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The Pioneer Generation Package provides healthcare benefits for all Pioneers, for life.

(i)   Subsidies for Outpatient Care

(a)  At clinics under the Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS):

All Pioneers will receive special subsidies at CHAS General Practitioner (GP) and dental clinics.

(b)  At polyclinics or Specialist Outpatient Clinics [1] (SOCs):

Pioneers will receive an extra 50% off their bill for subsidised services from 1 September 2014.  From 1 January 2015, Pioneers will receive an extra 50% off for subsidised medications at polyclinics and SOCs.

Pioneer Generation benefits for outpatient treatments are available at the following public hospitals and institutions:

(i) Polyclinics
· SingHealth Polyclinics
· National Healthcare Group Polyclinics.

2]  Includes BreastScreen Singapore (BSS) services offered by Medi-Rad Associates Ltd at Outram Polyclinic.

(ii) Public Hospitals

·         Alexandra Hospital
·         Changi General Hospital
·         Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
·         KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
·         National University Hospital (Singapore)
·         Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
·         Singapore General Hospital
·         Tan Tock Seng Hospital

(iii) National Specialty Centres

·         Institute of Mental Health
·         Jurong Medical Centre
·         National Cancer Centre of Singapore
·         National Dental Centre of Singapore
·         National Heart Centre of Singapore
·         National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore
·         National Skin Centre (Singapore)
·         Singapore National Eye Centre

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Only for subsidised patients at the Specialist Outpatient Clinics at the hospitals and specialist centres.

(ii)  Annual Medisave top-ups

Pioneers will receive Medisave top-ups yearly, for life. The amount is fixed, depending on the year the Pioneer was born.

Born in | Amount of Medisave top-up
1945 – 1949 | $200
1940- 1944 | $400
1935-1939 | $600
1934 or earlier | $800

(iii)  Pioneer Generation Subsidies for MediShield Life Premiums

Pioneers will receive generous generous Pioneer Generation Subsidies of between 40 – 60%, depending on age.

(iv) Pioneer Generation Disability Assistance Scheme

Pioneers with moderate or severe disabilities can receive cash assistance of $1,200 per year to help with their care expenses.

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ElderShield, introduced in September 2002, is an affordable severe disability insurance scheme designed to help Singaporeans meet with expenses incurred in the event of severe disability. ElderShield premiums can be paid with Medisave or cash.

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Singapore Community Healthcare Services For The Elderly 

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Singapore Community Healthcare Services For The Elderly 

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Nowadays, many elderly prefer to live in a environment that they are familiar with.Such as being together with their family members and friends.However, if the elderly or the family is unable to provide care to the elderly,community healthcare services may be required to help the elderly remain n at home.
Community healthcare services may be provided:
1)Home based
Healthcare services are provided within the homes of the older persons. They include medical,nursing and palliative care services.
2)Centre based
Healthcare services are provided within a centre.The elderly will attend these centers during the day,usually on a regular basis,but will go back to their own homes for the night.

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Singapore Residential Healthcare  Services For The Elderly

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Singapore Residential Healthcare  Services For The Elderly

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As the elderly who become frail,sick and bedridden may need residential healthcare facilities when they are unable to care for themselves or be cared within their own homes.
The facilities are :
1)Community Hospitals
2)Chronic Sick Hospitals
3)Nursing Homes
4)Inpatient Hospice Care
5)Respite Care

1)Community Hospitals
For the convalescent sick and aged who do not require the care of the general  hospitals.
Commercial accounting systems have been introduced,providing a more accurate picture of the operating costs and instilling greater financial discipline and accountability.

2)Chronic Sick Hospitals
Provide long term skilled daily nursing and frequent medical care to older persons with advanced,complicated medical conditions ]with poor functional ability and requires a greater level of care and supervision.
Examples would include persons with tracheostomy requiring frequent suctioning, or with extensive bedsores.

3)Nursing Homes
Provide a range of services to meet the needs of the residents.The services include medical care,nursing care,physiotherapy,dietary services and dental care.

4)Provides medical,nursing and psychosocial care to patients,psychosocial support to patients' families and caregivers,and education and training in palliative care for healthcare professionals and the public.

5)Respite Care
It refers to someone else who does the caring for a short period of  time to give the full-time carer a vacation. It can last  for a few hours to a few weeks.
Respit care can be provided at the home of the patient or at an situation where the patient stays for a short-term stay.

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Singapore healthcare policies for elderly

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Singapore healthcare policies for elderly

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i found out that Singapore healthcare policies is very efficient as when an elderly fall sick, bedridden or frail, the elderly will be given residential healthcare services like community hospitals,inpatient hospice care, respite care etc. Secondly, the elderly will also earn other benefits like Community healthcare services which will include Medical home and Home hospice care
services.

Singapore ministry of health

Singapore vision about healthcare policies for the elderly is that Singapore ministry of health believes in ensuring quality and basic medical services for all ages and at the same time is trying to promote healthy living and preventive health programs and to maintain high standards, clean water and hygiene

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Holistic and affordable healthcare and elderccare

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Holistic and affordable healthcare and elderccare

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Singapore’s healthcare policy emphasises health promotion and disease prevention, promotes personal responsibility, and encourages seniors to remain healthy and active in the community for as long as possible. The Government has aggressively promoted healthy lifestyles and regular health screenings for early detection of illnesses to lessen the risk of major illnesses. It has also developed a strong network of community-based, step-down care services to support the family in its care-giving role. The implementation of an Eldercare Masterplan⁵ has resulted in more service providers offering a variety of residential, centre-based and home-based care services for seniors.

Healthcare in Singapore is based on access to good, affordable and appropriate healthcare for all Singaporeans, through a combination of market forces and Government intervention and infrastructure. Complementing these measures is the national healthcare financing framework, which is based again on individual responsibility, supported by Government subsidies. The Medisave national medical savings scheme, introduced in April 1984, helps individuals to put aside part of their income in personal accounts to meet future medical needs for themselves or their immediate family. MediShield, introduced in 1990, is a co-paid, low-cost insurance scheme, which helps meet medical expenses from major or prolonged illnesses that Medisave balances would not be sufficient to cover. MediFund>⁶ is an endowment fund set up by the Government in April 1993 to help needy Singaporeans who are unable to pay for their medical expenses.

As part of this national framework, healthcare affordability for seniors is ensured through significant government subsidies in “Class B2” and “Class C” restructured hospital wards. ElderShield was introduced in 2002; it is an insurance scheme established to cover severe disabilities, especially at old age.

Healthcare and Eldercare policies also address the basic needs of the less privileged. In 2001, an Eldercare Fund was established to subsidise step-down healthcare services to the needy. Less well-off Singaporeans have their Medisave accounts topped up when the national budget permits. Through a public assistance scheme, destitute persons also receive a monthly allowance and free medical services during occasions of illness.

Passage quoted fromhttps://www.cscollege.gov.sg/Knowledge/Ethos/Issue%201%20Oct%202006/Pages/Successful-Ageing-A-Review-of-Singapores-Policy-Approaches.aspx