The 2023 Action Plan for Successful Ageing hopes to address evolving needs and aspirations of current and future seniors.
SINGAPORE: Having more active ageing centres and better support for dementia patients and their caregivers are among initiatives announced on Monday as part of an updated national blueprint to ensure that Singapore’s greying population will be able to age well.
Key concerns about ageing that were raised at these sessions include ageist attitudes at work, rising cost of living and keeping up with technology. But people also want to be able to contribute meaningfully as they age, be it through work or volunteering. The existing network of active ageing centres will hence be increased from 119 to 220 by 2025. These centres must also evolve into centres for preventive care and to do that, they “will need to become magnets that draw seniors out of their homes”, Mr Ong said.
The number of teams under the CREST-Post Diagnostic Support pilot, which reach out to families and link them up with resources, will also be tripled to six by March 2025. Authorities hope to have more than 24,000 Singaporeans aged 50 and above registered for LPA by the end of 2025.Other initiatives under the action plan aim to enable seniors to contribute meaningfully to the society, ranging from continued employment with more flexible arrangements to volunteering opportunities.
More than 5,700 employers have committed to a part-time re-employment policy under this grant and this is expected to benefit more than 45,000 senior workers in the months ahead, said Dr Tan. Other efforts will include developing volunteer management resources to help organisations better engage senior volunteers, and the roll-out of an enhanced Silver Volunteer Fund this year to enable volunteer training and development, as well as opportunities for inter-generational volunteering.
These gardens are scientifically-designed to meet the physical, psychological and social needs of users such as persons with dementia or stroke patients, said Minister for National Development Desmond Lee who also participated in the dialogue session.
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