Newsroom

Font Size

AIC's Media Materials

Here are AIC's press releases and media materials. For media enquiries, please email the Integrated Communications and Marketing Department at corpcomms@aic.sg.

News Gallery

hidden and pending content To be uploaded.

[18 October 2022] AIC presents awards to recognise service excellence and delivery of quality care in the Community Care sector

[10 October 2022] 35 organisations stand together for mental health this World Mental Health Day

Media Releases

[6 September 2023] AIC presents more than 500 awards to develop talent and recognise service excellence in the Community Care sector

[14 August 2023] AIC, CFS and THKMC launch micro-jobs for seniors

[5 June 2023] Friends of Community Care Awards 2023

[25 May 2023] AIC hosts Asia’s first Advance Care Planning conference

[20 May 2023] AIC kicks off campaign to appreciate and support caregivers

Archived Media Releases

View AIC's past media releases and announcements.

2022

Media Releases

[20 November 2022] AIC spearheads national movement to make Singapore more dementia-friendly

[4 November 2022] New $1.35 million fund for Community Care sector to innovate fun for seniors

[18 October 2022] AIC presents awards to recognise service excellence and delivery of quality care in the Community Care sector

[10 October 2022] 35 organisations stand together for mental health this World Mental Health Day

[5 September 2022] AIC confers more than 100 manpower development awards to boost talent in the Community Care sector

[13 June 2022] Agency for Integrated Care launches plan to advance digitalisation in the Community Care Sector

[27 February 2022] SMRT and AIC enhance dementia-friendly transport in Singapore

[7 February 2022] AIC ties up with Ya Kun Kaya Toast to recognise caregivers for their efforts

2021

Media Releases

[17 November 2021] AIC urges seniors to get vaccinated and provides assistance for them to do so

[25 October 2021] Celebrating the Community Care sector’s contribution in protecting our seniors and clients

 [1 October 2021] World Mental Health Day 2021

[30 September 2021] Seniors strongly urged to stay at home for the next four weeks to protect themselves

[23 September 2021] Strong talent boost for the Community Care sector with 70% increase in manpower development awards given by Agency for Integrated Care this year

[15 September 2021] Seniors urged to protect themselves by minimising social interactions and getting covid-19 vaccinations

2020

Media Releases

[30 October 2020] Celebrating our Community Care workforce and recognising our partners in supporting the sector

[16 October 2020] More than 380 study awards handed out by the Agency for Integrated Care since 2017

[7 September 2020] Individuals and corporate sponsors join in to support the Community Care sector's COVID-19 fight

[31 August 2020] Former nursing home staff diagnosed with COVID-19

[26 June 2020] Senior care centre staff diagnosed with COVID-19

[21 May 2020] Nursing home residents diagnosed with COVID-19

[8 May 2020] Nursing home staff diagnosed with COVID-19

[24 April 2020] Nursing home staff diagnosed with COVID-19

[23 April 2020] Home care staff diagnosed with COVID-19

[22 April 2020] Two cases of COVID-19 infection in nursing homes

[16 April 2020] Nursing home resident diagnosed with COVID-19

[13 April 2020] Nursing home resident diagnosed with COVID-19

[1 April 2020] 10 more confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home

[31 March 2020] Nursing home resident diagnosed with COVID-19

2019

Media Releases

[24 November 2019] Woodlands Dementia-Friendly Community will form mobilisation team enabling youth to play a more active role in dementia outreach

[8 October 2019] Nee Soon’s next upgrade will make the town physically dementia- friendlier

[18 September 2019] Study awards handed out by Agency for Integrated Care for the Community Care sector more than quadrupled since 2017

[1 September 2019] Silver Generation Office instrumental in engaging and supporting our seniors

[23 August 2019] SMRT buses deepens commitment to inclusive service delivery, signs MOU with community partners

2018

Media Releases

[25 October 2018] Launch of new Dementia Friends mobile application

[15 October 2018] First Mental Health Awareness Singapore learning series 2018

[19 September 2018] Enhanced funding support of up to 85% for Community Care sector to adopt technology and streamline processes as part of productivity fund

