It's official -- giving is better than receiving. Acts of kindness such as serving meals at a homeless shelter, running to the pharmacy for a sick friend, or lending emotional support to a significant other may help people live longer, a recent study concluded. Do something kind and compassionate for someone else each day and you'll reap health benefits as well. Take a Deep Breath
The WINGS-KK Hospital Confinement Nanny Training programme aims to equip older women with the most up-to-date knowledge and practical skills to work as confinement nannies or serve as competent confinement nannies to their own families. This is a 5-day long course conducted in English.
Course Outline
25 - 26 Mar (Thursday - Friday)
A. Healthy Confinement Food Cooking
a. Prepare 20 common confinement meals and menu planning
b. Use of Chinese herbs in confinement cooking
c. Effective time management for a confinement nanny
29 - 30 Mar (Monday - Wednesday)
B. Complete baby care
C. Breastfeeding techniques
D. Caring for yourself as a confinement nanny
E. Insights on a confinement nanny career
Pre-requisites :
. Women 40 years and older
. Singaporean/Singapore PR
. Basic cooking skills
. Enroll as a WINGS member (WINGS membership is $10 per year)
Registration closes : 19 February 2010 To register, contact May of WINGS at tel : 62501012 or email : may@wings.sg
With age certain physiological changes occur in our bodies which change our nutritional needs to some extent. Understand these changes and prepare yourself for a healthy ageing. Know about vital nutrients in old age in this talk so that you eat wisely and age well. Act before you start ageing!