To Be Advised

Course Content

This training programme is to equip caregivers with the necessary basic knowledge and skills to assist the elderly or disabled persons at home with their Activities of Daily Living. Caregivers will learn skills on how to communicate effectively with the elderlies and better manage the care recipient health through health education.

• Communicate effectively with care recipient and identify physical vital signs of care recipient.
• Perform various techniques such as feeding, hygiene care, hand wash, movement & mobility for care recipient, and proper waste elimination for care recipient.
•  Implement proper health management such as health literacy, health education, and medication management for care recipient.

Caregivers Training Grant (CTG):

• From 1 April 2024, $400 grant is provided for each care recipient for first year with onset of caregiving training needs.
• Eligible care recipient will continue to receive grant amount $200 in the subsequent financial year (between 1 April to 31 Mar).
• If the remaining grant is not used this year, unused monies can be carried forward with a cap at $400 within each care recipients’ account. Any amount exceeding the Cap of $400 will be forfeited.
• More than one caregiver of each care recipient can attend the same training and will be reimbursed only up to $200 in training subsidies per care recipient per financial year.
• Caregivers must pay at least $10 after registering for eligible caregiving training course.

7 hour(s) (6 hours classroom contact and 1 hour competency assessment)

28 SIN MING LANE, MIDVIEW CITY, #02-137 Singapore 573972

How to Qualify:
• The care recipient must be a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident.

• The care recipient must be aged 65 and older, OR have a disability:

(a) as certified by a Singapore registered doctor, OR

(b) Is currently receiving services from a Social Service Agency (SSA)

• The caregiver must be the person in charge of caring for the care recipient. This can include family members and Migrate Domestic Worker (MDW).
• The caregiver must complete the training course and receive a certificate of attendance if there is one.

Course Fees

Original Course Fee: $135.00* (Excl. GST)

*Caregivers must pay at least $10.00 after registering for eligible caregiving training course.

*Subject to eligibility and the remaining amount of the care recipient’s CTG which is capped at $400 per calendar year.