[5 September 2018] The number of Community Care Manpower Development Award recipients almost doubled this year

[9 March 2018] 100 nursing home residents learn new skills, create art for a first-of-its-kind exhibition

[3 February 2018] Usage of caregiver respite services increased by at least 50% between 2015 and 2017

[2 February 2018] 8,000 patients benefitted from regional health systems' efforts to bring their care into the community

2017

Media Releases

[20 November 2017] Experience an improved uberASSIST in Singapore

[12 November 2017] Over 50 merchants to spread dementia awareness in Nee Soon South

[4 October 2017] Pilot programme on wheelchair servicing by seniors for seniors

[5 September 2017] Close to $12 million injected into the Community Care sector to boost talent acquisition and development with an expanded scholarship scheme

[16 August 2017] More mid-career switchers choosing the Community Care sector

Archived News Gallery

View a selection of past news coverage featuring AIC and our initiatives.

2023

News Gallery

[31 March 2023] Lianhe Zaobao: Make early Advanced Care Planning arrangements for medical emergency

[17 March 2023] The Straits Times: Burdened and barely coping – caregivers need care too

[13 March 2023] The Straits Times: Pilot gives night respite to caregivers of those with dementia

[11 March 2023] The Straits Times: Increase in monthly grant for caregivers of loved ones with disability

[10 March 2023] Berita Harian: MOH increases Home Caregiving Grant to $400

[10 March 2023] Tamil Murasu: Grant for caregivers of loved ones with disabilities increased to up to $400 monthly

[14 February 2023] The Straits Times: More support when loved ones with dementia go missing

[14 February 2023] Lianhe Zaobao: Dementia organisation spreads its message on the internet by setting up a community network that brings the lost home

[31 January 2023] Lianhe Zaobao: Commentary: Living an enriching life at 85 years old

[31 January 2023] Lianhe Zaobao: Helping to identify persons living with dementia sooner, community mental health groups to increase from 61 to 73

[31 January 2023] The Straits Times: People with dementia get more support in successful ageing plan

[31 January 2023] The Straits Times: Nursing home jobs for those with disabilities

[28 January 2023] The Straits Times: Seniors new nursing home offers flexible care options

[28 January 2023] Lianhe Zaobao: Six NTUC nursing homes offer online and offline short-term care services in response to demand

[27 January 2023] Berita Harian: Service 'cares' about dementia patients

[19 January 2023] The Straits Times: Impact of scam on victims goes beyond money as they lose trust in people, become stressed: Panel speakers

[17 January 2023] Berita Harian: Senior rescue hotline AMK GRC

[9 January 2023] Berita Harian: Primary Care Network (PCN) Scheme

[9 January 2023] Lianhe Zaobao: Free mobile TCM for Cheng San residents

[8 January 2023] Shin Min Daily News: Free mobile TCM for Cheng San residents

[5 January 2023] Tamil Murasu: Ways to protect mental health

[4 January 2022] The Straits Times: 10 tips for better mental health in 2023

2022

News Gallery

[6 December 2022] The Straits Times: Call to rethink active ageing centres to engage more seniors

[6 December 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Active Ageing Centres To attract people with higher living standards while ensuring underprivileged seniors do not feel neglected

[6 December 2022] Berita Harian: Rethink active ageing centres to engage more seniors: Ong Ye Kung

[5 December 2022] Shin Min Daily News: Ong Ye Kung: Transform active ageing centres to help senior folks to stay socially-connected

[27 November 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Thousands of employees from more than 200 FairPrice, Sheng Siong outlets have been trained as supporters for designated dementia Go-To-Points

[21 November 2022] The Straits Times: More than 200 FairPrice, Sheng Siong outlets made dementia Go-To-Points

[21 November 2022] Berita Harian: Masagos announces new initiative to help dementia patients

[5 November 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: AIC sets up $1.35mil fund to encourage operators to make senior care centres 'more fun'

[3 November 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Bringing warmth to seniors with his daughter

[3 November 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: 77 Community Care staff from Ren Ci Hospital complete Job Redesign training and receive new roles

