As of January this year, more than $33 million has been given out to seniors under the Pioneer Generation Disability Assistance scheme. Introduced in September 2014, the scheme, which is part of the Pioneer Generation Package, gives elderly citizens with moderate to severe functional disability cash to help them meet expenses such as home care services, medical bills and even the cost of hiring a maid.
Mr Kelvin Lim, chief of the social care division at the Agency for Integrate Care, told The Straits Times that over 27,000 disabled pioneers have benefited from the scheme, which gives them $100 monthly for life, to offset their care expenses.
To qualify, seniors must have been assessed by a doctor, nurse, physiotherapist of occupational therapits to need permanent help with at least three of sic daily activities: bathing, dressing, eating, using the toilet, moving from their bed to a chair, and moving on a level surface.
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