Towards Ageing Well with Healthier SG: Community Mobilisation and Asset-building Approaches
LOH YEH CHANG HENRY
It takes a whole village to enable an individual to maintain good health and age well in the comfort of their homes. With the transition towards Healthier SG and care in the community, there is an increasing need to mobilise the whole community in health promotion and active ageing. In this course, you will learn the nuts and bolts behind community asset-building and empowerment, how it can be used to strengthen and empower older persons and their communities in active ageing and community care programmes, using case studies in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:
1. Explain the different models and principles behind community asset-building and empowerment.
2. Improve competence in addressing social determinants of health for older persons, through social prescribing and community action.
3. Appraise ways to activate community-wide volunteerism.
4. Increase primary care partnerships in community care and health promotion efforts for older persons.
5. Draft a plan applying these models/principles to any existing health promotions and community care programmes for older persons.