[27 September 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Changi General Hospital's round-the-clock hotline has served nearly 20000 seniors in six years

[26 September 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Redesigning the jobs of community care workers in response to demand for procedures such as insulin injections and wound treatment

[24 September 2022] The Straits Times: Spotlight on living with dementia, caregivers at Enabling Festival

[24 September 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Enabling Festival promotes the power of touch to heal people with dementia through psychological and physical contact

[7 September 2022] The Straits Times: Community care staff get award to help them upgrade skill

[5 September 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Community care providers must expand and nurture their teams

[20 August 2022] The Straits Times: Initiatives to give seniors in Beo Crescent access to more services

[20 August 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Beo Crescent Integrated Platform

[18 June 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Ageing in place support measures need to be in place

[14 June 2022] The Straits Times: Community Care sector to get $18m under new initiative to drive digital efforts

[14 June 2022] Berita Harian: $18m to be channelled for social care digital transformation programme

[14 June 2022] Tamil Murasu: Community care sector to get $18m under new initiative to drive digital efforts

[14 June 2022] The Straits Times: Nursing homes need to be ready for next COVID-19 wave

[14 June 2022] Tamil Murasu: Nursing homes need to be ready for next COVID-19 wave: Ong Ye Kung

[14 June 2022] Berita Harian: Senior citizens encouraged to get booster shots

[14 June 2022] The Straits Times: Eldercare centres to double with more services being offered

[14 June 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Nursing home beds to double in the next 10 years

[14 June 2022] Berita Harian: Number of eldercare centres to double

[29 March 2022] The Straits Times: Caregivers to get higher grant, better respite care options

[29 March 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Raising the Home Caregiving Grant to ease the burden for caregivers, creating peer support circles for caregivers to provide mutual support

[29 March 2022] Berita Harian: Household caregiving grant to be raised

[29 March 2022] Tamil Murasu: More aids to caregivers

[10 March 2022] The Straits Times: 3 conditions to be added to chronic disease help scheme

[10 March 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: 3 more chronic diseases to be included in MediSave

[10 March 2022] Berita Harian: 3 more conditions included in list of chronic diseases

[28 February 2022] The Straits Times: Help for those with dementia at all SMRT train stations

[28 February 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: SMRT sets up 'Dementia Go-To Points' to assist people with dementia

[28 February 2022] Berita Harian: Assistance for lost dementia patients at all SMRT MRT stations by end of 2022

[27 February 2022] Shin Min Daily News: All SMRT stations to become 'Dementia Go-To-Points' by the end of this year

[14 February 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Dementia friendly sign painted in Toa Payoh East

[13 February 2022] Tamil Murasu: More help for dementia patients and their caregivers in Toa Payoh East

[8 February 2022] The Straits Times: Helping people with dementia find their way home

[7 February 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Dementia Friends app publishes more than 100 missing-person cases every year, mostly people over the age of 65

[18 January 2022] The Straits Times: More help for seniors, people in need to get healthcare items, mobility devices

[18 January 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: From 14 Feb, low-income seniors and persons with disabilities to get more subsidies to buy assistive devices

[18 January 2022] Lianhe Zaobao: Two assistive devices bought with subsidies improved quality of life

2021

News Gallery

[17 November 2021] Lianhe Wanbao: Silver Generation Office reached out 670,000 seniors to persuade them for COVID-19 vaccination since February

[21 October 2021] The Straits Times: Signs and symptoms of dementia

[14 October 2021] The Straits Times: How Jurong West nursing home prevented emergence of a cluster

[10 October 2021] The Straits Times: Agencies go digital to help youth with mental health issues

[1 October 2021] Lianhe Wanbao: AIC urges those living with seniors to stay home in next four weeks, and those who are unvaccinated to get themselves vaccinated

[30 September 2021] The New Paper: Nursing homes divide into zones to prevent virus spread

[30 September 2021] The Straits Times: Hougang nursing home staff soldier on despite challenges

[24 September 2021] The Straits Times: Cancer survivior joins Community Care sector to help others

[24 September 2021] Tamil Murasu: New Career opportunities in the Community Care sector

[18 September 2021] The Straits Times: Nursing Homes to get self-test kits by next week

