Adapting to an Ageing Society: The Need to Reimagine Growing Old

Straughan, Paulin Tay; Tan, Micah

doi:10.1142/9789811247750_0017

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“…Thus, a major policy implication related to pandemic recovery and endemic preparedness is ensuring that older adults remain socially integrated and supported in their communities. A growing scholarship suggests that older adults can be valuable assets to their communities ( Cohen et al, 2016 , Igarashi et al, 2022 , Straughan and Tan, 2021 ) and that efforts to build social infrastructure have the potential to promote older adult well-being, both sustainably and holistically ( Austin et al, 2005 , Aw et al, 2020 ). Going forward, it is imperative that Singapore's pandemic response places greater emphasis on the importance of leveraging on social resources and on new ways of engaging older adults in the ‘post-COVID-19’ era.…”

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