ComCare may be able to help if you:
are unable to work due to old age, illness or unfavourable family circumstances
have no means of stable income
are elderly persons who receive only a small monthly payout from CPF Minimum Sum/ CPF Life, Pension, Eldershield, Lease Buyback Scheme, and the monthly payout is lower than the prevailing PA rates
are elderly persons whose children are low income themselves and unable to support their parents. The children must be supporting their own families and each have household income $1,700 or below
are a Singapore Citizen or a Permanent Resident
From 1st April 2013, you may receive:
Cash assistance
To support daily living expenses. The amount of cash grant depends on the size of your household.
Additional assistance for children
To support a school-going child's out-of-pocket expenses, up to $150 per child per month.
Cash Assistance Rates (Primary Tier Assistance)
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Household Type
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Rates
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Household Size
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1 Person
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$450
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2 Persons
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$790
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3 Persons
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$990
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4 Persons
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$1,180
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Additional children’s assistance
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Per child
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$150 additional
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Secondary assistance
To help those with recurring hygiene essentials or consumables e.g. adult diapers, stoma bags, diabetic consumables and nutritional milk supplements.
Discretionary assistance
To help those with one-off special needs e.g. commode of household appliances.
Secondary and Discretionary Tier Assistance
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Types of Assistance
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Examples
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Frequency
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Secondary
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Recurring essentials e.g. adult diapers, stoma bags, diabetic consumables, dietary supplements
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Monthly
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Discretionary
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Once-off medical equipment e.g. commode, oxygen respirator
Once-off household appliances e.g. beds, mattress
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Once-Off
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Medical assistance
PA recipients receive free medical treatment at polyclinics and government/ restructured hospitals.
Education assistance
School-going children of PA recipients receive help for school and miscellaneous fees as well as school books.
Supplementary community assistance
PA recipients receive free or highly subsidised access to a range of social support services e.g. home help, senior activity centres and day activity centres funded by the government.