This week I have been observing my grandma and also the people at the hawker centres near my house. There is a senior citizen’s corner, but only one or two elderly goes there and it is rather dirty because no one is maintaining it and youngsters walking around smoke and litter that area.
Like last week, they still gather everyday over a cup of drink and talk about anything that comes to their mind. Imagine drinking one cup of coffee everyday. It is not very healthy. Some elderly of my friends do not even come out everyday to socialise and get coped up at home. Because they do not come out to take a walk, they do not get exercise.
I have also been observing my aunt at home. She like to take morning and evening walks during the weekends and go to the gym during alternate weekdays. She likes the morning breeze and fresh air. She enjoys my company as well as my brother’s. Actually most elderly are rather lonely and need people to accompany them. My aunt also faces problems like when she walks past the swimming pool downstairs, she has to hold on to something or she will fall. I also notice other elderly living in the condo facing this problem.
A habit of my brother is to leave his toys lying around the house. Sometimes my aunt did not see it and accidentally trip over it. The difficulties that they face is not reacting fast enough to things happening around them.
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