{"id":55103,"date":"2026-05-25T06:13:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55103"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T22:13:36","slug":"from-silver-travel-to-gig-carers-how-6-changemakers-in-asia-are-reimagining-what-it-means-to-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55103","title":{"rendered":"From silver travel to gig carers, how 6 changemakers in Asia are reimagining what it means to age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cI used to think ageing was something helpless,\u201d said Wang Jing, a volunteer at Seagull Comprehensive Elderly Service Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cBut after working with these aunties, I\u2019ve witnessed a different kind of retirement living. It\u2019s made me look forward to my retirement with more hope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>EQUIPPING CARERS BETTER<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>In India, one startup is already nurturing a new generation of professional geriatric carers \u2014 a crucial workforce for the country\u2019s population of more than 150 million seniors, who largely prefer to age at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Many of these aspiring carers are young migrants from villages and small towns, drawn to cities in search of opportunity. Once hired, they are expected to adjust quickly to unfamiliar households and deliver efficient care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cThis job requires a tremendous emotional equilibrium,\u201d said Ramakrishna Velamuri, the dean of Mahindra University\u2019s School of Management. \u201cTo expect that from such young workers is quite unrealistic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>That realisation inspired Anant Kumar and Priya Anant to leave their healthcare jobs and establish Life Circle Health Services, a Hyderabad-based eldercare company that equips trainees with practical and emotional skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/cna-insider\/ageing-asia-changemakers-silver-travel-gig-carers-dbs-foundation-6136496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI used to think ageing was something helpless,\u201d said Wang Jing, a volunteer at Seagull Comprehensive Elderly Service Centre. \u201cBut after working with these aunties,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--9tB_VN2Z--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/22\/sequence_02.00_06_10_17.still002.jpg?itok=trMFPlsk","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1464,5024,17145,18856,1472,10,5915,957,151],"class_list":["post-55103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-age","tag-asia","tag-carers","tag-changemakers","tag-gig","tag-means","tag-reimagining","tag-silver","tag-travel","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}