A/P Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for Social and Family Development whether the Social Services Office requires or strongly recommends that a certificate or a memo from a doctor deeming an individual medically unfit for work be provided for the purposes of evaluating an application for ComCare Long-Term Assistance.
Answer
1 ComCare’s Long Term Assistance (LTA) provides support to those who are permanently unable to work due to old age, illness or disability, and have limited or no income and family support.
2 For applicants who have clear disabilities, we do not require a doctor’s certification that they are unfit for work. For other cases, we would require certification by a doctor that they have permanent medical conditions that prevent them from working.