Opinion: How has the pandemic affected the elderly? - SilverKris

"A platform that taps into a flexible pool of non-clinical care professionals to match the right type of caretaker to an individual’s needs, addressing a growing long-term care demand driven by global ageing. With around 80% of long-term care needs being non-medical, the service positions itself as a way for motivated, non-clinical caregivers to help fill the shortage, and to be mobilised as trained home carers or as support staff for Covid-19 screenings, nursing homes, hospitals and recovery/isolation facilities. Its approach aligns with wider calls to professionalise aged care, scale training efforts, and foster public–private partnerships so that caregivers can be deployed safely and effectively as part of a more preventive, technology-enabled model of eldercare." - Charlene Fang & Rachel Eva Lim