Commenting on eldercare agencies facing the challenge of getting more volunteers and community partners to cater to the diverse clientele and sustain the programmes, SMU Dean of Students; Director of Centre for Research on Successful Ageing and Professor of Sociology (Practice) Paulin Straughan said, “This generation of older Singaporeans, most of them are educated. They have worked and have capabilities and talents. So we need to continue to leverage their capabilities. They are not passive recipients of help, but rather, they are active curators of pro-health programmes for their age group and their peers.” Prof Straughan added that such ground-up approaches have a higher chance of sustained success, and provide seniors the opportunities to contribute and stay socially relevant.