact — the elderly are at greater risk of being harmed by those they know than strangers. It concludes that in most of the recent murders of senior citizens, the killers were either the kin, rivals, domestic help or

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Age-Friendly CommunitiesTapping the silver vein   While Singapore's ageing population may have given rise to new challenges for policymakers, the greying market here has a silver lining for one-stop service provider International Paradise Connexions Tours and Travel (IPC). The 16- year-old company, which has been dealing with corporate tours as well as educational trips for schools, embarked on

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Retirement Living & Aged care Ageing China to have 30% old people by 2042 By 2042, China's ageing citizens will account for more than 30 per cent of the country's total population, according to an official report. China's National Working Commission on Ageing (CNWCA) in its recent report said China's ageing population is increasing rapidly while country's birth rate remains low. It is

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