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Arts and Culture for Older People in Singapore: An Annotated Bibliography

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Abstract

By 2030, one in five Singaporeans will be aged 65 and over. This Chapter examines the current state of policy, practice and research in Singapore on ageing and the arts, tracing the growth of aged care as it matures to provide a more comprehensive mind-body approach, not just meeting physiological needs.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Committee on Ageing Issues (2006).

  2. 2.

    Laslett (1991).

  3. 3.

    Noice et al. (2014).

  4. 4.

    Choi and Jeon (2013); Johnson (1986); Short (1995); Li et al. (2001); Rawtaer et al. (2015).

  5. 5.

    Sung et al. (2006); Svansdottir and Snaedal (2006).

  6. 6.

    Cohen et al. (2002); Laukka (2006); Leung et al. (2010); Kwok et al. (2011).

  7. 7.

    Committee on the Problems of the Aged (1984).

  8. 8.

    Committee on Ageing Issues, op cit, p. 16.

  9. 9.

    Committee on the Problems of the Aged, op cit.

  10. 10.

    Committee on the Problems of the Aged, op cit, p. 17.

  11. 11.

    Advisory Council on the Aged (1988).

  12. 12.

    Ibid, p. 37.

  13. 13.

    Ibid.

  14. 14.

    Established in July 1960, the People’s Association is a statutory board for the promotion of racial harmony and social cohesion in Singapore, connecting people to people, and people and government. It has built a network of 1800 grassroots organisations, over 100 community clubs, 5 community development councils, a national community leadership institute and water-venture by March 2017.

  15. 15.

    Inter-Ministerial Committee (1997).

  16. 16.

    Inter-Ministerial Committee (1997).

  17. 17.

    Ibid, p. 31.

  18. 18.

    Inter-Ministerial Committee (1999).

  19. 19.

    Ibid, p. 16.

  20. 20.

    Ibid, p. 16.

  21. 21.

    Services Review Committee (2001).

  22. 22.

    Ibid.

  23. 23.

    Ibid, p. 11.

  24. 24.

    Committee on Ageing Issues, op cit.

  25. 25.

    Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (1995); Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (2005).

  26. 26.

    Ministerial Committee on Ageing (2016).

  27. 27.

    Ibid, p. 5.

  28. 28.

    World Health Organisation (2002).

  29. 29.

    Springham (2008).

  30. 30.

    Gan (2015).

  31. 31.

    Gan (2015).

  32. 32.

    Music Therapy for People with Disabilities, Accessed 18 May 2017.

  33. 33.

    Arts in Eldercare Seminar (2016), Accessed 16 March 2017.

  34. 34.

    Annual Scientific Conference on Ageing (2014)—The TaRA Project on Active ageing, Accessed 23 May 2017; SG50 Scientific Conference on Ageing—Active ageing—the TaRA way, Accessed 23 May 2017.

  35. 35.

    Annual Singapore Conference on Ageing (2012), Accessed 23 May 2017.

  36. 36.

    Ministry of Information & the Arts (2000).

  37. 37.

    Chua and de Guzman (2014); Hagen et al. (2003).

  38. 38.

    Cohen et al. (2006); Hays and Minichiello (2005); Jeong and Kim (2007).

  39. 39.

    Choi et al. (2009); Shigematsu et al. (2002); Zhang et al. (2006).

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  2. Lee Li Ming Programme in Ageing Urbanism, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore

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Yuen, B., Kong, P. (2018). State of Arts and Culture Participation in Singapore. In: Arts and Culture for Older People in Singapore: An Annotated Bibliography. SpringerBriefs in Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72899-5_1

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