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Monday, December 27, 2021

Nurse uses CDC vouchers to buy hawker food for nursing home this Christmas

Source Website: https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/nurse-uses-cdc-vouchers-buy-hawker-food-nursing-home-christmas
By Jessie Lim, The New Paper, 24 December 2021 at 03:32 pm


Ms Emily Yap (right) ordered 100 packets of carrot cake for St Theresa's Home.
PHOTO: Ms Emily Yap (right) ordered 100 packets of carrot cake for St Theresa's Home.
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Hawker food was a welcome treat for residents of St Theresa's Home in Upper Thomson on Friday (Dec 24).

Ms Emily Yap, 22, a regular volunteer at the home since she was in primary school, ordered 100 packets of carrot cake for the home, using her family's Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers.

Launched on Dec 13, the digital voucher scheme gives all Singaporean households ＄100 to spend at about 10,000 participating hawkers and heartland merchants islandwide.

Instead of redeeming the vouchers to buy hawker food for herself and her family, Ms Yap, a palliative care nurse at Alexandra Hospital, was inspired to use them to bring some joy to the 180 residents at the home.


Instead of redeeming the vouchers to buy hawker food for herself and her family, Ms Emily Yap, 22, a palliative care nurse at Alexandra Hospital, was inspired to use them to bring some joy to the 180 residents at St Theresa's Home.
PHOTO: Instead of redeeming the vouchers to buy hawker food for herself and her family, Ms Emily Yap, 22, a palliative care nurse at Alexandra Hospital, was inspired to use them to bring some joy to the 180 residents at St Theresa's Home.
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While in-person visits to residential care homes have resumed as at Nov 22, each patient is allowed only two visitors for each admission. Both the resident and visitors must be fully vaccinated.

Speaking to The Straits Times, Ms Yap said: "These residents have been in the nursing home for a long time for their own protection.

"By providing delicious hawker centre food, I hope it can bring them good memories and make them feel better."


Speaking to The Straits Times, Ms Yap said: 'These residents have been in the nursing home for a long time for their own protection.'
PHOTO: Speaking to The Straits Times, Ms Yap said: "These residents have been in the nursing home for a long time for their own protection.
"By providing delicious hawker centre food, I hope it can bring them good memories and make them feel better."
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Ms Yap, a member of grassroots organisation Dunearn Neighbourhood Committee, also wanted to support 134 Yong Ji Traditional Black Carrot Cake, a hawker stall in Bukit Timah Food Centre that her family visits regularly.

She said: "This pandemic has been hard on them with all the dining restrictions; hence, they need all of our support to survive."

Ms Sim Ann, adviser to Bukit Timah grassroots organisations and Senior Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs, said she was heartened to hear of Ms Yap's initiative.

On Friday, she joined Ms Yap and some members of the committee to present St Theresa's Home with the food packets.


Ms Sim Ann, adviser to Bukit Timah grassroots organisations and Senior Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs, said she was heartened to hear of Ms Yap's initiative.
PHOTO: Ms Sim Ann, adviser to Bukit Timah grassroots organisations and Senior Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs, said she was heartened to hear of Ms Yap's initiative.
On Friday, she joined Ms Yap and some members of the committee to present St Theresa's Home with the food packets.
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Ms Sim said: "Emily was quick to see that much as the CDC vouchers are helpful to many families, some might be happier to donate them for a good cause."

Mr Victor Seng, 65, executive director of St Theresa's Home, said: "This is a nice surprise for our elderly residents, many of whom love hawker food."


Ms Sim said: 'Emily was quick to see that much as the CDC vouchers are helpful to many families, some might be happier to donate them for a good cause.'
PHOTO: Ms Sim said: "Emily was quick to see that much as the CDC vouchers are helpful to many families, some might be happier to donate them for a good cause."
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Ms Yap said members of the Dunearn Neighbourhood Committee have pledged another ＄300 worth of vouchers and she hopes to do another round of distribution next year.

She said: "Volunteering on my days off for such initiatives makes me happy. In order to care for patients in the hospital, I have to care for myself first."


