Home Improvement Programme (HIP) and Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) Scheme

Debated in Parliament on 16 Sep 2013.

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Chen Show Mao asked whether the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) and Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) scheme include bathroom remodelling for wheelchair accessibility and, if not, whether such works could be added as an option for households with elderly or disabled members.
Khaw Boon Wan explained that HIP addresses flat maintenance issues like concrete spalling and leaks, while EASE provides specific senior-friendly fittings such as slip-resistant floors, grab bars, and ramps to aid mobility within the flat.
Khaw noted that EASE already supports wheelchair users through cost-effective ramps between areas like the kitchen and bathroom, and that extensive bathroom remodelling goes beyond HIP and EASE objectives, though residents can pursue such works independently with HDB approval.

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Chen Show Mao

Mr Chen Show Mao asked the Minister for National Development whether the current scope of the Home Improvement Programme or the

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Enhancement for Active Seniors scheme includes remodelling works of bathrooms to make them accessible to wheelchairs and commodes for households with handicapped or non-ambulatory elderly occupants and, if not, whether the Ministry will consider including the works as an improvement that such households may opt for.

Khaw Boon Wan

The Home Improvement Programme (HIP) and the Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) programme serve different objectives. HIP helps flat owners to deal with common maintenance problems related to ageing flats, such as spalling concrete and ceiling leaks. EASE helps them with useful and commonly required home enhancement fittings for the elderly.

Specifically, EASE offers elderly residents options covering three types of improvements in their flats (a) slip-resistant treatment to existing floor tiles of bathroom/toilet; (b) grab bars; and (c) ramps to main entrance/within flat. The inclusion of ramps under EASE is to facilitate mobility of wheelchair and commode users within the flat. Such ramps may be installed between the kitchen and the bathroom, and are cost-effective. EASE users have expressed satisfaction with such solutions.

Extensive remodelling works for the bathroom go beyond the objectives of HIP and EASE. Those residents who wish to carry out their own improvement works to their flats may do so, with HDB's approval.

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Chen Show Mao asked whether the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) and Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) scheme include bathroom remodelling for wheelchair accessibility and, if not, whether such works could be added as an option for households with elderly or disabled members.
Khaw Boon Wan explained that HIP addresses flat maintenance issues like concrete spalling and leaks, while EASE provides specific senior-friendly fittings such as slip-resistant floors, grab bars, and ramps to aid mobility within the flat.
Khaw noted that EASE already supports wheelchair users through cost-effective ramps between areas like the kitchen and bathroom, and that extensive bathroom remodelling goes beyond HIP and EASE objectives, though residents can pursue such works independently with HDB approval.

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Home Improvement Programme (HIP) and Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) Scheme

Debated in Parliament on 16 Sep 2013.

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Chen Show Mao asked whether the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) and Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) scheme include bathroom remodelling for wheelchair accessibility and, if not, whether such works could be added as an option for households with elderly or disabled members.
Khaw Boon Wan explained that HIP addresses flat maintenance issues like concrete spalling and leaks, while EASE provides specific senior-friendly fittings such as slip-resistant floors, grab bars, and ramps to aid mobility within the flat.
Khaw noted that EASE already supports wheelchair users through cost-effective ramps between areas like the kitchen and bathroom, and that extensive bathroom remodelling goes beyond HIP and EASE objectives, though residents can pursue such works independently with HDB approval.

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Chen Show Mao

Mr Chen Show Mao asked the Minister for National Development whether the current scope of the Home Improvement Programme or the

Page: 123

Khaw Boon Wan

Extensive remodelling works for the bathroom go beyond the objectives of HIP and EASE. Those residents who wish to carry out their own improvement works to their flats may do so, with HDB's approval.

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Chen Show Mao asked whether the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) and Enhancement for Active Seniors (EASE) scheme include bathroom remodelling for wheelchair accessibility and, if not, whether such works could be added as an option for households with elderly or disabled members.
Khaw Boon Wan explained that HIP addresses flat maintenance issues like concrete spalling and leaks, while EASE provides specific senior-friendly fittings such as slip-resistant floors, grab bars, and ramps to aid mobility within the flat.
Khaw noted that EASE already supports wheelchair users through cost-effective ramps between areas like the kitchen and bathroom, and that extensive bathroom remodelling goes beyond HIP and EASE objectives, though residents can pursue such works independently with HDB approval.

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