Considerations in Selecting Gibraltar Crescent Site as Singapore's First Dementia Care Village

Debated in Parliament on 5 Nov 2019.

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Leon Perera questioned the choice of the Gibraltar Crescent site for Singapore’s first dementia care village, citing the need to preserve state bungalows and the high cost of making them elder-friendly.
Gan Kim Yong explained the site was selected as a pilot to test a less medicalised, community-based care model that promotes independence for seniors with dementia in a home-like environment.
The government noted suitable sites for such pilots are scarce in land-scarce Singapore, and the Gibraltar site was shortlisted for its potential to innovate care.
State bungalows on the site are retained for heritage preservation and social use, and retrofitting is allowed under guidelines with costs borne by tenderers.
The pilot aims to generate learnings that can improve dementia care in existing and future facilities across Singapore.

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Leon Perera

Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Health what are the considerations behind selecting the Gibraltar Crescent site as Singapore's first dementia care village given that the state bungalows on the site are required to remain intact and given the cost of retrofitting those bungalows to make them elder-friendly residences.

Gan Kim Yong

The dementia care village at the Gibraltar Crescent site is intended to be a pilot to experiment with new community and housing models for seniors with dementia to age in place, supported by a model of care that is less medicalised and promotes independence and autonomy.

In land scarce Singapore, suitable sites to test such pilots are not always readily available. The Gibraltar site was shortlisted by agencies as a suitable site as it allows a home-like environment that offers opportunities to innovate care for seniors with dementia. The learnings from the pilot could then be applied to existing as well as future facilities to improve dementia care for our seniors.

State-owned bungalows have been retained to preserve the heritage of the area and are leased for a variety of uses, including social use. The use of bungalows at the Gibraltar site for dementia care is in line with this approach. Retrofitting is allowed based on guidelines of Additions & Alterations and prospective tenderers will bear the cost of retrofits and take that into account in bidding for the site.

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Leon Perera questioned the choice of the Gibraltar Crescent site for Singapore’s first dementia care village, citing the need to preserve state bungalows and the high cost of making them elder-friendly.
Gan Kim Yong explained the site was selected as a pilot to test a less medicalised, community-based care model that promotes independence for seniors with dementia in a home-like environment.
The government noted suitable sites for such pilots are scarce in land-scarce Singapore, and the Gibraltar site was shortlisted for its potential to innovate care.
State bungalows on the site are retained for heritage preservation and social use, and retrofitting is allowed under guidelines with costs borne by tenderers.
The pilot aims to generate learnings that can improve dementia care in existing and future facilities across Singapore.

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Considerations in Selecting Gibraltar Crescent Site as Singapore's First Dementia Care Village

Debated in Parliament on 5 Nov 2019.

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Leon Perera questioned the choice of the Gibraltar Crescent site for Singapore’s first dementia care village, citing the need to preserve state bungalows and the high cost of making them elder-friendly.
Gan Kim Yong explained the site was selected as a pilot to test a less medicalised, community-based care model that promotes independence for seniors with dementia in a home-like environment.
The government noted suitable sites for such pilots are scarce in land-scarce Singapore, and the Gibraltar site was shortlisted for its potential to innovate care.
State bungalows on the site are retained for heritage preservation and social use, and retrofitting is allowed under guidelines with costs borne by tenderers.
The pilot aims to generate learnings that can improve dementia care in existing and future facilities across Singapore.

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Leon Perera

Gan Kim Yong

Summary written by AI (learn more)

Leon Perera questioned the choice of the Gibraltar Crescent site for Singapore’s first dementia care village, citing the need to preserve state bungalows and the high cost of making them elder-friendly.
Gan Kim Yong explained the site was selected as a pilot to test a less medicalised, community-based care model that promotes independence for seniors with dementia in a home-like environment.
The government noted suitable sites for such pilots are scarce in land-scarce Singapore, and the Gibraltar site was shortlisted for its potential to innovate care.
State bungalows on the site are retained for heritage preservation and social use, and retrofitting is allowed under guidelines with costs borne by tenderers.
The pilot aims to generate learnings that can improve dementia care in existing and future facilities across Singapore.

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Considerations in Selecting Gibraltar Crescent Site as Singapore's First Dementia Care Village

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Considerations in Selecting Gibraltar Crescent Site as Singapore's First Dementia Care Village

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