Jia Ying Community Services

This organisation runs activities and workshops for the elderly in the Hougang community.

The needs of the elderly are as follows:

- To interact and to revisit happy moments

In the modern era that we live in today, there have been many technological advances as well as development of infrastructure. For example, Singapore used to have kampongs and now it has predominantly HDB flats and condominiums. Hence, the elderly may want to reminisce their past and we try to help them bring back happy memories through playing of nostalgic games (eg. Congkak).

- To stay physically and emotionally healthy, socially engaged and cognitively intact

Many of the elderly at the organization are retired and hence spend most of their time at home. Although they may have children and grandchildren, they are occupied with work and school and hence do not have the time to visit their parents or grandparents. The elderly want to enjoy themselves too, and rightfully deserve to. Hence we try to organise activities that allows them to relax and most importantly, have fun.

Activities on 17 and 19 March

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