[18 September 2021] The Straits Times: Nursing Homes to receive antigen rapid test kits

[16 September 2021] The Straits Times: Seniors urged to stay home over next 2 weeks

[15 August 2021] Lianhe Zaobao: Community supports seniors during the pandemic to keep their spirits up

[16 July 2021] The Straits Times: Mobile teams in heartland to make jabs for seniors more convenient

[14 June 2021] The Straits Times: Yio Chu Kang 3rd town to get dementia-friendly murals

[14 June 2021] The Straits Times: Helping residents find their way home easily

[6 May 2021] Lianhe Wanbao: AIC suggests limiting visitor numbers and visiting time in nursing homes

[19 March 2021] Lianhe Zaobao: Easier to find way home for dementia patients living in Nee Soon South and Chong Pang Housing Board blocks

[30 January 2021] The Straits Times: 95-year-old gets COVID-19 shot as nursing homes begin drive

[21 January 2021] The Straits Times: AIC Chairman Gerard Ee confident of vaccine

[12 January 2021] The Straits Times: Staff from nursing home, MHA receive vaccine

2020

News Gallery

[19 October 2020] The Straits Times: Caregivers need to seek support to avoid burnout: Experts

[17 October 2020] Lianhe Zaobao: Places at training institues to be increased by 20 per cent, more upskilling opportunities for Community Care staff

[17 October 2020] The Straits Times: More training places for Community Care staff

[8 October 2020] The Straits Times: Pre-schoolers show gratitude to healthcare, migrant workers

[29 September 2020] The Straits Times: Memory app for elderly patients with dementia and their caregivers

[8 September 2020] Lianhe Zaobao: The Agency for Integrated Care introduces three new initiatives to help Community Care providers in their fight against COVID-19

[1 August 2020] Lianhe Zaobao: Nursing staff from the Community Care sector stepped up to volunteer their services at Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home when its care staff had to be quarantined in April

[24 July 2020] Lianhe Zaobao: New self-service temperature scanner takes two seconds to detect a fever and sounds an alert

[26 June 2020] Senior care centre staff diagnosed with COVID-19

[6 May 2020] The Straits Times: New ID memo for those with dementia amid circuit breaker

[26 April 2020] Lianhe Zaobao: Mobilising both the young and old to play a part in housework will lessen the pressure during circuit breaker period

[3 March 2020] Berita Harian: Volunteers from the Silver Generation Office (SGO) actively visit homes of vulnerable seniors to raise awareness of the coronavirus outbreak

[1 March 2020] The Straits Times: Volunteer roped in to guide, advise vulnerable seniors

More About Us

Our Board Members
AIC's Chairman and Board Members

Our Senior Management and Divisions
Get more information about the divisions within AIC, and the Senior Management in charge of them.

Silver Generation Office
The Silver Generation Office (SGO) is the outreach arm of the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC). Through our volunteers, the Silver Generation (SG) Ambassadors, we show care for our seniors by sharing government policies and schemes with seniors to help them with their ageing needs.

Security Advisory
We are committed to keeping your personal information as secure as possible.

Newsroom
Here are AIC's press releases and media materials.

Careers
Join Team AIC to create a vibrant care community enabling people to live well and age gracefully.

Yearbooks
Learn more about AIC's work, and how we have grown over the past years.

Need more help?

Send us your enquiry

Enquiry Form

CALL

AIC Hotline

Mon - Fri: 8:30 am - 8:30 pm

Sat: 8:30 am - 4.00 pm

1800-650-6060

VISIT

Visit the AIC Link branch

nearest to you

View Map

Newsroom

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​AIC's Media Materials

News Gallery

Media Rele​a​ses​

Archived Media Releases

Media Rele​a​ses​

Media Releases

Media​​ Releases

Media​​ Releases

​​​​​​​​​Media​​ Releases

​​​​​​​​​Media​ Releases

Archived News Gallery

News Gallery

News Gallery

News Gallery

News Gallery

More About Us

AIC's Media Materials

Media Releases

Media Releases

Media Releases

Media Releases

Media Releases

Media Releases