新加坡：「乐龄伙伴」计划启动 50岁以上长者做义工可领津贴
新加坡卫生部（MOH）与综合护理局（AIC）10月30日启动「乐龄伙伴」（Age Well Kakis）志愿计划：50岁及以上的长者可以报名到社区护理一线做义工，完成每项任务后可获得现金或礼券形式的津贴。数码发展与新闻部兼卫生部高级政务部长陈杰豪（Tan Kiat How）在全国敬老庆祝活动上为计划揭幕。
义工的活儿贴近日常：协助活跃乐龄中心办活动、为弱势长者送餐、陪同年长居民看医生，以及探访陪伴、在长者护理中心、疗养院和社区心理健康机构帮忙。多数任务一天内完成，有的只需几小时，可以按自己的兴趣、健康和时间选择。
机会已分布在100多个社区护理触点，包括活跃乐龄中心和社区护理机构的服务。卫生部与综合护理局的目标是未来两年吸引约16500名参与者、填补多达70万个社区护理义工名额。
津贴没有全国统一标准，由各机构按任务性质和时长自行决定金额和发放方式。该计划向50岁及以上的新加坡华人、其他族群居民以及永久居民开放，可通过综合护理局义工网站登记、拨打热线1800-650-6060，或到就近的活跃乐龄中心询问。它与人民协会2024年试点的「邻里伙伴」计划并行，两项计划两年内合计目标约3万名参与者。
Singapore: Age Well Kakis Launched, Seniors Aged 50 and Above Earn Stipends for Volunteering in Community Care
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) launched the Age Well Kakis volunteering programme on October 30: residents aged 50 and above can sign up to help in community care and receive a stipend, in cash or in kind such as vouchers, for each completed task. Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State for Digital Development and Information and for Health, launched it at the National Celebration of Seniors.
The work is practical and close to home: helping run activities at Active Ageing Centres, delivering meals to vulnerable seniors, accompanying an older resident to a medical appointment, befriending, and roles at senior care centres, nursing homes and community mental health providers. Most tasks are done within a day and some take only a few hours, chosen to suit each volunteer's interests, health and calendar.
Opportunities already sit at more than 100 community care touchpoints. Over the next two years, MOH and AIC aim to reach some 16,500 participants and fill up to 700,000 volunteering slots in community care.
There is no single national stipend rate; each organisation decides the amount and how it is paid. The programme is open to Singapore citizens and permanent residents aged 50 and above, including the city-state's large ethnic Chinese community, who can register through the AIC volunteering site, call the AIC hotline on 1800-650-6060, or walk into an Active Ageing Centre. It sits alongside the People's Association's Neighbourhood Kakis programme piloted in 2024, with the two programmes aiming for some 30,000 participants over two years.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：照片：新加坡长者护理中心内的长者（资料图），美国海军摄，公共领域 / Photo: senior residents at a care centre in Singapore, by the US Navy, public domain
