Thursday, June 24, 2010

Holiday work - Part 1: Understanding the ‘The Elderly Challenge’

  • 1)Explain in your own words, the FOUR key recommendations of the report.
  • 2)State ONE way that the CAI report is recommending to make our public housing more elderly-friendly
  • 3)State TWO ways on how we can ensure that the quality of elderly care here in Singapore is affordable
  • 4)After reading the CAI report, what do you are the THREE things that you can do, as an SST student, to help overcome these elderly challenges

Q1.)the four key recommendations:
Have the elderly to live like every one else by having different type of houses to suit the needs of each elderly.

Q2.)They will allow the elderly to have accessible lifts, walkways and transport pick-up points which are elderly-friendly

Q3.) Have Health care services and elderly services that are managed by volunteers which can help the elderly for free or at a low cost. Better educate the young so that they know how to take care of the elderly.

Q4.) Visit the old folks home, do charity work, and go to the houses of the elderly to help them clean their houses.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Holiday work - Part 3: Tools to be learnt in Semester 2


CCTV camera

front door








the stairs is automated. Once the elderly steps on to the stairs, the elderly will open a cap and press the start button. Before reaching the top, the will be sensors by the side and untill the elderly reaches a certain point, it will slow down and come to a halt.