新加坡：在卫理公会福利服务处（Methodist Welfare Services, MWS）推出的新“积极老龄化”框架下，超过1.6万名老年人将能够参与各种活动，这些活动涵盖适应性体育运动、无人机飞行以及数字技能培训。这项名为“和谐”（Harmony）的倡议将指导该慈善机构在新加坡设立的七家“积极老龄化中心”开展各项活动，重点关注社交联系、身体锻炼、认知能力提升以及老年人的自我赋能等方面。
SINGAPORE: More than 16,000 seniors will be able to take part in activities ranging from adaptive sports to drone flying and digital skills under a new active ageing framework by Methodist Welfare Services (MWS). Called Harmony, the initiative will guide programmes across the charity’s seven Active Ageing Centres in Singapore. It will focus on areas such as social connectedness, physical activity, cognition and senior empowerment.
卫理公会福利服务处医疗保健服务部门负责人梁 Raymond 博士表示，这一框架旨在为所有中心提供统一的活动模式，同时让老年人能够自主选择自己想参与的活动内容。该框架是与老年人及工作人员共同制定的，主要包括三项核心项目：针对不同身体状况设计的适应性体育运动、每月一次的社交聚会，以及专门为那些可能面临社交隔离的老年男性设计的互动活动。
Dr Raymond Leong, MWS’ group director of healthcare services, said the framework was designed to provide a consistent approach that could be scaled across its centres, while allowing seniors to decide what they want to do there. It was co-developed with seniors and staff and includes three signature programmes: sports adapted for different abilities, monthly social gatherings, and activities aimed at engaging older men who may be more socially isolated.
鼓励老年人走出家门在卫理公会福利服务处的 Sims Place 中心，自2023年起便定期举办“仅限男性的欢乐时光”（Men-Only Happy Hour）活动。这个每周一次的聚会安排在户外平台上举行，为老年男性提供了一个交流、休闲和锻炼的空间。参与者包括70岁的退休人员 Thomas Choong——他是通过看到活动宣传横幅后首次参加的。
ENCOURAGING SENIORS TO STEP OUT OF HOME At MWS’ Sims Place centre, the Men-Only Happy Hour has been running since 2023. Held in a void deck setting, the weekly gathering gives male seniors a space to chat over coffee and snacks, play games and exercise. Among the participants is retiree Thomas Choong, 70, who first joined after coming across a banner advertising the gathering.
“退休后，我们大多时间都待在家里，很少有机会与朋友见面。所以我经常来这里聚会，这里还有其他老年人。”Thomas Choong 对 CNA 说道。如今，他已成为志愿者，协助中心工作人员在聚会期间组织简单的运动活动（如随着音乐打鼓）。他还主动向社区中的老年人宣传该中心的活动，鼓励他们参与其中。
“After retirement, we are (in) social isolation at home. Nothing much we do. We don't get to meet friends so often. So I used to come here to gather around, and then there's other men who are here,” he said. Retiree Thomas Choong speaking to CNA. Mr Choong has since become a volunteer, helping centre staff to introduce short exercise sessions during the weekly gatherings, including simple drum-beating to music to get participants moving. He also approaches seniors he meets around the neighbourhood, telling them about the centre and encouraging them to join its activities.
“那些习惯待在家里的老年人往往更难被接触到，”Thomas Choong 表示，“我们需要付出更多努力来鼓励他们走出家门。”
Those who tend to stay at home can be harder to reach, he said, adding that more effort was needed to encourage them to step out.
在 MWS 的 Sims Place 中心举行的“仅限男性参加的欢乐时光”活动中，老年人们正在参与击鼓练习。
Seniors taking part in a drum-beating exercise during the Men-Only Happy Hour at MWS' Sims Place centre.
针对不同身体状况设计的活动：该活动框架的另一部分是一个适应性体育项目，该项目对各项运动进行了调整，以便不同身体状况的老年人都能参与其中。
ACTIVITIES FOR DIFFERENT ABILITIES Another part of the framework is an adaptive sports programme, which modifies activities so that seniors with different physical abilities can take part.
“这个项目主要关注老年人的身体状况，帮助他们提升身体机能，从而为他们参与其他活动打下基础，”MWS 的梁博士说道。
“(It) really focuses on the physical domain of seniors to have physical enablement, and so that they can actually have that foundational pillar to be able to engage in other activities,” said MWS' Dr Leong.
周四（10 月 1 日），约有 280 名老年人参加了在 Fernvale 社区俱乐部举行的首届“老年人奥运会”活动，他们尝试了这些适应性运动项目，其中包括投壶、坐式排球、沙包投掷以及无人机足球。参与者还了解了人工智能的相关知识。
MWS 提供的其他适应性体育项目还包括保龄球、羽毛球和篮球。
About 280 participants took part in MWS’ inaugural Senior Olympics Day at Fernvale Community Club on Thursday (Oct 1), where they tried some of these activities. Seniors trying out drone soccer during MWS' inaugural Senior Olympics Day on Oct 1, 2026. These included bocce bowls, seated volleyball, bean bag toss and drone soccer, while participants also learnt about artificial intelligence.
“Ling Ling Time”项目：第三个项目“Ling Ling Time”于 2024 年在 MWS 的 Sims Place 和 Kebun Baru 中心正式启动。该项目由老年志愿者负责策划和运营，每月的活动内容包括体育锻炼、认知游戏以及集体用餐。
Other adaptive sports offered by MWS include boccia, badminton and basketball. The third programme, Ling Ling Time, was rolled out at MWS’ Sims Place and Kebun Baru centres in 2024. Senior volunteers help plan and run its monthly activities, which include exercise, cognitive games and communal meals.
社交联系的重要性：据预测，到 2030 年，新加坡四分之一的公民将达到 65 岁及以上的年龄。
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS A PRIORITY One in four Singapore citizens is projected to be aged 65 and above by 2030.
总理办公室部长吴志明表示，支持老年人的工作并不仅限于医疗保健领域。
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ng Chee Meng said supporting the country’s ageing population went beyond healthcare.
在“老年人奥运会”活动上，吴志明先生（同时也是 Jalan Kayu 基层组织的顾问）指出，这类活动不仅鼓励老年人保持活力，还能帮助他们与来自新加坡各地的人建立友谊。他补充说，政府将继续努力为老年人提供更多适合他们参与的体育活动与社交平台。
Speaking at the Senior Olympics event, Mr Ng, who is also Adviser to Jalan Kayu Grassroots Organisations, said such activities not only encouraged seniors to stay active but also helped them form friendships with people from different parts of Singapore. He added that the government would continue efforts to provide more active ageing centres and programmes for seniors.
“随着人口老龄化，我们在医疗保健方面的投入固然重要，但维护他们的社交联系和提供丰富的活动也同样关键，”吴志明先生强调道。
“As our population gets older, it is not only in healthcare that we take care of you, but also in our social connections and activities. This is a definite priority,” he said.
对于钟先生来说，让年长者参与进来也改变了部分邻居之间的关系。
For Mr Choong, getting seniors involved has also changed how some neighbours relate to one another.
“他们开始互相交流，而不再只是路旁擦肩而过的陌生人，”他说，“至少这样他们能够互相认识、互相交流了。”
“They start talking instead of (being) strangers walking on the roadside,” he said. “So with this, at least they meet each other.”