Ageing Society: Does Singapore Have a Heart for Seniors?

In Asia, children should take care of their parents for a lifetime. But that doesn’t work anymore, so the city-state of Singapore introduces assisted living – so far with rather moderate success.

A retirement home in the “Harmony Village” reminds nothing at first glance. The fifteen-story apartment block in the west of Singapore combines bright and grey facade areas with warm, yellowish-orange accents. On the roof garden planted with a lot of greenery, fitness equipment stands next to a playground. At the “Hawker” market on the ground floor, where dozens of food stalls offer chicken wings, egg noodles with pig belly and braised duck, employees crowd out of the surrounding offices at lunchtime. In the shop opposite, one kindergarten follows the other.

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