E-Learning: An Age-Unfriendly World

The picture shown is an example of an age-unfriendly world as the traffic light at this pedestrian crossing does not allow people such as the elderly to increase the time the green light is shown unlike  other pedestrian crossings. This thus causes problem for the elderly as they may not be able to cross the long road within the short period of given time which might endanger their lives.

Some old lifts present in Singapore do not go to all floors which causes inconveniences for people such as the elderly and the physically disabled such as wheel-chair bound people as this would mean that they will have to take the stairs if the lift does not go to the floor they stay on. Thus, this is an example of an age-unfriendly world as the elderly and wheel-chair bound people will be disadvantaged.

The lack of ramps in some locations to HDB flats brings inconvenience for people with disabilities such as wheel-chair bound people as they have to find a longer alternative route to go back home. This is an example of an age-unfriendly world as the wheel-chair bound people will be at a disadvantage.

Overhead bridges are a form of pedestrian crossing. however, some overhead bridges do not have lifts present which results in having the elderly to take the stairs. The elderly may then face some inconvenience when climbing the stairs of the overhead bridges as they might have weaker legs and knees and the climb would cause them to become tired and bring pain to their knees. Similarly, wheel-chair bound people would have to find an alternative route to cross the road. Thus, this is age-unfriendly as people such as the elder will face difficulties when using this overhead bridge.