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Healthy Ageing in Singapore

Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward

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Authors:
  1. Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk

    1. School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Fills an important research gap by examining Singapore’s efforts to achieve healthy aging in various policy domains
  • Suggest ways to achieve healthy ageing in Singapore
  • Shares valuable lessons to help other countries achieve healthy aging

Part of the book series: Social Policy and Development Studies in East Asia (SPDSEA)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Population Ageing in Singapore

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 1-28

  3. Financial Well-Being of Older Adults

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 29-61

  4. Music Therapy for People with Dementia and Terminally Ill Patients

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 63-87

  5. Technologies and the Wellness of Older Adults

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 89-122

  6. Digital Connection with Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 123-145

  7. Enabling Ageing in Place

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 147-183

  8. The Creation of Dementia-Friendly Communities

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 185-234

  9. Advance Care Planning

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 235-256

  10. Afterword: Healthy Ageing in Singapore

    • Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
    Pages 257-269

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 271-274
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About this book

Singapore is the world’s second-fastest ageing society and will become a super- aged society by 2030. This book fills an important research gap by examining Singapore’s efforts to achieve healthy ageing. It draws on both semi-structured interviews and secondary data (e.g. government documents, journal articles, books, reports) to examine hot topics such as financial wellness of older adults, ageing in place, dementia friendly communities and digital connection with older adults in the time of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In the interviews, experts and professionals provide valuable insights into the issue of healthy ageing in Singapore. The book ’s goal is to provide a comprehensive portrait of healthy ageing in Singapore, while also sharing valuable lessons to help other countries achieve healthy ageing.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk

About the author

Dr. Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk is Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Global Affairs, School of Social Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Studies from the University of Birmingham. Her research areas include healthy ageing, healthcare and long- term care reforms, smart cities, and crisis leadership and management. Dr. Luk is the leading contributor to the UNESCAP report on Evolution of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Sustainable Development: The Experiences of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Healthy Ageing in Singapore

  • Book Subtitle: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward

  • Authors: Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk

  • Series Title: Social Policy and Development Studies in East Asia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0872-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-0871-4Published: 01 April 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-0874-5Published: 02 April 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-0872-1Published: 31 March 2023

  • Series ISSN: 3005-026X

  • Series E-ISSN: 3005-0278

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 274

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social Policy, Health Care Management

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