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The development of services for the elderly in Singapore: an Asian model
- Author:
- MEHTA Kalyani
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work, 7(2), September 1997, pp.32-45.
- Publisher:
- Times Academic
This article analyses the evolution of services for the elderly in Singapore, illustrating the interfacing of historical circumstances, demography and government policy. It also highlights how, from a wholly welfare-oriented approach, the trend has been towards a more balanced developmental-cum-welfare approach after 1970. Pleads for the necessity of initiating a centralised National Council on Ageing to provide an integrated range of services for the fast growing Singaporean elderly population.