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About Social Residential Homes (SRHs)

Social Residential Homes (SRHs) provide residential accommodation and any of the following: (i) biopsychosocial intervention, (ii) care, or (iii) support to carry out daily living activities, to vulnerable persons. These homes cater to various profiles, including children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.​ 


MSF oversees a range of SRHs that provide short- to long-term residential care, such as:​ 

  1. Children's Homes 

  2. Children Disability Homes​  

  3. Sheltered Homes​  

  4. Welfare Homes​ 

  5. Adult Disability Homes​   

  6. Adult Disability Hostels  


Under the Social Residential Homes Act (SRHA), these residential homes will require a valid licence to operate. For more information on the licence classes under SRHA and how they apply to these residential home types, please refer to Classes of Licence.


If you operate a similar residential facility or service that houses any of the following groups and is not a healthcare premise, you may also require a SRHA licence:

  • Children, who are 21 years of age or younger
  • Elderly persons, who are 60 years of age or older
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Destitute persons


You may write in to MSF_RPL@msf.gov.sg if you are unsure whether you need a SRHA licence, or have further licensing-related enquiries.

 

Children’s Homes provide residential care for children and young persons (“CYPs”) between the age of 3 to 18 years who require care, protection or rehabilitation.

Children’s Homes seek to provide CYPs with a safe and supportive environment to:  

  • Meet the physical, social, psychological and emotional needs of CYPs; 
  • Facilitate recovery and build resilience of CYPs; and
  • Facilitate the reunification/reintegration of CYPs back to their families or communities.

Children Disability Homes provide long-term residential care to children with disabilities below 18 years old who are neglected or whose caregivers are unable to care for them effectively, and short-term respite care if their families are unable to provide care temporarily.

For more information on Children Disability Homes and the application process, please contact SG Enable.

Sheltered Homes provide residential care primarily to ambulant low-income seniors who have no alternative living arrangements.

Sheltered Homes seek to provide seniors with a supportive environment to meet their physical, psychological and emotional needs, thereby supporting seniors’ successful reintegration into the community.

For more information on Sheltered Homes and the application process, please visit the Agency for Integrated Care website.

Welfare Homes provide residential care to destitute individuals, as defined in the Destitue Persons Act. These individuals may have complex needs such as chronic psychiatric conditions or addiction issues.

Welfare Homes seek to achieve the following: 

  • Rehabilitate residents and maintain their emotional, physical and social well-being and functioning; and 

  • Facilitate residents’ reintegration into the community, where possible.

Agencies and members of the public may call the ComCare hotline at 1800-222-0000 to enquire about admission into Welfare Homes.

Adult Disability Homes provide long-term residential care for adults with disabilities who are neglected or whose caregivers are incapable of providing care.

Short-term respite care can also be provided for adults with disabilities whose caregivers are temporarily unable to provide care for them.

For more information about Adult Disability Homes and the application process, please visit the SG Enable website.

Adult Disability Hostels provide alternative accommodation for adults with disabilities who do not require institutional care but are unable to live with their families.

Adult Disability Hostels also provide short-term residential-based training in work and life skills, with the aim of enabling adults with disabilities to resume independent living back at their own homes or in alternative forms of assisted community living.

For more information about Adult Disability Hostels and the application process, please visit the SG Enable website.