Life for seniors inside Singapore's first community care apartments and the lessons for Age Well Neighbourhoods (CNA, 26 Aug 2025)
26 August 2025
Following the new Age Well Neighbourhoods initiative announced at this year’s National Day Rally, what lessons can existing community care apartments offer for supporting older persons who wish to age in place?
In a CNA feature exploring the topic, GERI’s Director of Research and Scientist Dr Tan Woan Shin shared that older adults are “diverse rather than homogenous”, with different healthcare and social needs as well as preferences.
“Having a greater range of supportive services that cater to older adults across different housing types is key to ageing in place,” Dr Tan noted, highlighting how they can choose housing options that best suit their health conditions, family situation and level of assistance needed.
She also said that it is important to study different community-based care models, alongside housing models such as community care apartments, so that “we can better understand how to build and sustain supportive environments for our older adults”.
Read the full story on CNA here.