- Geriatric Education and Research Institute (GERI)
The national Geriatric Education and Research Institute (GERI) is housed at the Yishun Community Hospital to promote geriatric education and research in Singapore.
It guides, conducts and coordinates Singapore’s research initiatives related to geriatric services and age-related healthcare issues. It also takes the lead in strengthening training content and curriculum so as to adequately equip healthcare workers with skills to better care for elderly patients.
- Centre for Ageing, Research and Education (CARE)
The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School has set up the Centre for Ageing, Research and Education (CARE) to further research some social aspects of ageing which complement the largely clinical nature of work done at GERI. CARE also seeks to foster multi-disciplinary research on ageing that will be translated into solutions for local seniors.
- National Innovation Challenge on Active and Confident Ageing
The National Research Foundation will set aside up to $200 million for a National Innovation Challenge on Active and Confident Ageing to catalyze research related to ageing.
The National Innovation Challenge on Active and Confident Ageing will cover the following three areas:
- Lengthening “health span”
- Productive longevity
- Enabling seniors to age-in-place