Care recipient's nationality and age

He/ she must be a Singapore Citizen aged 30 and above.

Care recipient's residence

He/ she must live in Singapore.

Care recipient's household income

He/ she must meet the mean-test criteria for ElderFund:

• Household monthly income per person must be $1,500 or less.

  • Find out how to update your household details for means-testing.

AND

• MediSave Account balance of less than $10,000.

  • To check, login to cpf.gov.sg via SingPass.

Applications from Singaporeans who do not meet this criterion, but are unable to afford the long-term care needed, will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Care recipient's needs

He/ she must:

• Require full assistance with at least three of the six activities of daily living. The six activities are:

  

• Undergo severe disability assessment.

  If he/ she is not staying in a nursing home

  • The assessment must be done by an MOH-accredited severe disability assessor.

  • Find out how to book an appointment to do the assessment.

  • You will need to pay the assessment fee first. It will be reimbursed if he/ she is assessed to be severely disabled. Read more about the cost here.

  If he/ she is a nursing home resident

  • You can ask the nursing home to help submit a Resident’s Assessment Form (RAF) instead.

  If he/ she lacks mental capacity

  • Find out more about applying on behalf of someone who lacks capacity.

Care recipient’s eligibility for other schemes

He/ she must not be:

• A CareShield Life or ElderShield policyholder/ supplement plan policyholder

• An active recipient of CareShield Life or ElderShield (including supplement claims)

• Eligible for or currently receiving payouts from Interim Disability Assistance Programme for the Elderly (IDAPE)