Jurong Spring rallies those with means to help tackle ageing population and inequality

SINGAPORE – Getting seniors involved in the community, and rallying those with the means to donate food and groceries to low-income families, is how Jurong Spring is tackling the “silver tsunami” and income inequality.

The retired cleaner, who lives alone since her husband stays in a nursing home, said: “I don’t need to shop after getting food from the volunteers... It’s very good, they have coffee, bread, rice, everything I need. They also always offer to help me carry things home.” “We are experiencing the silver tsunami now. We see many more elderly people needing more help, needing more care. Hospitals and daycare are only one part of the equation, but how can we activate the community as a whole to take care of our seniors collectively?”

The visits restarted last month after a two-year hiatus with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong visiting Yio Chu Kang. He said the visits will be helmed by ministers from the fourth-generation of the PAP leadership and will involve bringing the Forward Singapore initiative to residents. Mr Huang said activities like bingo, which started virtually during the pandemic, are aimed at getting senior citizens who live alone to come out of their flats to interact with volunteers and neighbours so they are not isolated.

Fullhealth co-founder Gan Teng Fong, 34, said the enterprise aims to have a booth set up in the community centre in the first quarter of 2023.

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