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Costs and Financing

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Hospital Bills Estimates in Singapore

Manage your healthcare costs by assessing the components and estimates of hospital bills in Singapore.

Ministry of Health

A Way to Reduce Outpatient Cost for Chronic Disease

Outpatient Costs for Chronic Disease (How to Reduce Cost)

Managing a chronic disease and the costs involved has been made easier with the introduction of a programme that allows the use of MediSave for chronic diseases.

Health Promotion Board

ElderShield

Find out more about ElderShield, what it covers, and how to make claims.

Ministry of Health

Pioneer Generation Disability Assistance Scheme (PioneerDAS)

This disability assistance scheme honours the pioneers of Singapore who have a disability. Discover PioneerDAS, part of the pioneer generation package.

Agency for Integrated Care

Interim Disability Assistance Programme for the Elderly (IDAPE)

Learn about IDAPE, a senior mobility fund for Singaporeans with a disability not eligible for ElderShield when it was launched.

Agency for Integrated Care

Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) by HDB

The HDB EASE programme aims to provide safer and more comfortable homes for the elderly, in particular, enhancement for active seniors at home.

Agency for Integrated Care

Medical Fee Exemption Card

The Medical Fee Exemption Card offers health coverage exemption for medical fees for standard hospitalisation treatment in Singapore.

Agency for Integrated Care

Caregivers Training Grant (CTG)

Looking to provide a higher standard of care for your loved ones as a caregiver? Here’s where the Caregivers Training Grant could come in handy.

Health Promotion Board

Need help caring for an elderly or disabled family member? The Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW) Grant may be just what you need. It offers families $120 a month towards hiring a foreign domestic worker to help out in the home.

Health Promotion Board

Subsidies for Government-funded Intermediate Long-Term Care Services

Intermediate and Long-Term Care Services Subsidies

Those needing intermediate or long-term care facilities and long-term care services should apply for Singapore government subsidies to help offset elderly care costs.

Ministry of Health

Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund

The Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) extends subsidies to the elderly in Singapore to help them stay mobile and independent within the community.

Health Promotion Board

Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW) Levy Concession for Persons with Disabilities

Foreign Domestic Worker Levy Concession for Persons with Disabilities

Have questions about the levy concession for foreign domestic workers? Explore our guide, and learn how you can lower the cost of care for your loved one.

Agency for Integrated Care

Diseases and Conditions

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Heart Failure - Daily Activity and Work

Many people can continue to carry out their daily activities and lead a relatively normal lifestyle, despite having a heart condition. To help your heart to heal, it is important that you return to your previous home, leisure and work activities gradually.

National Healthcare Group

Heart Failure - Having Regular Exercise

Regular exercise not only helps you to be able to work, but it also helps you maintain independence and confidence. Ask your doctor and therapist for the kind of exercise(s) that you can do safely.

National Healthcare Group

Pap Smears and Cervical Cancer Prevention

Precancer of the Cervix — Why the Pap Smear is Important

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Eye Examinations for Eye Diseases

Protect yourself from eye diseases like glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy with regular eye examinations.

Singapore National Eye Centre

Childhood Illnesses: 10 Most Common Conditions in Children

Here are the symptoms and treatments for the 10 most common paediatric medical conditions.

Health Promotion Board

Gastroenteritis and Constipation In Children: Causes and Treatment

What is gastroenteritis? Read on to learn the causes, symptoms and treatment of gastroenteritis and constipation in children.

Health Promotion Board

Maternal Serum Screening for Down Syndrome

To assess the chances of Down syndrome in their unborn child, women can undergo a screening test during pregnancy. This helps assess the likelihood that their baby will be born with Down syndrome.

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Chorionic Villus Sampling

In a chorionic villus sampling procedure or a CVS test, placenta tissue is collected for testing certain conditions. Learn more about it, including the risks involved in chorionic villus sampling.

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Fetal Blood Sampling (FBS Procedure)

During the FBS procedure, blood is drawn from the umbilical cord of the foetus to test for possible health conditions and complications. Learn more here about fetal blood sampling risks.

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Skin Problems During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is beautiful, but it does take its toll on the body. Read on about skin problems during pregnancy, from stretch marks to rubella as well as skin disorders in pregnancy.

National Skin Centre

Pregnancy Discomforts

Some discomfort may be experienced during pregnancy, use these tips to relieve discomfort through diet.

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer is the 10th most common cancer in Singaporean women. It can be effectively treated if detected early.

Health Promotion Board

Medical and Care Facilities

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Student Health Centre & School Dental Centre

Student Health Centre and School Dental Centre

These two centres provide your child (under 19) with appropriate care.

Health Promotion Board

Respite Care for Caregivers

Caregivers need periodic rest so their own needs are taken care of. Here’s how you can get respite care for a caregiver you know, with weekend respite care services.

Agency for Integrated Care

Elderly Home Care Services

Senior Home Care (previously known as "Home Help") offers help services for caregivers looking after seniors at home, including food delivery.

Agency for Integrated Care

Home Therapy Services

Home-based therapy refers to rehabilitation services provided in a home environment, supporting patients in recovering their functional abilities. Such services include physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.

Agency for Integrated Care

Home Nursing Care For Seniors

Does your homebound, bedridden senior need an in-home nurse? Learn how you can get home nursing care for your loved one.

Agency for Integrated Care

Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Learn more about psychiatric rehabilitation and the programmes offered at mental health facilities to help patients reintegrate into society.

Agency for Integrated Care

Nursing Home Respite Care

When a loved one becomes a patient at home, it takes its toll on everyone. Here’s what you need to know about nursing home respite care for you or your home caretaker.

Agency for Integrated Care

Elderly Befriending Services: Befriend an Elderly Person

Support the emotional and psychological well-being of your loved ones by giving them the gift of a listening ear or shoulder to cry on through an elderly befriending service.

Agency for Integrated Care

Hospice Day Care Centres for the Elderly and Terminally Ill

Hospice Day Care Centres help those who are caring for terminally ill patients at home by teaching them basic care and also counselling caregivers, who struggle with the impending death and loss.

Agency for Integrated Care

Senior Activity Centres in Singapore

Help the elderly in your family and community stay active in their silver years at Senior Activity Centres in Singapore. These elderly care centres provide a range of services as well as social support for senior citizens in the community.

Health Promotion Board

Home Health Care for Seniors

A guide to in-home healthcare services and senior medical care in Singapore.

Agency for Integrated Care

Senior Care: Support Systems for the Elderly

Read on for information on providing social support systems for the elderly. Seniors in Singapore can join Neighbourhood Links, a local social support system that engages with elderly.

Agency for Integrated Care