Bibliography

Bibliography

Newspapers:

Khalik, Salma. ’Pilot Scheme for Elderly: Living Together, Staying Independent’. Straits Times. 16 Jan 2012. Accessed 26 Jan. 2016 <http://app.msf.gov.sg/Portals/0/Summary/pressroom/MediaCoverage/Jan2012/160112%20ST%20pA9%20Pilot%20scheme%20for%20elderly.pdf>. 

Lim, Leslie K., and Tai, Janice. ‘Seniors living alone may rise to 83,000 by 2030’. Straits Times. 12 Apr 2012. Accessed 26 Jan. 2016 <http://app.msf.gov.sg/Portals/0/Summary/pressroom/MediaCoverage/Apr2012/120412%20ST%20SpB6%20Seniors%20living%20alone.pdf>. 

Websites:

‘Independent Living for Seniors’. HelpGuide.org. Last Revised July 2015. Accessed 26 Jan. 2016 <http://www.helpguide.org/articles/senior-housing/independent-living-for-seniors.htm>.

‘Housing Options Available in Connecticut for Seniors’. Ct.gov. Last Revised 30 Dec 2015. Accessed 26 Jan. 2016 <http://www.ct.gov/agingservices/cwp/view.asp?a=2513&q=313066>.

Books:

Berlin, Christel K., ed. A Design Manual Living for the Elderly. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2009. 3-41. 

Davies, Matt., ed. Older People: Issues and Innovations in Care. Australia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014.

Presentation Skills

Group 6: Dylan Tan Teck Loon, Liliana Tandrin, Ting Xuan Ying

10 key points in making a good presentation

1. Identify your main point (finding, opinion, etc.) and keep it short.


2. Summarize your main point at the end of your presentation. It is important to help people remember what was important and what you concluded.

3. Speak clearly and loudly. If you have a soft voice, use the microphone and ask someone in the audience to change slides for you.

4. Suit the presentation towards the type of audience.

5. Do not show your back. Never turn your back to the audience and talk to the screen. Do not get in the way of the projector light. Use a pointer if necessary to identify the important parts of the slide rather than turning to face it.

6. Stick to your TIME limit. Find out how many minutes are allocated to your presentation. Do not try to fit an hour long presentation into 15 minutes - skip slides if you have to.

7. Practice presenting. Never give a presentation without practicing at least once to be sure that it will fit into the time frame and that you know how to move from one point to the next.

  8.Show energy in your presentation. Treat it like a conversation - engage with the audience.

9.Make it as visual as possible. Add pictures, videos, GIFs.

10.Always ensure a good/Quick set up for a presentation - no one likes to wait.

An example of a good presentation can be found here:

https://youtu.be/81Ub0SMxZQo

Persona - Role Play

Group 6: Dylan Tan Teck Loon, Liliana Tandrin, Ting Xuan Ying

Topic: Collective Living Spaces

Persona

1st elderly

Name: Mr Wong

Age: 68

Gender: Male

Occupation: Retired

Family Condition: Financially unstable

Family Members: No family

Address: Chinatown

2nd elderly

Name: Mrs Kim

Age: 72

Gender: Female

Occupation: Retired

Family Condition: Average

Family Members: 1 daughter

Address: Chinatown

Video

The 1 minute video below tells a story of two elderly who end up living together in a collective living space. Mr Wong has no family and nowhere to live, while Mrs Kim has one daughter but her daughter abandons her. Their situations are most likely the situations that many elderly are facing today. So, how do we provide collective living spaces to those elderly in need? Even if they have already stayed in a collective living spaces, how do we ensure that they are living a better life?