Providing health care for older persons in Singapore

• Main Authors: TEO, Peggy, CHAN, Angelique, STRAUGHAN, Paulin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: residualisation; individual responsibility; community services; private and public spheres; Asian Studies; Civic and Community Engagement; Gerontology; Medicine and Health
• Online Access: 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...