Faith, Life, Health, Wealth & Longevity - Re-imagining, Realigning, and Reinvigorating
Shared Statement of Identity
By LifeVista’s service of humility & enduring strength, we hope to bear witness to a Glorious Desired Landscape of Aging in Chinese Diaspora.
Through our Shared Statement of Identity we
- promote & respect Humanity Dignity
- attend to the Whole Person
- care for the under-served, poor & vulnerable person by turning them into Protagonists thus confronting impossibility to finite possibilities
- promote the Common Good of Host Countries & to build capacities that showcase Chinese Communities as cohesive & conducive in the Diaspora
- advocate leveling of fair-play on behalf of Justice.
- As Steward & we harness resources entrusted to LifeVista
- Act in Collaboration with globalization i.e. the practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations.
Thus,
- to encourage the Aged (thereafter known as Modern Agers) a longer working life & maintain the capacity to work through raising the retirement age.
- to resolve issues in Ageism through legislation
- Local Government to reward employers who build suitable workplaces & change perception of employing older workers;
- Life Counselling needed for older employees to make sense of before & after retirement;
- to prevent poverty among the elderly with a minimum income that is actually sustainable inter-generational.
- to promote active Aging in the arena of culture, leisure, health & wise spending in a society that is packed with consumerism.
- Inter-disciplinary collaboration for Study in Active Aging, Training of future Geriatric Healthcare Personnel for the dire need of Chinese Diaspora.
- Models of Care like Age in Place & Integrated Care require a combination of health & social services.
- Models of care supported by legislation [Legal Capacity, Guardianship Law, Parents Maintenance Act (Singapore) & Patients Rights] to be implemented to prevent Elderly Abuse & Ageism in Medical Care.
- Inter-generational Solidarity & Bonding through cross Volunteering in Aging & Young arenas.
- Governments to give priority to Aging issues through big data analytics & AI
Promoting participation, non-ageism & social inclusion of Modern Agers for e.g. Modern Agers retire at their own terms through Senior Internships to be made possible at 120 hours per month at a statutory minimum wage.
Reference
Regarding Good AI Society:
Floridi et. al. (2018). AI4People – An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations. Forthcoming in Minds and Machines, December 2018.