Descriptions of Activities
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Sing Along
Singing provides many benefits for seniors. It can lift their spirits, increase their immunity and provide workout for their brain and their lungs. It can help improve overall mood by actually releasing certain chemicals like dopamine. Singing impacts on the elements i.e. their brain health: movement (being active), discovery (learning new things), relaxation (stabilizing mood) and connection (networking with others).
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Story Telling
There are many benefits associated with storytelling. Storytelling allows seniors to reconnect with their past and feel a renewed sense of self-worth and importance. It opens older adults' memories, encourages verbalization and promotes self-esteem. More areas of the brain respond when the information received is more emotional than factual. According to neuroscientists stories illicit a multi-sensory brain response.Each listener will glean a different emotional response and meaning to the same story based on their own ability to imagine.
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Ukulele Class for Beginners
Learning a musical instrument helps seniors improve their coordination, better concentration, a sense of achievement and relieves stress. Playing Ukulele keeps your mind sharp as it forces our brain in actively trying something new, improves focus & concentration. Ever wanted to play a musical instrument but don’t know where to start? Come and join this class. You don’t need to have any music background. Participants need to buy their own instrument.
Origami
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Origami Class
Origami craft is a quiet, tranquil activity highly suited for seniors as it brings peace of mind. It helps to develop hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and mental concentration. It helps seniors to stimulate areas of the brain. It challenges them at the cognitive level. It has the therapeutic advantages as you transform a piece of paper into many objects, which gives a great sense of accomplishment.
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Sewing Craft Workshop
Sewing encourages mindfulness and reduces stress and anxiety. This meditative action of sewing encourages positivity and feelings of relaxation. This activity improves hand-eye- coordination and attention to details.
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Opening The Word
Every Friday (10am to 11 am), we set aside sometime to read through the scripture reading of the coming Sunday from the bible in a study programme called the “Opening of the Word. Together with prayer and a facilitated discussion, it will help us to understand the Sunday Readings more deeply, apply the Word of God to our daily life and to live our Catholic faith in a more powerful way”
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Qiqong For Beginners
“Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong” This ancient form of Chinese exercise is a low impact activity. The slow, measured movements, deep breathing, gentle & controlled stretches are beneficial aerobic exercises specially suited for seniors who want to stay active. Studies have shown that qiqong increases stamina, strengthens the heart, boosts circulation and lowers stress.
This form of exercise improves the overall functional balance and physical performance therefore lowers the risk of falling and injuries in seniors. The lessons is conducted in English. Loose T-shirt & pants c/w exercise shoes are recommended.
Paper Craft Workshop
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Paper Craft Workshop
Arts and crafts and other creative projects can help alleviate boredom and keep seniors' minds busy, and may even help prevent feelings of depression. Furthermore, arts and crafts help with hand-eye coordination, cognitive abilities, and concentration. It can be a wonderful hobby, but they also have therapeutic benefits as well. The act of creating something has long been known to nourish the spirit. Whether making a homemade gift,decorating for a special event, illustrating a thought, or working on a craft project, creating artwork is a pleasurable way to spend leisure time.
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Playing Bingo
Bingo is an amazing and sociable game that brings people together to have fun and to socialise. This game has multiple health benefits for the seniors. It improves cognitive strength, mental agility, listening and short term memory skills. It will be conducted every second Monday of the month
Table and Board Games
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Playing Table and Board Games
Staying sharp into your golden years means constantly challenging your brain. Activities that accomplish this goal can be fun for elders to do together. Every time seniors play a table or board game, they're staying sharp—stimulating their brains and starving off the onset of dementia or even Alzheimer's disease. Senior fitness is not just for he body. Seniors need to exercise their brains on a regular basis as they grow older. Seniors who engaged in cognitive exercises by playing board games are less likely to develop dementia than those who did not.
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Great Singapore Workout
The Great Singapore Workout
The Great Singapore Workout is a fitness routine introduced to keep our members active and healthy. The workout is a specially designed low-impact aerobic programme comprising 15 exercises which are safe and suitable for anyone between the ages of seven to 70. It comprises exercises that are grouped into five basic sets: warm up, upper body movement, lower body movement, total body exercises, and cool down. After warm up, the workout moves into the basic march, sidestep with scissor and arm bends, toe tap and stretch, arm and heel press, punch and kick movement, and lastly, cool down.
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Sit Down Exercise for Seniors
These seven sit-down exercises will help our seniors become stronger, balance better, and move with greater flexibility. These exercises offer the following important health benefits: Increase or maintain muscle strength, improve balance, coordination and mobility, reduce risk of falling, improve mood and overall well-being. It is conducted by the Health Promotion Board's trainer every Monday morning.
