Thursday, July 1, 2010

Holiday work - Part 1: Understanding the ‘The Elderly Challenge’

    1. Explain in your own words, the FOUR key recommendations of the report.

    2. the four different types of key recommendations are: different types of housing to suit the needs of different elderly, a community where places are safe and easily accessible for the elderly, healthcare services are efficient, easily accessible by the elderly, and making sure that the elderly live the most out of their lives by keeping the active and well.

State ONE way that the CAI report is recommending to make our public housing more elderly-friendly

the report recommends that the Government should consider specific measures to facilitate the development of retirement housing by the private sector, in particular, varying the length of land leases to lower land costs, to cater to seniors who desire such lifestyles.

State TWO ways on how we can ensure that the quality of elderly care here in Singapore is affordable

The Government should top-up Medisave accounts of less well off Singaporeans when there are budgetary surpluses to ensure that seniors have the means to afford healthcare services.

The Government should adopt a holistic, family physician (FP) - centered approach towards the management of healthcare needs for seniors, given their close proximity to seniors in the community and ability to ensure that they receive the most appropriate level of healthcare services within the community.


After reading the CAI report, what do you are the THREE things that you can do, as an SST student, to help overcome these elderly challenges

i can write a report to the government about the proper housing of the elderly, design ederly friendly products and being a volunteer to help the elderly in need

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