Eleanor Yap
Project Silver Screen (PSS) is a nationwide functional screening programme for Singaporeans aged 60 and above. It consists of three simple and pain-free checks to ensure one’s vision, hearing and oral health are in good health.
Project Silver Screen is an initiative by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Temasek Foundation Cares to bring functional screening to more seniors in the community as part of the ongoing efforts in preventive health to help seniors age well in place.
- Check your eyes! – A senior will be asked to read off a chart while standing some distance away. He or she will be assessed on whether he or she needs spectacles or needs further follow-up tests.
- Check your ears! – A senior will fill up a simple questionnaire, followed by checks on his or her ear canal and ability to hear sounds of different frequencies and volumes.
- Check your mouth! – A senior will undergo a simple and painless check on eight areas of his or her oral health – lips, tongue, gums and tissues, saliva, natural teeth, dentures, oral cleanliness and dental pain.
The screenings are free for Pioneer Generation members, and S$2 for Merdeka Generation members and Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) (blue and orange) card holders. For everyone else, it’s S$5.
Call the AIC Hotline at 1800 650 6060 (Monday to Friday: 8.30am to 8.30pm or Saturday: 8.30am to 4pm except public holidays) or visit www.projectsilverscreen.sg for the latest schedule of functional screening sessions in your area.
** Do take note that these screenings are for Singaporeans aged 60 and above. Seniors are eligible to be screened once a year only and they should bring along their NRIC, Pioneer Generation or CHAS card on the day of screening, as well as any assistive devices (e.g. dentures, spectacles, hearing aids) that they may be currently using.
