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At eldercare facilities and active ageing centres across Singapore, technology is no longer a novelty, but already beginning to change how seniors connect, heal and age.<\/p>\n
At St Luke’s ElderCare Active Ageing Centre (Care) @ Northshore, for example, 66-year-old Albert Yeo got to realise his dream of writing a book documenting his life as part of the pilot Golden Memories programme, where seniors used generative AI to put together a story of their life’s milestones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“This is my first time I’ve touched AI, but I feel the AI is helping a lot. Even if we are not very clear about the message or grammar, (the programme) settles it for you,” said Mr Yeo.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To write the book, he had verbal conversations with an AI chatbot in an app on his phone, which prompted him to reflect deeply about his childhood, his business and his love for hiking.<\/p>\n
It then generated the text for the 45-page <\/strong>book, which Mr Yeo has since printed out and shared with family and friends, many of whom have requested their own copies.<\/p>\n As Singapore hurtles towards becoming a\u00a0\u201csuper-aged\u201d society<\/a> \u2013 with more than one in five here expected to be 65 years old or older by 2026<\/span> \u2013 such tools are offering relief for some eldercare providers.\u00a0<\/p>\n