AGEING IN PLACE IN SINGAPORE
Ageing
Planning
Office
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Singapore is ageing
By 2030, about one in five residents would be 65 years or older
Ageing is taking place at a rapid pace
Exponential increase in the number of 65 years old Singaporeans in
2020 and the number of 80 years and above Singaporeans in 2030
Singaporeans are living longer…
Life expectancy of a citizen at age 65 years (years)
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A citizen aged 65 today is expected to live up
to 85.3 years, compared to 78.8 years in 1980
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^ Pertains to total population. Figures on resident/citizen life expectancy are only available
from 1980 onwards.
* Interpolated figures as data are not available.
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While having fewer babies…
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Old Age Support Ratio is falling
Social and healthcare needs are changing
• Changing social needs • Changing healthcare needs
o Greater need for social o More hospital visits and
support longer hospital stays
o Greater risk of social o More chronic and long-
isolation term care needs
Needs are also getting more intertwined
Our aim is to enable seniors to age in place
Keep Provide
Seniors Access to
Healthy, Quality and
Active and Affordable
Safe Care
Ageing in Place in Singapore
• Keeping seniors healthy
• Provide senior-friendly
housing and towns
Keep
• Building senior-friendly
Seniors
Healthy, communities across
Active and Singapore
Safe
Keeping Seniors HEALTHY
People’s Association’s Wellness Programme
• Launched in 2008
• Rolled out to all 87 constituencies at end FY2012
• Regular health screening, physical exercise programmes
and social interest groups to keep seniors physically,
mentally and socially active
Encourage seniors to adopt healthy lifestyles
• Regular health screening and exercise programmes
Enhance neighbourliness and mutual support
• Interest groups and community activities
Keeping Seniors HEALTHY
Council for Third Age
• Promotes active ageing in Singapore, through funding
programmes in lifelong learning and senior volunteerism
Senior-friendly HOUSING AND TOWNS
Senior-friendly housing - Studio Apartments
• Shorter 30-year lease term
• Fitted with senior-friendly features
Multi-generation family-friendly housing
• Enhanced Multi-Generation Priority Scheme
• Three Generation Flats
Options for seniors to monetise housing assets
• Enhanced Lease Buyback Scheme to
monetise part of remaining lease
• Enhanced Silver Housing Bonus enable
seniors to downsize to a smaller unit
Senior-friendly HOUSING AND TOWNS
Enhancement for Active SEniors (EASE)
• Provide up to 95% subsidy for senior-friendly
home retrofits
Silver Zones
• Senior-friendly road areas in places with
high concentration of seniors
Barrier Free Access
• Lift upgrading
• Barrier free
Building senior-friendly communities across
Singapore through City For All Ages project
Healthy and Part of a Closely Able to Live
Active Knit Community Independently &
Confidently
• Get screened early • Have friends and know
• Can get around their
where to get help
• Manage their flat and town safely and
conditions well • Those who live alone confidently
are not lonely, and
• Exercise and lead engaged by the • Those who need help
healthy lifestyles community will be cared for
In Whampoa…
Heart 2 Heart Talk
One of the GRLs in Whampoa is a
heart specialist. He conducts “Heart 2
Heart” talks for the senior residents.
During the talk, residents can pick up
tips on chronic disease management
and are encouraged to take charge of
their health.
ComSA @ Whampoa
Partnership between Whampoa and
Tsao Foundation, introducing a care
management pilot project for the
seniors.
Survey + Case Management +
Primary Care Mobile Clinic
The mobile clinic is
housed in the RC.
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In Bedok…
Health Promoting RC
Bedok Sunflower RC decided to embark on the
journey to be a health promoting RC. They added a
mini-gym into the RC, worked with community partner,
Thye Hwa Kwan to provide caregiver appreciation/
respite and started a Nurse@RC programme to
provide health checks and consultation to the senior
residents at the RC centre.
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In Tampines Central…
陪你看报纸
Reading the News With U
Volunteers from Lianhe Zaobao & Lianhe Wanbao spend every Friday
afternoon to do news sharing with seniors at Tampines Ville RC. After
just a few sessions of engagement, seniors became more interactive
and were self-motivated to come to the sessions. One granny even
walked some distance each week just to come to the programme.
This is a great way to encourage senior learning and at the same
time, build friendships in the community.
Tampines Ville RC’s Transformation: Neighbours Hub
Efforts are ongoing to enhance the current Senior Citizens’ Corner (a
void deck outside Tampines Ville RC) to become a “Neighbours’ Hub”
comprising of a community kitchen and a community space where
many social activities can take place.
