Silver Generation Office (SGO) Home Visits

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Ms Anthea Ong
Nominated MP

Question No. 1398

To ask the Minister for Health (a) to date, what is the total number and average number of referrals made by the Silver Generation Office (SGO) to healthcare and social service providers; and (b) how many SGO home visits resulted in applications being filed respectively for (i) Interim Disability Assistance Scheme for the Elderly (IDAPE) (ii) Pioneer Generation Disability Assistance Scheme (PioneerDAS) (iii) Seniors' Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) (iv) Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE); (v) Caregivers Training Grant (CTG) (vi) Medifund (vii) ComCare and (viii) Community Health Assistance Scheme (CHAS).

Answer

1       Following home visits, Silver Generation Ambassadors (SGAs) or Officers may make recommendations to seniors to apply for healthcare and social support schemes or referrals to providers of other healthcare or social services that meet the seniors’ needs.

2       For engagements by SGAs between 1 Mar 2019 and 31 Jul 2019, the number of applications for different support schemes and referrals to other service providers subsequently are as follows.¹

Table 1: Number of Applications Filed/Referrals After Engagement by SGAs
From 1 Mar 2019 - 31 Jul 2019

¹ Some of these applications may not be a direct result of the engagements as they could be initiated due to other factors subsequent to the engagement.

² Seniors typically apply for MediFund after receiving financial counselling at a public healthcare institution, which is thereafter approved by the institution’s Medifund Committee.