Wellness Programme

16th January 2008 saw many participants arriving at Jurong Spring Community Club for the NTUC Eldercare Wellness Programme Briefing held in the Mini-Theatre at 8pm.

After dinner and friendly conversations at the Reception Area provided by jsYEC, participants proceeded to the Mini Theatre for the event.

Chun Kiat, chairman of jsYEC, was the MC of the day. The session started off with Dr Carol Tan, Deputy Director MCYS and Senior consultant Geriatrician, discussing the background of the elderly in Singapore, explaining the meaning of 'Wellness' as well as highlighting the importance and benefits of joining the Wellness programme. Ms Melissa Chan, Wellness Programme Development In-Charge, then took over the latter part of the session to explain the objective, structure and other details of the Wellness Programme.

The Wellness Programme is designed to draw up activities for seniors within the community which are senior centric, holistic, diverse and able to engage increased participation from not just the elderly but also volunteers, corporate supporters and social support groups. The idea of the Programme is to:
- Treat
- Teach
- Tell
the elderly through a series of sub-programmes ranging from Health Management Workshops, and Health Education Corner to Healthy Cooking Class and Exercise Groups.

The day's event ended off with an interactive Q & A session between the audience and the panel including Mr Tan Poi Eng, Mr Lim Boon Heng, Dr Carol Tan and Ms Lim Sia Hoe.

Participants registering at the booth

Chun Kiat helping to host the Dialouge Session


Dr Carol Tan explaining all about Wellness to the audience


Ms Melissa Chan outlining the Wellness Programme


Q & A Session . . .

Active Response from members of the audience . . .















Thanks to the speakers' interesting presentations and humourous replies, the session was both engaging and informative. The audience totally enjoyed the session.



















And in the words of Dr Carol Tan as she had repeated many a times during her talk, "活得长，获得好，活得没烦恼”!














Interested in finding out more about the Wellness Programme? Call 6213-8211 today for further enquiries !

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