SAWA Community Discussion with Caregivers

Singapore Alliance of Women in Ageing (AWARE, PPIS, SCWO, Tsao Foundation)

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With Singapore’s rapidly ageing population and preference for ageing-in-place, the burden on family caregivers is growing considerably. Yet low fertility rates and decreasing family sizes mean that our population of caregivers is shrinking. The caregiving burden is also likely to fall disproportionately on women in the family, due to gendered cultural norms.What can be done to ease family caregivers’ burden? What policies need to be introduced to help both working and unemployed family caregivers for the elderly? In view of the government’s review of gender equality issues this year, the Singapore Alliance for Women in Ageing (SAWA) hopes to give voice to caregivers in the community and ensure that your concerns are heard. If you are a caregiver of a family member aged 70 years and above, SAWA invites you to attend a discussion to share your experiences! (Please note that this discussion is not affiliated with the government’s ongoing “Conversations on Women’s Development”.) This event will begin with a presentation by researchers from Duke-NUS about the costs of informal eldercare as well the impact of caregiving on caregivers’ employment. This will be followed by a focus group discussion during which you will have a chance to share your experiences and thoughts on the presentation. You can also describe what policy changes you would like to see, such as family care leave or caregiver allowance.Following this, the discussed recommendations will be collated into a community policy wishlist that SAWA will submit to policy makers. Selected Members of Parliament, including Ms Carrie Tan and Ms Hany Soh, will be present during the small group discussions to hear directly from the community. Nonetheless, please be assured that no identifiable information will be reported publicly.

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