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Thera Band Exercise
Thera Band Exercise for Seniors
This Quick 6 Thera Band Strength is a set of simple resistance band strength exercises provided by Health Promotion Board trainer. These exercises help to increase overall muscular fitness skeletal and bone strength. The complete programme involves major muscle groups including legs, hips, abdomen, chest, shoulders and arms. Club members are given personal Thera band each to perform these exercises.
Summary of Thera Band Strength & Body Stretch Exercises available for download
Brisk Walk Group
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Club Agape Brisk Walk Group
Club Agape brisk walk interest group organises regular weekly brisk walk at East Coast Park every Wednesday at 7 am, starting from Church of Holy Family. Of late due to the club closure, members are encouraged to go out door. On the 26th Feb. a group of 20 members organised a brisk walk trail at the Botanic Garden c/w rosary prayers. The group plans to conduct brisk walk trail once a month to different place of interest.
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Intercessory Prayer
Prayer is the most potent force known to humanity. Club Agape members come together for the Intercessory prayer session once a month praying for the sick, family, world peace. The prayer starts with praise and worship and petitions. These prayers aid and help for obtaining benefits from God, through his Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Mother Mary.
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Special Events
The Club plans and organises 'Special Events several times a years. They include cultural tours, where members participate in group outing to places of interest conducted by professional guide. The more recent activities were the guided heritage tour was to Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and X'mas Party. More special events and outings are being planned for year 2019.
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Born in August
Born in August
Monthly Birthday Celebration
Club Agape organises & celebrates monthly birthday party for it members and volunteers whose birthday fall on that month. Birthday cakes and dishes are voluntarily prepared and contributed by generous members and volunteers. Everyone get together to give birthday wishes and to enjoy the lovely food.
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Special Events - Station of The Cross & Visit to St. Joseph Home
On the 19th March, 43 members and volunteers of the Club went on a devotional trip to St. Joseph Church to pray The Way of the Cross. They braved the scorching sun covering the 14 stations remembering the Passion of Christ. They then adjourned to visit and tour St. Joseph Home's facilities and treated to lunch by Sister Geradine.
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Special Events - Guided Tours To The National Museum
Club Agape organised two guided tours to the National Museum for its members on 19th August and 2nd September. The guided tour was conducted by Sylvia our volunteer docent. The participants got a chance to explore the artworks and special exhibits.
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Health Talk - Understanding Dementia
On the 6th May, Dr. Theresa Cheong gave a enlightening talk to Club Agape members & volunteers on the topic- 'Understanding Demential'. She highlighted the various aspects of Demential, including its symptoms, characteristics behaviours to watch out and gave useful advice to care givers. Many questions were raised by the audience and answered.
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Health Talk - Understanding Mental Health
On the 1st July, Renay Periera gave a enlightening talk to Club Agape members, volunteers & Holy Family Church parishioners on the topic- 'Understanding mental health'. Her talk covered depression, OCD, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia etc. The focus was on meeting the needs of caregivers. Well over 60 participants turned up for the the hour long talk.
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Club Agape in partnership with Health Promotion Board (HPB) launched a series of 35 Health Talks topics specially aim to benefit our members. This weekly talks have been launched since on 24th July. Topics include Healthy Aging, Nutrition, Demential, Fall Prevention, Active for Life & many more being planned. These talks are also open parishioners who are invited through bulletins. Its popularity is fast increasing.
Health Talk by Health Promotion Board
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Health Talks - Acupressure Points to Relief Stress & Anxiety
Club Agape members who attended Anthony Toh's talks and demonstrations on the acupressure points to relief stress benefited from his hands-on individual treatment in relieving their shoulder and neck tension. He also gave the six steps coaching on the breathing techniques to relief daily stress. His coaching sessions has now become a regular feature in Club Agape calendar.
Below are the 'Power Point' slides for those interested to download.
Video of the Breathing Techniques is too large to upload. Those interested can request from Jimmy Chew.
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Club Agape Celebrated Its First Anniversary
Every anniversary is a milestone. Club Agape achieved it first year of operation milestone on 20th of November. Over 240 members affirmed their love and support for their club came, together for a big bash. It was a gala event complete with door gifts for everyone, great prizes for lucky and raffles draws.
Entertainment was provided by our very own Ukulele, Qiqong and Line dance groups. They showcased their superb performances with great pride, showing off their skills acquired over the year. Fr. Vaz & Fr. Stan came to grace this happy occasion. Everyone was treated to a sumptuous seven course lunch. It was a memorable experience for one and all.
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Club Agape Re-opening & National Day Celebration
Club Agape official resumption of operation was celebrated together with our National Day on 24th August 2022. A total of 130 members and volunteers turned up for the bash. We were grateful for Fr. Stan & Fr. Matthew to grace the occasion. It was a activities galore morning, with the joyous story telling, sing-a-long, birthday celebration for those born in August, fund raising Raffles Draw cum Auction of macrame art piece and collector coins. Members was treated to bento lunch and other savouries. One hundred NDP packs were distributed to the members.