AH Elderly Health Screening with COPE

Today was one of the longest and busiest day I spent as a volunteer in COPE. Nonetherless, it was enjoyable and an a great experience.

Alexandra Hospital (AH) organised a health screening for the elderly today. The COPERs arrived at where the elderlys stayed at 7.30am. We gathered the participants and left around 8.20am, reached AH at about 8.50am.

There was already a lot of people who turned up for the free health checkup. It seems like the hospital actually invited the general public and the response was overwhelming!

There were altogether 4 different health screenings; general health screening, eye screening, osteoporosis screening, strength and balance assessment. There were also health talks, Tai Chi demostration, refreshments and many other acitivites going on.

It was really a long wait for the elderly participants as most of the health screening will take quite awhile and many of them have to wait for 2 to 3 hrs for their turn. Nonetheless, the elderlys entertained themselves by talking among themselves, chatting with the COPERs, taking picture with us and one of them even performed a trick or two for us. Hahaha.

During the refreshment time, some of the COPERs help out with serving the food. There was a looong queue as most of the elderlys were already hungry after a whole morning of actvities.

After serving the food happily, the COPERs got together and had our share of food. Guess what? Nothing was better than the milk product that the hospital was promoting!!! Hahaha. They were promoting a range of adult milk powder supplements for adults called Ensure Life. At 1st, most of us have our doubt about the taste of milk powder. However, the promotors came up with creative ways like mixing the milk with real coffee powder. The result? A smooth, rich cup of cold latte taste-a-like! Yummy! Hahaha. They also make honeydew milkshake and pear milkshake with the milk powder. It was also a real fruity treat!!! By the way, it's all free! Hahaha.

Finally, after everything was done, the COPERs had a photo taking session. You can see that everyone enjoyed themselves in the photos. Hahaha. we gathered the elderlys and brought them home. On the way, we announced our programme for next month; visit to the tortoise farm. Most of the elderlys happily signed up with us on the spot!

We reached the elderlys' estates at 4pm. It was a tiring, but wonderful day. Hahaha.



COPE Omake!!!
Special appearance: Hong Yun (COPER)

So another busy day for the COPE ministry again. We woke up so early that none of us ate breakfast yet. Now we are so busy we could hardly take a rest... We are so hungry and tired...












Hold on a minute... What is this COPER sneaking around doing?












What! He is eating ICE-CREAM! Who is he?!!












Hong Yun!!! That's it!!!













MWAHAHAHA!

Disclaimer:
No animal is killed or injured in the making of this omake.
Parental guidance adviced.
Children, do not try this at home.

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