Residents within service boundary of Active Ageing Centres

NOTICE PAPER NO. 1455
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 20 OCTOBER 2022

Name and Constituency of Member of ParliamentMr Leon PereraMP for Aljunied GRC

Question No. 2308

To ask the Minister for Health given the existence of some cash-poor elderly persons living in private homes acquired decades ago (a) what proportion of private home residents are located within an eldercare centre service boundary currently; (b) what will that percentage be in 2024 based on the Government's current plans in relation to eldercare centres; and (c) what percentage of the residents living in the Serangoon Gardens estate are within an eldercare centre service boundary.

Answer

Currently, about 17% of seniors living in private housing estates are within the service boundary of an Active Ageing Centre (AAC). With the expansion to 220 AACs by 2025, this figure is estimated to more than double. 

There is currently no AAC for the Serangoon Gardens private housing estate area, and MOH is in the process of expanding AAC service coverage to the seniors living in this area.