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Number of Non-Residential Long-Term Care Facilities

Ministry of Health (MOH) annual statistics on non-residential long-term care capacity in Singapore. The CSV dataset counts centre-based care facilities, home-care providers, and home palliative care providers under MOH subvention and AIC referral rules described in the official metadata. Ageing and health services researchers can map how community-based eldercare infrastructure has evolved from 2006 to 2022. Definitions distinguish SPICE, IHDC, home medical, and palliative services for consistent interpretation.

Official description

Number of Centre-Based Care Facilities, Number of Home-Care Providers, Number of Home Palliative Care Providers - Centre-based Care Facilities refer to eldercare centres that provide Day Care, Dementia Day Care, Community Rehabilitation and/or Singapore Programme for Integrated Care of the Elderly (SPICE)/Integrated Home and Day Care (IHDC) services. Only includes facilities which are receiving subvention from MOH and/or are receiving referrals from AIC. - Home Care includes Home Medical and Home Nursing services. Only includes providers which are receiving subvention from MOH. A single provider operating multiple branches is only counted once. - Home Palliative Care includes Palliative Nursing, Palliative Medical and Psychosocial services. Only includes providers which are receiving subvention from MOH. A single provider operating multiple branches is only counted once.

Published by
Ministry of Health
Update frequency
annual
Datasets
1

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CSV 51 rows

Number of Non-Residential Long-Term Care Facilities

Ministry of Health CSV of non-residential long-term care providers in Singapore from 2006 through 2022, covering centre-based care facilities, home care providers, and home palliative care providers by year and service type. Ageing and health planners monitor community and home-based care capacity.

Ministry of Health