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How can we effectively support old people?

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The elderly are extremely fragile and emotional. Singapore is facing an increasingly ageing population and this results in a strain on its financial resources

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The elderly are extremely fragile and emotional. Singapore is facing an increasingly ageing population and this results in a strain on its financial resources

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V.log Ganesh(35)

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Number of elderly doubled from 2000-2015

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Why do you think adults are opting out when it comes to settling down and having children?(Fibbra's question)

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Why do you think adults are opting out when it comes to settling down and having children?(Fibbra's question)

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One of the reasons why adults are opting out of choice of settling down and having children is due to their financial instability. Many of the young adults have only joined a workforce recently and have a barely sufficient reserve lying around whilst earning two to three thousand a month, barely enough to afford a roof over their heads, much less raise a child. These causes young couples to have babies later on in their mid to late thirties and possibly having only one or two children as they feel that they do not have the energy to raise more. Thus, financial instability causes many adults, especially the young adults, to opt of out having a child.
- JunXiang

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Is the ageing population taken care of since they are being neglected?

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The elderly usually feel lonely.

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Governments are doing their best to combat the problem

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In what ways can young people help to enrich the lives of the elderly? (Mrs Raghesh’s question)

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In what ways can young people help to enrich the lives of the elderly? (Mrs Raghesh’s question)

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One way that young people can help to enrich the lives of the elderly is through volunteering. As of late, there has been many places set-up specially for Singaopre’s senior citizens with the most recent one being the Singapore Amalgamated Services Co-operative Organisation(SASCO) Senior Citizens’ Home built at Khatib. SASCO Home conducts a wide range of activities such as organising workshops that promote healthy living and wellness for the frail elderly. There are many projects at the SASCO Home for volunteers. One such project would be balloon sculpting. Young people can volunteer their time to teach the elderly and at the same time amaze them with interesting looking balloons. Through such projects, the elderly will have a platform to engage and socialise with the young people, at the same time also mingle with other elderly.
- Christy

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In what ways can young people help to enrich the lives of the elderly?

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Eunice
What are the ways in which we can ensure the elderly will feel welcome despite our busy schedules?

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Singapore is an Ageing population

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The Ageing polpulation affects the government

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How can we ensure that our Pioneer generation will enjoy their retirement?

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How can we ensure that our Pioneer generation will enjoy their retirement?

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First, savings. The Central Provident Fund (CPF) is a key pillar to help everyone save for their old age, finance and own their own homes, save for medical expenses, provide basic health insurance for all, for life, and to supplement the income for those with lesser means.  To help Singaporeans save for old age, the Government recently increased the CPF contribution rates for older workers and raised the monthly salary ceiling for CPF contributions. The Government has also accepted the CPF Advisory Panel’s recommendations to introduce more flexibility into our CPF system while ensuring that the retirement adequacy for each Singaporean is not compromised. These recommendations include allowing Singaporeans to top-up the CPF savings in their Retirement Account up to the Enhanced Retirement Sum to receive a higher CPF LIFE payout, the option to defer the commencement of CPF LIFE payouts until age 70 and allowing spouses to transfer their CPF savings above the Basic Retirement Sum to each other.

Second, assets. In addition to cash savings, we have also enhanced the range of options for seniors to unlock the equity of their assets. Today, 9 in 10 households headed by seniors are homeowners[2] and 80% of households headed by seniors are in public housing. Households who prefer to move to another flat can right-size to a smaller flat with the Silver Housing Bonus, or if they prefer to stay in the same flat, sell back the tail-end lease of the flat to the Housing & Development Board (HDB) under the Lease Buyback Scheme.

Third, health. Healthcare affordability is another issue close to the heart of seniors. We introduced MediShield Life in November last year, which means that all Singaporeans now have protection against large hospitalisation expenses, for life. In the first eleven months of MediShield Life, more than $600 million has been paid to nearly 400,000 claims. Together with the government subsidies provided in our public healthcare institutions, our individual savings in our Medisave accounts, as well as Medifund, a safety net for financially needy Singaporeans, all Singaporeans now enjoy better peace of mind about healthcare affordability. We also launched the Pioneer Generation package in 2014 for our special generation of citizens who helped build Singapore, to better take care of their healthcare expenses for life. About 300,000 Pioneers have benefitted from the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) subsidies and about 250,000 to 300,000 Pioneers have enjoyed PG subsidies at polyclinics and subsidised Specialist Outpatient Clinics (SOCs). Last month, the Ministry also appointed an ElderShield Review Committee to study ways to enhance ElderShield, so as to provide better support for Singaporeans who become severely disabled during their old age. The Committee is expected to complete the review and submit its recommendations to the Ministry by the end of next year.