Volunteering on my days off for such initiatives makes me happy.
PHOTO: "Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done." (Proverbs 19:17)
"The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor." (Proverbs 22:9) 
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By Jessie Lim, The New Paper, 24 December 2021 at 03:32 pm
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[1] Jessie Lim, The New Paper, Nurse uses CDC vouchers to buy hawker food for nursing home this Christmas, posted on 24 December 2021 at 03:32 pm, https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/nurse-uses-cdc-vouchers-buy-hawker-food-nursing-home-christmas


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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Nursing home's therapeutic garden a boon for residents

Source Website: https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/nursing-homes-therapeutic-garden-boon-residents
By Janice Tai, The New Paper, 25 September 2018 at 06:00 am


Nursing home resident Tan Soo Siam (far left), 72, says it is much nicer in the therapeutic garden than indoors.
PHOTO: Nursing home resident Tan Soo Siam (far left), 72, says it is much nicer in the therapeutic garden than indoors.
TNP PHOTO: JEREMY KWAN
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At the rooftop garden of the NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West, residents can brush their hands against textured and coloured plants, smell them and even eat some of them.

To the uninitiated, this may look like any other garden.

It is, however, the first garden in a nursing home here developed as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board (NParks).

Such gardens are designed, using science-based principles, to facilitate interactions with nature in a way that may improve the mental and psychosocial well-being of visitors and residents.


Home's therapeutic garden a boon for residents
PHOTO: Home's therapeutic garden a boon for residents
(From left) Mr Tan Soo Siam, 72, with volunteers Ke Sau Keau (side view), 73, and Connie Ho, 64, as well as fellow resident Quek Chin Long, 78, at the rooftop garden of the NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West. It is the first garden in a nursing home here developed as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board.
ST PHOTO: JEREMY KWAN
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Last year, NParks released a guide on the design of therapeutic landscapes, particularly for the elderly and people with dementia. These design guidelines include the type of plants to be used in a therapeutic garden, its amenities and layout as well as its signage.

The NTUC Health nursing home, for instance, uses a trellis to act as a destination point so residents can easily find their way. It also doubles up as a shaded area as residents living with dementia may not recognise that they are feeling warm while in the garden.

The natural bamboo musical instruments installed among the plants are aimed at stimulating residents' sense of hearing and improving their motor and coordination skills as they create music in the garden.


The natural bamboo musical instruments installed among the plants are aimed at stimulating residents' sense of hearing and improving their motor and coordination skills as they create music in the garden.
PHOTO: The natural bamboo musical instruments installed among the plants are aimed at stimulating residents' sense of hearing and improving their motor and coordination skills as they create music in the garden.
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NTUC Health's principal occupational therapist Benjamin Lim said residents at the home participate in therapeutic activities, such as scent bag making or plant propagation.

Those who have taken part in such sessions have improved their motor, sensory and cognitive perceptual skills, said Mr Lim.

Resident Tan Soo Siam, 72, enjoys the social aspect of communal gardening.

Said Mr Tan: "I hang around with friends here, and it is much better out here than in the room."


Your health will benefit from letting nature into your awareness as often as you can, any way you can.
PHOTO: Your health will benefit from letting nature into your awareness as often as you can, any way you can. Watch the ever-changing shapes of clouds, admire trees, listen to the wind and look at the moon, at birds, at mountains. When you do, remember that you are part of nature, connected through it to something larger than yourself. - Andrew Weil, M.D.
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Gardens are designed, using science-based principles, to facilitate interactions with nature in a way that may improve the mental and psychosocial well-being of visitors and residents.
PHOTO: Gardens are designed, using science-based principles, to facilitate interactions with nature in a way that may improve the mental and psychosocial well-being of visitors and residents.
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Those who have taken part in therapeutic activities have improved their motor, sensory and cognitive perceptual skills.
PHOTO: Those who have taken part in therapeutic activities have improved their motor, sensory and cognitive perceptual skills. NParks released a guide on the design of therapeutic landscapes, particularly for the elderly and people with dementia.
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NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West is the first garden in a nursing home here developed as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board (NParks).
PHOTO: NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West is the first garden in a nursing home here developed
as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board (NParks).
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NParks embark on two research studies, in collaboration with NUS and KTPH
PHOTO: NParks embark on two research studies, in collaboration with NUS and KTPH:
Park Prescription examines the positive effects of physical activity in parks with clinical research;
Horticultural Therapy investigates the effects of parks and gardening on the mental health of the elderly.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew greened up Singapore as he felt strongly that “a blighted urban landscape, a concrete jungle destroys the human spirit. We need the greenery of nature to lift our spirits.”
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By Janice Tai, The New Paper, 25 September 2018 at 06:00 am
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