Publication Type
Report
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
11-2024
Abstract
In the past year, three governmental ministries – the Ministry of Health, Ministry of National Development, and Ministry of Transport – have jointly led Age Well SG, a national programme that seeks to support older Singaporeans in ageing well in their homes and their communities. This programme reflects the government’s priority in enabling ageing-in-place, a trend that has been increasingly welcomed by older Singaporeans. Current policies that seek to enable ageing-in-place are centred on three forms of enhancements in the environments in which older Singaporeans live, such as the implementation of Active Ageing Centres, strengthening of support for care needs, and improvements to the built environment such as the neighbourhood. Along with these policy developments, the Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA) has been building on existing research on the role of different aspects of the environments in enabling ageing-in-place, alongside the multitude of themes that are central to successful ageing. In the following sections, the report details the key developments in our research, our collaborations with industry partners, and the events that we have been a part of.
Keywords
Social engagement, social networks, older adults, well-being, gender, Singapore
Discipline
Asian Studies | Civic and Community Engagement
Areas of Excellence
Economics of Ageing and Healthcare Management
First Page
1
Last Page
28
Publisher
SMU Centre for Research on Successful Ageing
City or Country
Singapore
Embargo Period
11-11-2024
Citation
TIEW, Zidane; HIAH, Wei Tin; NGU, Rachel Wen Yi; and LIM, Wensi.
Empowering ageing-in-place. (2024). 1-28.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/rosa_reports/26
Copyright Owner and License
SMU
Creative Commons License
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