Understanding older adults' health beliefs regarding falls is important for the design of participant-centric programmes. While there evidence on perceptions towards and prevention, insufficient understanding adaptive responses to cope with falls. In addition, these are understudied within context Asia development programmes in Asia. In-depth interviews were conducted 30 community-dwelling adults (aged 60 above) Singapore. The Health Belief Model (HBM), adapted helped guide interviews. Our...

Abstract Objectives Lifelong learning and volunteering contribute to not only health well-being, but also social inclusion cohesion among older adults. However, less is known about whether lifelong promote each other. This study examined the reciprocal relationship between adults’ varied by purpose of learning. Methods Cross-lagged panel models were applied data on 2,608 adults, aged 60 years older, from 2 waves a national longitudinal Singapore. Results We found bidirectional volunteering....

In line with Singapore’s nationwide digital journey, the Training and Adult Education (TAE) sector of Singapore has launched Innovation Learning 2020 initiative to catalyse adoption technology in TAE sector. This paper presents findings from three projects we have conducted on innovative learning discusses how innovation can be supported. We first present survey landscape current status learning. Our show that a good proportion training providers adult educators are adopting blended respond...

In this paper, we explore the evolving norms and dispositions of creativity enterprise engineering students using data gathered from a newly established technology engineering-focused university called ‘UniTech’ located in Singapore. Based on interviews with students, seek to explain (1) what they learn, reject, adopt appropriate; (2) kinds challenges face (3) unexpected serendipitous outcomes their learning. Through an integrated curriculum focusing design, learn be technically competent,...

Eldercare is often regarded as "dirty work" due to its association with dysfunctional, decaying, and diseased bodies. This paper focuses on eldercare work, studies how current practices organization of have been justified legitimized in different sometimes conflicting ways. Drawing ethnographic fieldwork workers nursing homes for the elderly homecare service, this examines work through theoretical lens "orders worth." The concept orders worth affords a moral political analysis that helps...

(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.)IntroductionI readily agreed to join in the Vesak1) day procession that was be held on a weekend evening of May 2008. No prior registration required nor forms filled. I just needed show up at Maha Vihara Buddhist temple Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, joining my friends from Kuan-yin Contemplative Order (KYCO)-a lay organization. They stood out their crisp all-white attire, looking fresh and clean. There were 11 them KYCO evening. Kiat,2) one most...

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In this article we consider learning spaces as the relations between practices within space; material things such tools, ways of thinking, discourses, doings, sayings and historicity these practices, individual biographies those participating in space.Additionally interact with; indeed have embedded them doings sayings, affordances constraints contexts which are also constituted by dynamic interactions.We use two case studies from a research project conducted Singapore on, 'Assessment for...

Abstract In this symposium, we discuss about various aspects of caregiving for older adults who require care because chronic illness, frailty, and/or long-term disability. Their needs take many forms and so do the demands concerns their caregivers, comprising family members close friends. Under these trying circumstances, relationships are put to test; shared sensibilities understandings built over decades marital life begin unravel, friendships fray. Thus, has profound implications as well...

Abstract Caregiving comprises concrete everyday tasks that are built-on and revolve around the home, yet few studies have looked at caregiving as practice(s) shape home a place of/for care. We examined socio-material arrangements of people, activities, things enable asking how is orchestrated, sustained, delivered in turn re-constituted by caregiving. In-depth interviews were conducted with 40 family caregivers, aged 55-85 years, caring for their spouse and/or parent(s). Relations, enabled...