Income security of older women in Singapore

A MAJOR concern for aged care organisations and women’s groups such as AWARE and TSAO Foundation is that older women in Singapore are not adequately prepared for old age. They tend to take old age income security for granted, and assume that they can rely on traditional family support systems throughout their lives.

An AWARE-TSAO Foundation report on Women and Income Security in an ageing Singapore population confirms this stark picture of ageing among older women. The study was an analysis of 20 years of published data on women in Singapore from 1980 to 2000. Read more

Division of Interagency Collaboration

The Interagency Collaboration division (IC) was set up in 1996 to:

• Develop strong partnerships with local and regional agencies involved in aged care through networking, information exchange, and collaboration on projects that will raise awareness and address the needs of older people

• Contribute to policy planning on ageing by engaging policy makers in constructive dialogue, and providing feedback from the ground and research information

• Promote quality integrated systems of care for older people in Singapore