Satyaprakash tiwari Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Nursing
department of Psychiatry Nursing, Specialist in Internal Medicine, Medical University of Ohio at Toledo, Cincinnati
Mr Tiwari has spearheaded and operationalised four Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs), piloted the first Home Help Service and Dementia Day Care Centre, and developed numerous community-based programmes and initiatives in Singapore. Having been a Senior-Level Executive in VWOs for over 30 years, Mr Tiwari has earned a formidable reputation in relation to his expertise in initiating and institutionalising significant programmes with highly capable management skills, and ability to develop longstanding commercial, inter-agency and client relationships.
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Satyaprakash tiwari
Singapore’s approach to the demographic challenges was laid in the 1980s, some two decades after independence in 1965. A number of high-level committees were formed to look at issues related to ageing. These included: the Committee on the Problems of the Aged (1982), the Advisory Council on the Aged (1988–1989), the National Advisory of Council on the Family and the Aged (1989–1998), and the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Health and Care for the Elderly (1997–1999).
The beneifts on continued living in the community, for persons with dementia, has been proven in numerous studies in an exhaustive manner. Singapore has adopted various principles of ‘Ageing-in-place’ and developed a range of services to allow seniors to continue to l... view more»