By: Celine
With reference to:

Speech by Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Health, at the Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Research on the Economics of Ageing (CREA), 11 November 2016

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What can the government do to encourage people to have children 👶

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How can we ensure that the future generation wouldn't abandon their elderly parents ?

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Eunice
Singapore has a growing population of elderly. The government is finding ways to increase the birth rate in the country.

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There are many initiatives taken by the government to help the elderly

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What can the government do to encourage people to have children(Yi Yong's question)

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What can the government do to encourage people to have children(Yi Yong's question)

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The government can encourage people to have children by having schemes when couples have children.Having children can be tiring and expensive,so by having schemes,it entices couples to have babies.Schemes which reduces the weight of having a child by reducing the cost of baby products,provide gifts,paid leaves for jobs to care for the child and many more.For example,in 2015,the government announced that babies born from that year onwards will receive an additional two thousand dollars in baby bonus and an extra one thousand in medisave grant.Babies born in 2015 were also given limited edition SG50 hampers.This resulted in the number of birth rates to reach the highest in thirteen years in 2015.Thus,having schemes would encourage more couples to have children as it benefits them and their children.
-Melvin

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Why is there a decline in fertility rate?

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How to make the elderly not feel like they are outcasted by people?

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The elderly population in Singapore is increasing rapidly. The rate of newborn babies are not as high as the elderly which is a disadvantage in the future.

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Immigrants in Singapore help to combat the problem of the shrinking workforce

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How can the government encourage couples to have children? (Joan's question):

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How can the government encourage couples to have children? (Joan's question):

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The government can encourage couples to have children by providing economic assistance and tax allowances for young parents. For instance, since a lot of money has to be expended on raising children, the government can implement schemes to promote the well-being of these families by providing the couples with assistance in various aspects, such as financially. The government could deduct less money from the gross income of these couples as well. Therefore, as the financial aspect would be mostly taken care of by the government, couples would not have to worry abut this issue, thus considering on having children to a larger extent.
-Valerie (24)

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How can the government sure that the Silver industry is working effectively?

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How can we encourage the young generations to care for the elderl? -Joan

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we need to support more old people in a more effective way

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Government implemented many ways to increase fertility rates

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How can the government encourage couples to have children?(Joan’s question)

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How can the government encourage couples to have children?(Joan’s question)

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The government can encourage couples to have children by providing the young couples with finanacial aid and allowing them to take time off work when they are having children. Many young couples choose not to have children because they are worried that their salary may not be enough to raise their children and that leaving their job to have children seems insensible to them. Therefore, providing financial help and holidays for them will help resolving their worries. For example, government can give them certain amount of money every month so that they will be able to pay for the baby’s necessary items. In the meantime, the government should also require the companies that those couples work in to keep their jobs and salaries while they are having a baby so that those young couple would not have to worry about losing their jobs or not having enough money to raise the baby. Thus, through this way, the young couples will be more willing to have children as they do not have to worry about their jobs or whether they have the ability to raise the child.
—Ruoqing (25)

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Discuss in which the government can do to encourage the elderly to go back to work.

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How can we improve the lives of the ageing population?

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The elderly feel abandoned by their own family -Joan

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The Ageing population is increasing the tax rate on the workforce

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In what ways can young people help to enrich the lives of the elderly?( Mrs Raghesh qn )

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In what ways can young people help to enrich the lives of the elderly?( Mrs Raghesh qn )

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One way in which young people can help to enrich the lives of the elderly is by hosting a voluntary event which hopes to widen the elderly's knowledge on technology. Volunteers will be teaching the elderly how electronic devices such as phones and computers are used. This will help enrich their lives as they will be able to communicate with their friends online, which is more convenient. Instead of going outdoors to pass time, the elderly can go online and watch dramas or play games.
-Charis

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How to encourage children ofelderly  to take care their parents

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How to resolve the increasing ageing population in Singapore?

