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Independent eldercare guide for Singapore families

Find the right care for your parent in Singapore.

Plain-English guides, source-checked provider listings and practical checklists, for nursing homes, home care, dementia support and life after a hospital stay.

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Start where you are

What do you need help with today?

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Nursing homes

Costs, subsidies, how to choose and what to ask on a visit.

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Dementia care

Home, day care, respite and residential options for dementia.

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Home care

Home nursing and personal care so a parent can stay at home.

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After a hospital discharge

The first seven days: who to call, what to arrange, what to ask.

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Useful tools for eldercare

Planners, checklists and organisers for busy families.

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Grants and subsidies

What support exists, who it is for and how to apply.

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Legal matters

LPA, Advance Care Planning and wills, explained plainly.

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Elder-friendly homes

Grab bars, ramps, lighting and the EASE scheme.

How ElderSG works

Three steps from worry to a plan

ElderSG doesn’t diagnose, assess eligibility or recommend a provider for your parent. We help you understand your options and ask better questions.

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  1. Understand the options

    Short guides explain each type of care, who it suits, what it costs before subsidy and how to apply, with sources and review dates.

  2. Compare source-checked providers

    Every listing shows where its facts came from and when we last checked them. We never invent prices, vacancies or ratings.

  3. Contact providers on your terms

    Use the checklists to ask the right questions. Your details only go to a provider when you choose to send an enquiry.

Find care near you

Care close to family matters

Frequent visits make a real difference. Tap a region to see care and amenities nearby, then narrow to your neighbourhood.

Map of Singapore by planning regionSelect a region to see care options near you. Boundaries: URA Master Plan 2014 planning regions.

Planning-region boundaries: URA Master Plan 2014, via data.gov.sg (Singapore Open Data Licence). Simplified for navigation.

Tap a region

Choose where your parent lives, or where family can visit most easily, to see care and amenities nearby.

Latest Elderly News (SG)

What's changing for seniors in Singapore

Short summaries of announcements from MOH, AIC, CPF Board and the media, with a link to every original source.

· News report

St Luke’s Hospital, Lien Foundation pioneer early palliative care through GPs (opens the original source)

St Luke's Hospital has launched Opal, an outpatient programme funded with $2.2 million from the Lien Foundation that brings palliative care support for people with life-limiting illnesses, such as dementia and heart failure, into GP clinics earlier in their illness. Over four years, a six-member team of doctors, nurses, a social worker and a counsellor aims to support more than 1,200 patients and their families through consultations, teleconsultation and a free office-hours hotline.

Source: The Straits Times

· News report

Tooth problems and muscle loss hinder seniors from living independently (opens the original source)

Speaking at a population oral health symposium on 26 Oct, Director-General of Health Professor Kenneth Mak said tooth loss can lead to poor nutrition and age-related muscle loss, affecting older people's quality of life and independence. He noted that only about 35 per cent of people aged 65 and above still have 21 or more natural teeth, and cited a study finding that adults over 60 with 20 to 32 natural teeth can expect more than five more years of independent living than those with none.

Source: Berita Harian

· News report

Raising of retirement and re-employment ages bumped forward to 2029, with more flexible jobs for older workers (opens the original source)

The statutory retirement and re-employment ages will rise from 64 and 69 to 65 and 70 from 2029, a year earlier than planned, under recommendations from MOM, NTUC and SNEF that the government has fully accepted. Other measures include a new Flexi-Load Programme for part-time and fractional jobs for workers aged 50 and above, higher tax relief for working seniors and more support for lower-wage older workers, with implementation details due in the first half of 2027.

Source: CNA

· News report

Lions Home introduces sing-along karaoke robot and other technology to support seniors’ daily lives (opens the original source)

Lions Home, which runs nursing homes in Bishan and Bedok with 384 beds, has 14 multilingual Kebbi robots that sing and interact with residents, and on 25 Oct it presented a new brand identity along with other care technology such as robotic pets, rehabilitation equipment and a smart ward monitoring system. Its chairman said the robots are meant to support staff rather than replace them, giving caregivers more time to understand residents' needs.

Source: Lianhe Zaobao

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  • Your parent's care needs on one page
  • Documents to gather before you call anyone
  • Costs and subsidies to ask about
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Our methodology

Our methodology

Government and statutory sources first, recognised charities second, provider websites only for provider-specific facts.

How we research
How listings are checked

How listings are checked

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