To meet the rising demand for eldercare in Singapore, the number of nursing home beds has increased from 9,000 in 2011 to more than 12,000, according to an article on the Straits Times website.
About 60 to 70 percent of the beds are in facilities run by voluntary welfare organizations.
The Health Ministry aims to have 17,000 beds in Singapore by 2020.
A report out last year found that despite a 30 percent jump in capacity since 2010, Singapore still had fewer nursing home beds per 1,000 people aged 65 and above in 2015 - 26.1 beds — than in 2000 when it was 27.9 beds.
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