The Government is embarking on a new project to explore whether it is feasible to have live-in foreign workers to help care for several seniors sharing an apartment.
The new development comes five months after the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said that it was looking into Red Crowns Senior Living for allegedly flouting the law for hiring foreign maids by having the employment of these workers come under two of its elderly clients living in a unit.
Red Crowns Senior Living is the first company here to offer seniors shared rental apartments with live-in maid services.
The government project, called the Shared Stay-In Senior Care Services sandbox, is a collaboration between the Ministry of Health (MOH), MOM and the Care (AIC) Agency for Integrated to explore the feasibility of having a foreign live-in caregiver to help care for several seniors in one apartment.
Five private companies have been shortlisted to join forces with the government agencies in this latest initiative.
They are Red Crowns, St Bernadette Assisted Living, Econ Health & Wellness, Active Global Respite Care and TS Care Services.
According to the MOH website, a regulatory sandbox is an initiative to better understand new innovative services through working early with the industry.
This allows the Government to review effective, efficient and appropriate ways to support innovative technologies, products and services.
MOH has spoken to private companies, seniors and caregivers to hear their views on how the private sector can offer alternative eldercare options.
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