Eligibility and Priority Assessments for Enhanced Home Personal Care Programme

Ms Cassandra Lee asked the Coordinating Minister for Social Policies and Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry has information on how the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) assesses eligibility and priority for Enhanced Home Personal Care (HPC+), including whether a senior has a caregiver and, where one is present, the caregiver's health, availability, capacity to provide sustained care and need for support or a break; and (b) if so, what are the assessment criteria.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: Enhanced Home Personal Care (HPC+) supports seniors who require assistance with activities of daily living and may also provide respite for their caregivers. When assessing eligibility for HPC+, the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) considers both the senior's care needs and the caregiving situation. This includes whether the senior has a caregiver, the extent of caregiver support available and the caregiver's ability and availability to provide care on a sustained basis, and whether the caregiver requires respite support.

AIC conducts these assessments using the interRAI Check-Up tool, complemented by judgement to take into account the individual circumstances of the senior and caregiver where appropriate.