An elder-friendly built environment is a key determinant of the extent to which seniors have access to service and are integrated into the community. For instance, accessible infrastructure helps seniors maintain social networks and participate in social and economic activities. The key principle adopted in housing and land use policies for seniors is “ageing-in-place” – allowing seniors to grow old in the home, community and environment

1. Between 1965 and this year, Singapore’s population
grew from 1.9 million to 5.5 million. However, the
number of citizens aged
65 and above is increasing rapidly,
as population growth slows.
The size of this group of citizens doubled from 220,000
in 2000 to 440,000 today,
and is expected to increase to
900,000 by 2030.

2. Singapore feeling impact of rapidly
ageing population

3. Every individual has a personal responsibility to plan
and prepare for his or her old age.
The role of the family and the community is to provide
the first and second line of support for those who need
care and support;
and the role of the
State is to
set out the policy framework, and
provide the infrastructure and resources
necessary for the other sectors to play their part.

4. NOTES
Report on the Committee on the Problems of the Aged, (Ministry of Health, February 1984), pp24-26.
The Eldercare Masterplan (2001-2005), spearheaded by the Ministry for Community, Youth and Sports, was a result of a broad-
based review of elder care programmes and services conducted between June 1999 and July 2000.
An elder-friendly built environment
is a key determinant of the extent to which seniors have access to
service and are integrated into the community. For instance, accessible
infrastructure
helps seniors maintain social networks and participate in social and
economic activities.
The key principle adopted in housing and land use policies for seniors is
“ageing-in-place”
– allowing seniors to grow old in the home,
community and environment

5. The role of the family and the community is to provide the
first and second line of support for those who need care
and support

6. “ageing-in-place”
– allowing seniors to grow old in the home,
community and environment

7. infrastructure
helps seniors maintain social networks and participate
in social and economic activities.