Ageing, Elderly and Older Persons

Let's Look at Aging Holistically

  1. Transport

  2. Aged Care

  3. Lifelong Learning

  4. Homes and City

  5. Social Inclusion and Engagement

  6. Lifelong Employability

  7. Health and Wellness

  8. Research

  9. Retirement Adequacy

Our Goals and Areas for Focus

United Nations for Aging and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

SDG Issues on Aging

  • Global ageing and the data revolution

  • Neglect, Abuse and Violence of Older Women

  • Rights of Older Persons

  • Elder Abuse

G20 Promoting Healthy Ageing

Promoting healthy ageing: What can G20 countries do?

Support prevention policies to avoid unhealthy behaviours before they take hold

  • Promote targeted health and digital literacy interventions.

  • Implement comprehensive policy packages to reduce harmful alcohol use, smoking, and overweight / obesity.


Develop and strengthen health and long-term care systems to provide good care to those who require it, while protecting them from excessive costs

  • Strengthen the role of primary care systems to improve prevention efforts, co-ordination of care, and enable greater access to health services.

  • Move towards universal health coverage (UHC) among countries that have not yet achieved it, ensuring adequate financial protection across the population.

  • Better integrate health and social care services to improve care for people at home.


Encourage active participation in the community through age-friendly community initiatives and demand- and supply-side policies to encourage a healthier, longer working life

  • Work across health and other sectors – including housing, transportation, and security services – to develop services and programmes that promote the autonomy of older people living at home, including those with dementia.

  • Promote training and volunteer programmes that raise awareness and reduce stigma about dementia and other age-related issues throughout the broader society, including individuals, public services, and private business.

  • Reduce incentives to retire early, promote lifelong learning and reward longer working lives, and promote age-diverse work cultures to tackle demand-side barriers to longer employment.

Singapore's Ageing Planning Office

Making Singapore a Nation for All Ages where Seniors can Age in Place and Successfully: To Keep Seniors Healthy, Active and Safe

      1. Keeping Seniors healthy

        • People Association's Wellness Programme

        • Encourage Seniors to Adopt healthy lifestyles via Regular Health Screening and exercise Programmes

        • Enhance neighbourliness and mutual support via Interest groups and Community Activities

        • Council for Third Age to Promote active ageing through funding programmes in lifelong learning and senior volunteerism

      2. Provide Senior-friendly housing and towns

        • Senior-friendly housing via Studio Apartments

        • Multi-generation family-friendly housing

        • Options for Seniors to monetise housing assets

        • Enhancement for Active SEniors (EASE)

        • Silver Zones

        • Barrier-Free Access

      3. Building senior-friendly communities across Singapore though City for All Ages Project

        • Healthy and Active: get Screened early | Manage conditions well | Exercise and lead healthy lifestyles

        • Part of a Closely Knit Community: Have friends and know where to get help | Those who live alone are not lonely and engaged by the community

        • Able to Live Independently and Confidently: Can get around flat and town safely and confidently | Those who need help will be cared for

      4. Provide Access to Quality and Affordable Care

        • Improving Accessibility

          1. Expanding Healthcare Capacity - Acute and Communit Hospitals

          2. Expanding home and community care with nursing homes as backup

        • Enhancing Quality

          1. Shifting towards Care at home and the Community: Acute Centric care to Chronic and Long-term healthcare needs | Health and not just Healthcare

          2. Integrating Care to be more person-centric via our Regional Health Systems with the integration of services and processes

          3. Making home care more comprehensive to support care at home: Interim Caregiving | Home Environment | Transitional Care | Home Rehab | Dementia support | Home Palliative | Home health | Home Personal Care

          4. Innovating to Support Care at Home: Community Health screening | SPICE Support nursing homebound seniors at home | Transitional Care | Ageing-in-place

          5. Integrating Care across health and social sectors: Social and health care under one roof in senior care center | providing social care to facilitate discharge from hospitals

          6. Integrating Care across settings: Nursing Home Care | Day Care | Home Care

          7. Designing Care Facilities near Homes

          8. Enhancing Quality in the long term via Enhancing Care Standards

        • Enhancing Affordability

          1. Making Outpatient Care more Affordable: Means-Tested Subsideis at Private GPs via CHAS | Use of Medisave for chronic diseases

          2. Making Long-Term Care more Affordable: Enhanced ILTC subsidies | Enhanced Seniors' Mobility Fund to subsidise transport and consumables | ElderShield to provide Long-term financial protection

          3. Enhancing Affordablity: Pioneer Generation | MediShield Life

Programmes

Singapore Based

Singapore Ministry of Health

MOH's I Feel Young SG

How Can I Age Actively

  • Learn

  • Volunteer

  • Work

  • Stay Healthy

  • Retire with a Peace of Mind

How Can We Build Stronger Ties

  • Care for A Senior

  • Love and Respect for Seniors

  • Promoting Inter-genrational Harmony

  • Protecting Vulnerable Seniors

How Can I Age-in-Place

  • Receive Better Care

  • Live in Friendlier Homes

  • Go About Easily

  • Enjoy Public Spaces

  • Study the Way We Age

Agency for Integrated Care

AIC's ABC for Active Seniors

Active Ageing

  • Health Screening: Functional Screening | Chronic Disease Screening

  • Exercises: Sweat it out in group Exercise Sessions!

  • Social Activities

    • Seniors Health Curriculum.

    • Healthy Cooking Class

    • Social Activities

    • Learn New Skills or Pursue Hobbies

  • Future Planning

Befriending

  • Befrienders Programme


Care and Support in the Community

  • Silver Generation (SG) Ambassadors

  • Day Care

  • Caregivers Training Grant

  • Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS)

  • Primary Care Network

People's Association

PA's Active Aging Programmes

Senior Citizens' Executive Committees | PA Wellness Programme

Health Hub

Health Hub's Active Ageing Programmes
EXERCISE REGULARLY | EAT HEALTHY | KEEP YOUR MIND ACTIVE | CHECK AND MANAGE YOUR HEALTH

National Silver Academy

  • Learn Something New

  • View Packaged Courses

  • Compare Courses

  • Give Back To Society

  • Learn About Myself

  • Attend Events

Resources

Paper for Making Singapore a Nation for All Ages where Seniors can Age in Place and Successfully

Key Points

  • Singapore is Ageing and is taking place at a rapid pace

  • Old Age Support Ratio is Falling: Singaporeans are Living Longer while having fewer babies

  • Social and Healthcare needs are changing

    • Changing Social Needs: Greater need for social Support and Greater Risk of Social Isolation

    • Changing Healthcare needs: More hospital visits and longer hospital stays, more chronic and long-term care needs

  • Looking at Ageing Holistically

    • Transport

    • Aged Care

    • Lifelong Learning

    • Homes and City

    • Social Inclusion and Engagement

    • Lifelong Employability

    • Health and Wellness

    • Research

    • Retirement Adequacy

IGA - Institute of Geriatrics and Active Ageing

RESEARCH | INNOVATION | EDUCATION

Promoting Active Ageing in the Digital Economy: Inclusion, Adaptation and Innovation

Old Age Support Ratio - Infographic by Sing Stats