Healthy Ageing in Singapore Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward

Singapore is the world’s second-fastest ageing society and will become a super- aged society by 2030. This book fills an important research gap by examining Singapore’s efforts to achieve healthy ageing. It draws on both semi-structured interviews and secondary data (e.g. government documents, journal articles, books, reports) to examine hot topics such as financial wellness of older adults, ageing in place, dementia friendly communities and digital connection with older adults in the time of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In the interviews, experts and professionals provide valuable insights into the issue of healthy ageing in Singapore. The book ’s goal is to provide a comprehensive portrait of healthy ageing in Singapore, while also sharing valuable lessons to help other countries achieve healthy ageing.

Chapter 1: Historical development of ageing policies in Singapore.- Chapter 2: Raising the retirement age and the re-employment of older employees.- Chapter 3: Health and long-term care financing.- Chapter 4: Physical, mental and social wellness programmes.- Chapter 5: Gerontechnologies.- Chapter 6: Ageing in place.- Chapter 7: The creation of dementia-friendly communities.- Chapter 8: Advance Care Planning.- Chapter 9: Implications, lessons and the way forward.