Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) – Mobility and Assistive Devices

Introduction

The Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) supports seniors to age in the community by subsidising:
 

• Mobility and assistive devices: Devices that support seniors with moving around, managing daily tasks at home, or improving their hearing and eyesight.

• Home healthcare items: Items seniors require due to their medical condition (eg catheters, milk supplements, thickeners, adult diapers, nasal tubing and wound dressings). 

This page focuses on the mobility and assistive devices subsidy. 

Details on the SMF subsidy for home healthcare items can be found here.  

What devices are covered in the subsidy?

The list of approved assistive and mobility devices are:

• Mobility aids: Walking sticks, wheelchairs, pushchairs, and motorised scooters
• Home care items: Commodes, hospital beds, pressure relief cushions, and mattresses
• Hearing aids
• Spectacles

• Specialised or customised devices: Prostheses, etc

   

If your SMF device is worn out, you may be able to apply for SMF to subsidise a replacement*. 

*Find out more about the details regarding replacements, especially the device blackout period (ie a defined period of time before it can be replaced).

How to qualify

There are a few criteria your loved one will need to meet to qualify for SMF.

How the subsidy works

If approved, SMF will fund up to 90% of the cost of the device, or the maximum device subsidy cap, whichever is lower. 

The amount of subsidy you receive will depend on your means-test result. This means there will be an amount you will need to co-pay for your device. 

Please make sure that your SMF application for the device is approved before you purchase it. Purchases made in advance cannot be reimbursed under SMF as subsidies are only provided through an approved application. 

After you submit the completed application form and all the required supporting documents, we may take up to 15 working days* to process your application. You will be informed about the outcome in writing via mail.

*The processing period is longer for motorised device applications as applicants will need to undergo assessment. It will also take longer if your submission is incomplete.

How to apply

There are several ways you can apply for SMF.
 

1. If your loved one is receiving care at any public or community hospital, day rehabilitation centre, or senior care centre 
   
   You can work directly with the therapist or medical social worker to apply for SMF. 
   
   Find out how to apply for a hearing aid.
   
   Find out how to apply for a pair of spectacles. 
    

2. Apply online
   
   You can do so using Singpass. 
   
   If you do not have Singpass, you can apply online here. 
   
   We strongly encourage you to complete and submit the application form online via your Singpass.
    

3. Apply via a hardcopy application form
   
   You can download a copy of the application form, or get it from any AIC Link.
   
   Mail the completed application form to:
   Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF)
   No. 7 Maxwell Road #04-01
   MND Complex Annex B
   Singapore 069111
   
   We seek your understanding that hardcopy applications take a longer time to process. 

Documents needed

Besides filling up the relevant application form above, you will also need to provide:

• Your loved one’s NRIC (front and back), or a copy of the Digital NRIC available on SingPass 

• Financial assistance documents if applicable (eg valid ComCare Long Term Assistance Card, Medifund, etc)
   

For motorised device applications
 

• Medical reports (eg discharge summary or doctor’s memo).

If the applicant does not have a doctor’s memo, you can download this Need for Assessment Form and get your doctor to complete it.

For incomplete applications

Please use this form to submit the missing documents as stated in the letter.