Govt, private sector to explore having foreign live-in caregivers for seniors in shared apartments

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SINGAPORE – The Government is embarking on a new project to explore whether it is feasible to have live-in foreign workers to help care for several seniors sharing an apartment.it was looking into

Five private companies have been shortlisted to join forces with the government agencies in this latest initiative. MOH has spoken to private companies, seniors and caregivers to hear their views on how the private sector can offer alternative eldercare options. This pilot project looks into new models of care provided by the private sector to widen the range of eldercare solutions in Singapore, and a key aim is to provide seniors and their families greater assurance of round-the-clock support.

But the authorities became concerned that such an unusual model for eldercare may have breached regulations.Posting about Red Crowns on its Facebook page in June, MOM said it had “serious concerns about RCSL’s operating model as it could compromise the interests of its elderly clients and well-being of the migrant domestic workers ”.

 

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