Saturday, August 22, 2009 @7:06 PM
Straits Times Reflection
Term 3 Week 6
2E/NA
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Elderly Falling Prey to 'Volunteer' Ruse (trick)
1a) What is the modus operandi (method of operating) of the con artists?
-In order to get into homes of senior citizens, they would use methods like disguising a volunteer from some kind of organisation or a health officer so as to con the elderly.
b) What are the Lion Befrienders planning to do to ensure the old folks do not get conned again?
-The Lion Befrienders would introduce their staffs or volunteers beforehand to the elderly for them to recognise. This action would reduce the chance of elderly being con again by strangers.
2) Do you like doing social work? Why or why not?
-Of course! Helping others would really make me very happy! Especially helping the elderly. They are just so pitiful.
Some of them, they raised their children up no matter how hard life was, in the end, their children dumped them! Since they are elderly, some may not be able to walk properly and this will lead to no one cleaning the houses for them. Soon, the house would be very dirty. In this case, this is when we, the people who like doing social work helped them clean up! You can totally see the difference before cleaning and after cleaning! Apart from that, we can also do some exercising. After cleaning the house for them, the elderly would be so grateful to us and the smile from them is really memorable.