Together with the following corporate partners, ALFA is working to build the assisted living community in Singapore: Blueatria Assisted Living, GEN Financial Advisory, HoviCare, Legal Options, Miguel Corporate Services, Minmed Group, PanCare Medical Clinic, Sindora Living, Stuck Design, St Bernadette Lifestyle Village and The Ascott Limited.      

Ministry of Health Director from the Ageing Planning Office, Ms. Ho Weng Si, responded to ALFA director Dr. Belinda Wee on The Straits Times forum, with a letter entitled: “Assisted Living Developments will Support Seniors with Different Care Needs”. She shared that the Government has launched the Community Care Apartments (CCAs) and the recently closed…

ALFA director Dr. Belinda Wee wrote a letter on The Straits Times forum recently, entitled: “Managing Frailty Just as Important as Prevention”. She stated that it is alarming to note that frailty will increase significantly by 27 percent among seniors by 2030; and urged stakeholders to consider the needs of seniors who are currently frail,…

The local population is ageing rapidly, and most of the elderly prefer to live in their own familiar environment. Assisted Living Facilities have emerged to provide alternatives to nursing homes. Despite increasing demand, facilities and services related to assisted living are woefully inadequate. In the absence of government regulations and subsidies, how can the industry…

Medical professionals in Singapore may be surprised when they have rare encounters with patients who are residents from assisted living facilities (ALFs) with access to resident doctors, nurses, and round-the-clock support services. Many mistakenly think that ALFs are nursing homes. Indeed, the ALF model of care is not well understood in Singapore, because it is…