Community care apartments part of wider housing and care options for seniors, ageing in place remains key: Tan Kiat How
Singapore is projected to become a "super aged" society this year, as more than one in five here is expected to be 65 years old or older. And by 2030, Singapore will have a million seniors aged 65 and above.To this, the Ministry of Health's (MOH) approach is to provide seniors a range of housing and care options with different services, price points, subsidised and commercial products, said Senior Minister of State for Health Tan Kiat How in Parliament on Wednesday (Sept 9).Tan, who is also Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, was responding to MPs Yip Hon Weng (Yio Chu Kang SMC), Dr Wan Rizal (Jalan Besar GRC), and Liang Eng Hwa (Bukit Panjang SMC), who had filed parliamentary questions related to demand and pricing related to community care apartments (CCAs)."The most sustainable solution is for seniors to age in place, which is also their preference," the senior minister of state said in his reply.