A
Public Health Forum was held on 24 October 2013, at the New Club Taiping. It
was jointly organized by the Taiping Heritage Society (THS) and New Club
Taiping (NCT). The main speaker was Dr David Yong from the Department of
Geriatrics, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
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| Forum backdrop |
Dr
Yong is a Senior Aged Care Physician, a clinical expert in long term care in
nursing homes, a lecturer in geriatric and family medicine to medical students
and gerontology nurses and sits on various Ministry of Health committees. He
has represented Singapore in HMDP Fellowship to Australia in 1998 and the USA
in 2011and has received the Singapore Long Service Award in 2013.
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| Registration desk |
Dr
Yong spoke on five features of diseases in older people, ten common disorders
of the elderly, good care-giving of the aged and five points for successful
ageing, based on current knowledge. His 4W and 1w formula for healthy ageing
was especially captivating: Walk, Weight, Work, Worry less and with a small ‘w’
… wealth. He advised the audience not to give away all their money and property
before they die!
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| Dr David Yong |
Other
ailments briefly discussed were Alzheimer’s Disease, Strokes, Parkinson’s
Disease and Dementia. Free admission to this health forum attracted 50 THS and
NCT members and 70 members of the public. The guests of honour were YDH Toh
Muda Orang Kaya Menteri Dato Wan Mohd Isa and his wife Toh Puan Muda Datin Norisha.
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| Section of the participants |
Before
the health forum, MC for the nite, Mr. C.T. Nathan from NCT, gave a short history of New Club Taiping and
the facilities offered. Organising Chairperson, Mrs Sharon Chan, gave a brief
history of Taiping Heritage Society and a short power point presentation of
some activities organised by the THS in recent years. She also reminded the audience that the senior citizens of Taiping form part of the heritage of this town. President of THS, Mr Yeap
Thean Eng and President of NCT, Mr Tang Yuet Mun, also graced the occasion.
Report by: Sharon Ng-Chan
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