How can the country improve the experience of ageing fruitfully

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Successful Ageing

How can the country improve the experience of ageing fruitfully

By SMU City Perspectives team

Published 13 September, 2024

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POINT OF VIEW

We must not see ageing as a liability. Rather, we should celebrate extended life expectancies and advance opportunities to better engage our older adults.

Paulin Tay Straughan

Professor of Sociology

In brief

Singapore's ageing population raises concerns about rising chronic conditions and social isolation among older adults.
SMU’s Centre For Research On Successful Ageing (ROSA) uses a multidisciplinary approach to empower the ageing population of Singapore.
There needs to be a societal shift in viewing the ageing population from burdens to valuable contributors to society.

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Methodology & References

Essays.pdf. (2023). In ROSA (Research on Ageing, Singapore).

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Paulin Straughan is a Professor of Sociology (Practice) at the School of Social Sciences and the Dean of Students at the Singapore Management University. She is also the Director of the Centre for Research on Successful Aging (ROSA). She received the Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore in 1985, the Masters of Arts (1988) and PhD (1991) from University of Virginia, USA. Her research activities focus largely on Sociology of health; well-being and Ageing, and work and Family. She is Principal Investigator (PI) of four projects which have been awarded more than S$10 million by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Social Affairs (MSF) and AI Singapore, from 2018-2022. She was was a Nominated Member of Parliament from 2009 to 2011, during which she argued for work-life balance and the nurture of a more pro-family social environment.