Providing health care for older persons in Singapore

Health care social policy in Singapore has passed the burden of care to the individual and the family on the rationale that it would enable the state to contain the costs of long-term care by channelling some of its funds to community services and to providing essential health services to all Singap...

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Main Authors: TEO, Peggy, CHAN, Angelique, STRAUGHAN, Paulin
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-34402018-08-27T07:43:56Z Providing health care for older persons in Singapore TEO, Peggy CHAN, Angelique STRAUGHAN, Paulin Health care social policy in Singapore has passed the burden of care to the individual and the family on the rationale that it would enable the state to contain the costs of long-term care by channelling some of its funds to community services and to providing essential health services to all Singaporeans and not just the older group. While a wide array of services has come into existence, there is a lack of integration between the available resources and needs of the individual/family and what has been availed at the community and state levels. Part of the problem lies in the stringent criteria to which the state allows subsidies to be used; the lack of understanding with regard to the profile of users of services; and the case manager approach in offering services. Mapping health care has proven more difficult than anticipated because ageing is a diverse experience, varying by gender, race, income, religion and intergenerational relationships. A social policy does not apply to a 'universal citizen' and services that exist in the public sphere should not exist as merely commodified services which require a great deal of institutional processing. 2003-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2183 info:doi/10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00201-4 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3440/viewcontent/Providing_health_care_for_older_persons_in_Singapore.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University residualisation individual responsibility community services private and public spheres Asian Studies Civic and Community Engagement Gerontology Medicine and Health
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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Singapore
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topic residualisation
individual responsibility
community services
private and public spheres
Asian Studies
Civic and Community Engagement
Gerontology
Medicine and Health
spellingShingle residualisation
individual responsibility
community services
private and public spheres
Asian Studies
Civic and Community Engagement
Gerontology
Medicine and Health
TEO, Peggy
CHAN, Angelique
STRAUGHAN, Paulin
Providing health care for older persons in Singapore
description Health care social policy in Singapore has passed the burden of care to the individual and the family on the rationale that it would enable the state to contain the costs of long-term care by channelling some of its funds to community services and to providing essential health services to all Singaporeans and not just the older group. While a wide array of services has come into existence, there is a lack of integration between the available resources and needs of the individual/family and what has been availed at the community and state levels. Part of the problem lies in the stringent criteria to which the state allows subsidies to be used; the lack of understanding with regard to the profile of users of services; and the case manager approach in offering services. Mapping health care has proven more difficult than anticipated because ageing is a diverse experience, varying by gender, race, income, religion and intergenerational relationships. A social policy does not apply to a 'universal citizen' and services that exist in the public sphere should not exist as merely commodified services which require a great deal of institutional processing.
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author TEO, Peggy
CHAN, Angelique
STRAUGHAN, Paulin
author_facet TEO, Peggy
CHAN, Angelique
STRAUGHAN, Paulin
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title Providing health care for older persons in Singapore
title_short Providing health care for older persons in Singapore
title_full Providing health care for older persons in Singapore
title_fullStr Providing health care for older persons in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Providing health care for older persons in Singapore
title_sort providing health care for older persons in singapore
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2003
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2183
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3440/viewcontent/Providing_health_care_for_older_persons_in_Singapore.pdf
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