This document discusses technologies and initiatives in Singapore that support caregivers. It outlines the different types of caregivers, including formal caregivers like foreign domestic workers, and informal caregivers like family members. It then describes the multiple needs of dependent individuals that caregivers support, such as environmental, financial, medical, and legal needs. The document proceeds to discuss specific technologies and initiatives that help caregivers, including teleconsultations, environmental upgrades, app services, financial considerations, legal tools, remote patient monitoring, chatbots, and organizations that provide caregiver support and education.

1. TECHNOLOGIES AND
INITIATIVES SUPPORTING
CAREGIVERS IN SINGAPORE
DR TAN JIT SENG
SENIOR HOMECARE PHYSICIAN
LOTUS ELDERCARE HEALTH SERVICES
WELLDERLY PTE LTD

2. CAREGIVERS WHO?
• Formal
• Foreign Domestic Worker, trained (Golden Lotus Academy), untrained – experience / inexperience
• Informal
•Children – Daughters / Sons
•Spouses
• Grandchildren – Granddaughters / grandsons
• Relative
• Friend / Neigbour

3. MULTIPLE
NEEDS FOR A
DEPENDENT
INDIVIDUAL
Environmental
Financial
Care giving
Medical
Monitoring
Legal
Social
Spiritual

4. TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES – TELE
CONSULTATIONS

5. TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES – POLICIES ON
ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADES
• EASE program (Enhancement for
Active Seniors)
• Slip resistance treatment to flooring
esp. toilets and bathrooms
• Ramps
• Grab bars
• SMEF (Senior Mobility and Enabling
Funds)
• Equipment / Devices
• Hospital beds
• Wheelchairs
• Pressure relieving mattress
• Consumables
• Diapers
• Nasogastric tubes and catheters
• Formula feeds
• Transportation

6. TECHNOLOGIES
AND INITIATIVES
– APP SERVICES

7. TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES – FINANCIAL
CONSIDERATIONS
• Disability Long Term Care insurance
• Eldershield +/- Rider schemes by
various private insurers
• IDAPE (Interim Disability Assistance
Programme for the Elderly)
• PG-DAS (Pioneer Generation
Disability Assistance Scheme)

8. TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES – LEGAL
CONSIDERATIONS
• Lasting Power of Attorney
 Legal document backed by Mental
Capacity Act
• Advance Care Planning (ACP)
 General ACP Discussions
 Disease Specific ACP
 Preferred Plan of Care

9. TECHNOLOGIES
AND INITIATIVES
– REMOTE
MONITORING
Remote wound monitoring with
A.I. , remote vital signs monitoring,
including blood pressure,
respiratory rate, pulse oximeter,
auscultation of lung sounds,
telemetry, temperature, weigh,
activity monitor etc even
ultrasound images!

10. TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES – CHATBOTS
FOR PATIENT AND CAREGIVERS
• https://www.facebook.com/chatyour
self/
• Chatbots for caregiver dealing with
terminally ill patients
• E.g Afterlife

11. WELLDERLY

12. GOVERNMENT
SCHEME MADE SIMPLE
• Recently release by Centre
for Seniors

13. TECHNOLOGIES AND INITIATIVES –
ORGANIZATIONS IN SINGAPORE
• Disease specific and general –
• Example:
• Courses and workshops supporting
caregivers
• http://eldercaregivers.strikingly.com/
• Dementia support Groups
• ADA (Alzheimer Disease
Associations
• Stoke Support Groups
• S3 http://www.s3.org.sg/
• Parkinson’s Disease Support Group
• Http://www.parkinson.org.sg/
• Religious Support Groups

14. QUESTIONS?
Thank you!
drtanjitseng@lotuseldercare.com.sg
drtan@Wellderly.sg
@LEGeriatronics