Committee of Supply 2023 debate, Day 5: Edward Chia on feminisation of ageing and the built environment
Against the backdrop of a rapidly ageing population, Singapore is also seeing the “feminisation of ageing”, where women outlive men. This means there is likely to be a growing pool of older women with poorer health expectancy and who live alone, making them more vulnerable to feelings of loneliness, said MP Edward Chia in Parliament on Thursday (Mar 2). He wanted to know how many older women presently live alone in housing estates and if there have been any attempts to understand the impact of Singapore’s built environment on their social and emotional well-being. He asked what provisions have been made to cater to the needs of older women - specifically, how Singapore’s neighbourhoods can better enable older women to remain socially engaged. One suggestion he made was to have more physical activity stations catering to women at HDB void decks.
Against the backdrop of a rapidly ageing population, Singapore is also seeing the “feminisation of ageing”, where women outlive men. This means there is likely to be a growing pool of older women with poorer health expectancy and who live alone, making them more vulnerable to feelings of loneliness, said MP Edward Chia in Parliament on Thursday (Mar 2). He wanted to know how many older women presently live alone in housing estates and if there have been any attempts to understand the impact of Singapore’s built environment on their social and emotional well-being. He asked what provisions have been made to cater to the needs of older women - specifically, how Singapore’s neighbourhoods can better enable older women to remain socially engaged. One suggestion he made was to have more physical activity stations catering to women at HDB void decks.
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