Population Ageing in Singapore
摘要
In Singapore, the rapid ageing of the population is the result of declining fertility rate and increasing life expectancy. It has posed serious challenges for the government, such as a shrinking healthy workforce, a declining old-age support ratio, and a growing demand for health care and long-term care services due to the rising prevalence of multiple chronic conditions among older adults. To address these challenges, the government has intensified its efforts to better prepare the population for healthy longevity with inputs from community partners and stakeholders. An age-friendly and inclusive society has been created through adopting an innovative and interesting approach to motivate the population to have regular physical exercise and follow a healthy diet, promoting preventive care to reduce the burden of chronic diseases and multimorbidity, making Active Ageing Centres (AACs) more accessible to older adults, helping older adults safely and independently stay in their homes and communities, creating dementia-friendly communities (DFCs), and subsidizing the population to take up courses to obtain new knowledge and skills.