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I feel that the group project is meaningful and exciting. From the interview we did and to the video making,we actually had quite alot of fun not only during the interview. From this project,I learnt how the elderly feel towards the assistance given by the government and I also learnt the value teamwork. When we split tasks,we take a shorter period of time to complete our work and this shows how important teamwork is. A challenge we face is that on some days some of us will have CCA or tuition thus we are unable to come to an agreement for the date of interview. Everyone tried their best and even sacrifice their tuition time just to come together and interview the elderly. This shows that everyone takes their role seriously even if interview might seem to be a small thing.

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I think that this project is fun and exciting. It also allows me to learn more about the elderly in Singapore. Everyone has contributed in the project and I got to know more about them. However, in the process of completing the project, there were some challenges. We took a long time to decide when we should meet as some of us were not free on most days. It was frustrating when we edited the video as it was troublesome and it took a long time for the computer to finish loading

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Overall, I found this group project generally fun. Everyone did their best to contribute to the project. It was also quite productive as we did things pretty fast. We were able to find someone to interview quick and interview early. The hard parts were like some of the members were unavailable on certain days or had to rush and the editing of the video was slightly troublesome. I wish to have more of these kind of projects!

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I felt that this group project was fun and exciting for me as i got to know my group members better. There were some challenges, including whereby some of our group members weren't available on most of our group meet ups due to their busy schedule.  I was going to start this project during the June Holidays, but due to planning for CO camp and SC camp, i forgot about the project and only until school reopened then i realized that the project was due. Luckily, the project was due in Week 6. Lawrence and You le had the initiative to start the padlet and was thankful that they helped to do so.

The members that were available on that day we met up and I finished the video and it was challenging as we had limited manpower and we took a longer time to finish.

During the course of our entire project, i have learnt that not all the elderly have common needs, such as our interviewee, who has said that medisave is not quite useful to her as she has no health problems up to date :)

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Working on this project was very interesting and informative about our elderly in Singapore. Some challenges that first was mainly our clashing schedules, some of us has CCA on different days while others had tuition this made it near impossible to meet up at a particular timing for more than 2 hours. Eventually we had to settle for doing the project individually or in have some members of our group missing. So this project has made me more independent as I could not always rely on my teammates due to various reasons and sometimes had to initiate to start working on the project without anyone telling me to do so. This project has thought many things about Singapore’s aging population and the government, i have learnt many things about medisave such as the scale at which medisave impacts and amount of people it has affected i have also learnt that no matter what laws or policies the government not everyone can be satisfied by it . An example is our interviewee, she would rather have the money in her CPF for her own self as she doesn’t really need the money from medisave due to her good healt

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Medisave is a national medical savings scheme which helps individuals put aside part of their income into their Medisave Accounts. This can be used to cover the individual's or immediate family member's medical expenses. Under the scheme employees need to contribute 8%-10.5% (dependent on age) of their salary to their personnel medisave account. This can help the elderly as immediate family members are able to help their ageing parents/grandparents with medisave in the event they fall sick.

With reference to https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/costs_and_financing/schemes_subsidies/medisave.html

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4) Economical
Today, the world’s most rapidly aging country is South Korea, which became an aging society in 1999, is expected to become an aged one in 2017. In other words, South Korea will undergo in less than three decades a transformation that will have taken France nearly 175 years. And while South Korea may be getting old the fastest, it leads a closely bunched group of countries that includes Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

With reference to www.weforum.org

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Government Policies/Schemes that support the Elderly

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Government Policies/Schemes that support the Elderly

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Silver Support Scheme
The Government will give $300 – $750 every three months for the bottom 20% of elderly who have low incomes and with little or no family support.

The total Government cash assistance for a single elderly person on the ComCare Long Term Assistance Scheme and the Silver Support Scheme can be up to $600 a month

With reference to gov.sg

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I think that most of society and the government are trying to support the elderly but there are always issues that cannot be solved that easily such as health. Growing old and the problems that come with it are inevitable, but it is how a person copes with the issues that determines a relaxing retirement or a grim struggle. A person can prepare in advance by saving up money for retirement but unfortunately some of the elderly are forced into a undesirable situation due to their family background or just being unlucky.
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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3) Financial
Most of the elderly that work have a meager income/salary.
However some of the elderly are forced to work for various reasons. Eg: to support themselves/loved ones. However with their deteriorating health their options are limited.
*Pic from Google :O

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2) Health
Health is something everyone has been worrying about their health since young but most health problems start to surface the older a person is. Diabetes, Osteoporosis and Dementia are just some illnesses the elderly commonly face. This may cause many problems or inconveniences to the elderly as they may have to make crucial changes to their lifestyle in order to cope with their illnesses, Eg: Eating habits may have to change (reduce sugar intake), installing non-slip floors (as bones become very brittle with age). They will also have to constantly worry about medical fees.
*Pic from Google :(

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1) Loneliness
Family members such as their children may have started their own families and have moved out of their parents home. Loved ones may have passed away. This is an issue as some of the elderly may be very ill and need someone to take care of them, Eg: Dementia, Bed ridden. This may also affect them mentally as they may feel neglected or feel that they are a burden. This may lead suicidal thoughts or maybe even depression.)
*Pic from Google D: