Rising demand for senior care centres

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One of the effects of Singapore’s ageing population has manifested itself more clearly in recent years, with rising demand for eldercare services prodding big operators in the sector to add more centres lately while they prepare to open even more in the next few years.

In total, at least 22 new senior care centres are expected by 2020, said the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), which added that there has been an increase in the number of referrals to centre-based services.

The AIC added that it expects at least 30 senior care centres — including the existing eight — offering more than 3,000 places by 2020. Senior care centres are one-stop facilities integrating day care, community rehabilitation and nursing or dementia care.

A report released by the National Population and Talent Division last month showed those aged 65 and above formed 12.4 per cent of the citizen population in June, up from 11.7 per cent a year earlier. The number of elderly citizens is also projected to triple to 900,000 by 2030.