We aim for a positive transformation of the ageing experience through mindset and societal change. The Foundation undertakes innovations in service, training, education, research and collaboration, as well as advocacy for that purpose.

What We Do

Services & Programmes

The Hua Mei Centre for Successful Ageing (HMCSA) is a pioneering 'first-stop, one-stop’ provider of primary health and psycho-social care for adults aged 40 years and above.

Training & Education

The Hua Mei Training Academy (HMTA) is the only dedicated provider of training in community-based eldercare in Singapore.

Research & Collaboration

The International Longevity Centre Singapore (ILC-Singapore) implements ground-breaking community development programmes, and high impact research and collaborations.

 

 

 

Features

Celebrating Tsao Foundation @ 20

To give greater support to family caregivers, we launched the "Caregiving Conference 2013 - Care for the Elderly: Leveraging the Power of the Community” on Wednesday, 15 March. It brought together caregivers, service providers, community agencies and academia in a series of presentations and interactive workshops on the multifaceted nature of informal caregiving and how to enable the management of its many challenges.

The Director of the Tsao NUS Ageing Research Initiative, A/P Angelique Chan, NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, shared the findings of the first national population-based survey from Singapore on informal caregiving for community-dwelling older adults aged 75 and over who require human assistance with at least one Activity of Daily Living (ADL). She highlighted the challenges, especially for unmarried women on whom the burden of caregiving most frequently falls; and the reliance on foreign domestic workers, which points to a need for adequate skill training. Click here for the powerpoint presentation.

The Agency for Integrated Care took the occasion as opportunity to announce new moves underway to better support family caregiving.

 

In Focus

MOST of us only see a doctor when we fall sick. And it's usually for an acute problem such as a cold or bad stomach.   In addition to episodic visits for acute problems,  how about seeing that same doctor when you're feeling healthy and perfectly fine? Learn more...

 

WOW! Wise, Old and Wonderful

Aging myths: 10 Misconceptions about ageing
Senior moments, increasing isolation, an inability to grow and change -- these are just a few of the common stereotypes of growing older

How therapy can help in the golden years
An 83-year-old finds that counselling helped the transition of living at this age in relation to his family very doable and very livable.

Fashions for older women
Fashion is obsessed by youth, yet more of us are living longer than ever. Isn't it time designers started creating looks for the more mature person?

 

 

Gallery

Centre-based comprehensive care (video)

EPICC is a programme started in 2011 and launched in 2013. Elders with no caregivers at home spend 6 hours each programme day, and receive medical care and physiotherapy, engage in stimulating activities, and find social support. They also have 24-hour medical emergency coverage, and home-help when there are no alternatives.