Singapore legislation

Schedule 1

of Care Shield Life and Long-Term Care Bill

Schedule 1

Meaning of severe disability

FIRST SCHEDULESections 2(1) and 63Meaning of severe disabilityIn this Act, a person is severely disabled when he or she is unable to perform 3 or more of the following daily activities:

(a)

washing himself or herself in the bath or shower (including getting into or out of the bath or shower), or washing himself or herself by other means;

(b)

dressing and undressing himself or herself, or (where required) securing or fastening on, or removing from, his or her body any brace, artificial limb or other medical or surgical appliance;

(c)

feeding himself or herself;

(d)

toileting, or managing his or her bladder and bowel functions through the use of a protective undergarment or surgical appliance (where required);

(e)

walking, or moving from one room to another or on level surface;

(f)

transferring himself or herself, or moving, from a bed to an upright chair or a wheelchair, and vice versa.

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