Provision of Evening Care for Adults with Disabilities to Relieve Caregivers Who Are Elderly Parents

Mr Christopher de Souza asked the Minister for Social and Family Development whether evening care can be provided for adults with disabilities so that their caregivers, such as their elderly parents, have time to rest.

MSF funds 32 Day Activity Centres, which provide full-day or part-day care programmes, typically between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm, for adults with disabilities to equip them with community living skills and activities of daily living skills and to offer caregivers respite.

Caregivers who need overnight respite due to exigencies can tap on short-term overnight respite care at Adult Disability Homes.

Caregivers of persons with disabilities who are assessed to require assistance with any Activity of Daily Living can also apply for the Migrant Domestic Worker (MDW) Levy Concession if they need more help to look after their loved ones. The concession reduces the levy for hiring an MDW from $300 to $60 per month.