New research body to tackle ageing issues

Next: Driving the Next Age Institute are (from left) Sherraden, Associate Professor Chia Ngee Choon and Ghoh. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

FROM understanding the elderly’s challenges to coming up with innovations to boost support for their caregivers, a research facility dedicated to helping Singapore deal with an increasingly older population was unveiled yesterday.

The Next Age Institute (NAI) is an academic partnership between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Washington University in St Louis (WUSTL) in the United States.