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Building senior-friendly communities across
Singapore through City For All Ages project
Bukit Panjang
Choa Chu Kang
Hong Kah North Tampines Central
Taman Jurong
Kampong Chai Chee
Whampoa
Siglap
MacPherson Bedok
Kampong Glam
Buona Vista Marine Parade
Tanglin-Cairnhill
Kreta Ayer
Queenstown
CFAA
Ageing in Place in Singapore
• Improving
accessibility
• Enhancing quality
Provide • Enhancing
Access to affordability
Quality and
Affordable
Care
Expanding healthcare capacity
Expanding home and community care with
nursing homes as back-up
Community Care Home Care Nursing Home Care
E.g. Home Care Suite E.g. Senior Care Centre (SCC)
Capacity in 2012
2,100 day places 4,500 home places 8,800 beds
Current Capacity
3,100 day places 6,500 home places 9,800 beds
Targeted Capacity by 2020
6,200 day places 10,000 home places 17,000 beds
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Ageing in Place in Singapore
• Improving
accessibility
• Enhancing quality
Provide • Enhancing
Access to affordability
Quality and
Affordable
Care
Shifting towards care at home and the community
Health and not just healthcare
Younger Population Ageing Population
Acute, Episodic Chronic and long-term
Healthcare needs Healthcare needs
• Acute-centric care • Patient-centric care
• Acute care as the • Primary care as the
focus of healthcare focus of healthcare
delivery delivery
• Focus on acute care • Greater focus on
preventive and long-
term care
Integrating care to be more person-centric
through our Regional Health Systems
Making home care more comprehensive to
support Care at Home
• Current suite of home care services to meet diverse needs
of seniors and caregivers at home
INTERIM CAREGIVING HOME REHAB
Aid transition from hospital to home
12-hour, 6 days a week Active and supportive
rehab for those who
To meet specialised needs
caregiving service at home
post-discharge cannot go CHs, DRCs
HOME ENVIRONMENT DEMENTIA SUPPORT
Assessment and home Behaviour management
modification on admission • Respite and elder-sitting
to home care support for caregivers
TRANSITIONAL CARE HOME PALLIATIVE
• Intensive home care • More intensive home
post-discharge for those care for those nearing
with complex needs Anchored by long-term care services end-of-life
HOME HEALTH HOME PERSONAL CARE
• Home medical • Assistance with personal
• Home nursing care and hygiene
• Care coordination • Housekeeping, laundry
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Innovating to support Care at Home
Community health screening: SPICE: Supporting nursing home
Picking up conditions early one bound seniors at home
Transitional Care: Supporting Ageing-In-Place: Helping seniors stay
patients transiting from hospitals healthy at home to avoid staying at
to homes hospitals
2014 UN Public Service Award Winner
Integrating care across health and social
sectors
• Providing both social and • Providing social care to
health care under one roof in facilitate discharge from
our senior care centres hospitals
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Integrating care across settings
• Eldercare facilities with bundled home care, centre and
nursing home services under one roof
Nursing Home Care Day Care Home Care
Designing care facilities near homes
Kampong Admiralty
Enhancing quality in the long-term care
sector
Enhancing Care Standards
- Enhanced standards for Nursing Home to
be introduced in 2015 but enforced in
2016
- Finalised guidelines for centre-based and
home care services
Ageing in Place in Singapore
• Improving
accessibility
• Enhancing quality
Provide • Enhancing
Access to affordability
Quality and
Affordable
Care
Making outpatient care more affordable
Means-tested subsidies at private GP clinics
Use of Medisave for chronic diseases
Making long-term care more affordable
Make home and community care financially attractive
• Enhanced ILTC subsidies (major shift in 2012)
• Enhanced Seniors’ Mobility Fund to subsidise transport and
consumables for more home and community care patients
ElderShield – Long-term financial protection for our seniors
• Severe disability insurance scheme to provide basic financial
protection for those who require long term care
Enhancing Affordability
Taking Care of Our MediShield Life
Pioneers
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Looking at ageing holistically:
Action Plan to Achieve Successful Ageing
Transport Aged Care Lifelong Learning
Homes and City Social Inclusion & Engagement Lifelong Employability
Health & Wellness Research Retirement Adequacy
Making Singapore a Nation for All Ages where
Ageing
Seniors can Age In Place and Successfully Planning
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