The Ageing Challenge: Essential Questions

These are my EQs:

1) Is it possible to have shopping malls mainly for Elderly People so it would be convenient for them as the facilities available also should be Elderly friendly?

2) How can the apartments/rooms/HDBs be modified and renovated or even built specially to suite/match the convenience of the Elderly so it would be some sort of Barrier-free environment for them?

3) How can machines & technology be modified and converted to suite Elderly associated with different type of diseases and disabilities?

4) How can public transport be modified to suite the elderly with different types of disabilities so they are able to move around town with ease and convenience?

5) What are some of the main physical disadvantages the Elderly are facing in today's age?

My Ranking from these 5:

Rank 1 - Qn 2

Rank 2 - Qn 4

Rank 3 - Qn 3

Rank 1 - How can the apartments/rooms/HDBs be modified and renovated or even built specially to suite/match the convenience of the Elderly so it would be some sort of Barrier-free environment for them?

Reason: Since shelter is the most essential for living and surviving, Elderly need housing and accommodation. Almost all of it should match/suite the basic disabilities of Elderly and even diseases. The housing is specially only for the Elderly.

Rank 2 - How can public transport be modified to suite the elderly with different types of disabilities so they are able to move around town with ease and convenience?

Reason: With homes and accommodation set in place and not to worry about, the Elderly start getting bored at home as they are not able to do anything. To travel also, it should be able for the Elderly to get around. To avoid this, buses and other forms of public transport are modified to the convenience of the Elderly.

Rank 3 - How can machines & technology be modified and converted to suite Elderly associated with different type of diseases and disabilities?

Reason: After the main problems solved, there is also a need for some of the Elderly who want talk to their friends and relatives. The mobile phones and other accessories to match their style like the big buttons and voice recognition. This is not very important to the Elderly nowadays so I ranked it at 3.