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An elderly population is bad for the country, at least for the economy.

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The government is trying to solve the problem of an increasing Ageing population by launching two projects.

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What can government do to encourage people to have children?

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What can government do to encourage people to have children?

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Government can provide aid in childcare finances. The fees for babies basic needs and even school fees have increased so drastically over the years. This is one of the many reasons that a couple would not want to have children. For example, government can provide cash bonuses, childcare subsidies, parenthood and childcare leave. They even subsidies the hefty cost of fertility treatment. Furthermore, the government can also subsidies the children’s school fees. With all these aid from the governments, parents would not be pressurized by the unbearable amount of bills that are used for their children. This, but subsidizing money and providing financial aid to families that have children, it will encourage people to have children.
-junyi

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What have the government done to help the problems related to Ageing population?

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How do we get the young adults to have more babies?

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Elderly are being abandoned in homes because they require too much energy and time...

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If a society putting more into pensions , cause other rates of investment decreases. Government is increasing incentives for newborns.

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How can we ensure that our Pioneer generation will enjoy their retirement?

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What are some ways the government can resolve singapore's increasing Ageing population?

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The elderly needs our company

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There are some industries that help the elderly survive inde

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What are the measures the government can do to cater the living needs of the elderly in Singapore?

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I want to know how we can care for them more.

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One impact of the greying population is to increase taxes of working population.

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Too many elderly can affect the society badly

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of being an elderly in Singapore?
What are some problems that elderly face when working with technology?

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How can we better care for the elderly and allow them to still feel involved in our society?

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The Ageing rate has surpassed the birth rate.

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An Ageing population affects the economy due to lower productivity rate.

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Is pushing the retirement age higher good

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How can we give more support to the elderly in need?

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They need more support from their children.

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I found out more about the silver industry

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How can the government encourage couples to have children?

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Is the government's response effective ?

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The population in Singapore consists of more elderly than youngsters, and that number is increasing quickly as of late.

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I learnt about the silver industry

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what are some advantages and disadvantage of government encouraging immigration?

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How can we effectively use elderly in productive ways?

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Singapore’s increasing ageing population leads to many ill effects on the society.

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The government actually has responses to counter the ageing population and the decreasing number of workers

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Is there a way to increase fertility rates without providing more burden to the working adults

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What are some ways to convince Singaporeans not to abandon their parents or grandparents at the elderly home?

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The elderly need more facilities catered to their needs.

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Thousands of elderly in America are dying annually.How can we help them rehabilitate there?

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Thousands of elderly in America are dying annually.How can we help them rehabilitate there?

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V.logganesh(35)

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How to encourage more adults to have babies

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Is there a way to enhance the productivity of the younger generation in order to maintain the overall productivity of the country

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The ageing population has been increasing rapidly throughout the years.

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I understand what is silver industry

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Different ways that government encourage fertility rates to rise

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How can we cater to the elderly needs in terms of transport?

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The increase of elderly population reduces a country's prodctivity and rate of newborn.

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The high infertility rate caused many problems in society

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In what ways can we help the elderly other than providing funds

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How do we care for elderly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . That doesn't make them feel deserted

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Some Singaporeans send their parents or grandparents to the elderly home.

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The increase in the number of elderly prompts the government to raise the retirement age.

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How can the government increase the birth rate in singapore

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What are some ways government can provide guarantee for the elderly?

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I know that there is an increasing population of elderly in Singapore .

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What are some other ways to increase birth rate

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How do we make the most out of the elderly so that they are efficient to the nation?

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There is an increasing number of elderly abandoned by their children due to them being a burden.

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Why do you think adults are opting out when it comes to settling down and having children?

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How to ensure that the elderly will be taken care of properly?

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The elderly receive a lot of support from the government.

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Is the silver industry helping elderly

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What age must you be to be considered an elderly

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Singapore has an increasing number of ageing population.

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What other way can we do to support the ageing population other than increasing the birth rate?

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Who is the world's oldest person? What type of lifestyle is that person living?

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The government does a good job taking care of elderly.

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How do we provide more care facilities for the elderly

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Singapore has an increasing number of Ageing population.