Managing Partner, Tan Chong Huat, shares the fundamental change in demand for healthcare and social services in an ageing population with The Business Times’ weekly column in Views from the Top

RHTLaw Taylor Wessing’s Managing Partner, Tan Chong Huat, was featured in The Business Times article titled “It’s quality of life that’s key”.

The article was first published in The Business Times on 8 October 2018.

It’s quality of life that’s key

THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: How do you personally see the increased prospects of living to 100 and beyond? What would be needed to support a society with a significant number of centenarians?

Source: The Business Times
Date: 8 October 2018

Tan Chong Huat
Managing Partner
RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP

The prospect of both parents and their children living in retirement at the same time will fundamentally change expectations of filial responsibility as a result of an increase in dependency ratio. The expected increase in demand for healthcare and social services creates an urgent need for corporate giving to complement government programmes in addressing the issues of an ageing population. On our part, the RHT Rajan Menon Foundation’s Successful Ageing Project seeks to educate seniors on issues such as family law, personal wealth and welfare management as they enter their golden years.

We need to set new norms, adopt a new mindset and explore new technology to enhance support mechanisms to meet the future needs of a community of centenarians.