9 Best Home Nursing & Caregiver Agencies in Singapore (August 2026)

Before the list, here is the criteria I use when judging any home care provider. This is a decision about someone vulnerable in your own home, so the bar is higher than for most services.

• Licensing you can verify. Under the Healthcare Services Act, home care providers should be licensed by the Ministry of Health (MOH). For clinical work, the nurse should hold a valid practising certificate from the Singapore Nursing Board. I favour licensed providers over platforms that simply connect you to freelancers with no accountability.
• The right level of care. A registered nurse is wasted on tasks a trained caregiver can do, and a caregiver cannot legally give injections or manage a complex wound. A good agency assesses the situation honestly and matches the right person, rather than upselling you.
• Subsidy know-how. Eligible seniors can access subsidies and grants through the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), including the Home Caregiving Grant. Providers that are AIC-listed and walk you through the paperwork save you real money.
• Consistency of the care team. An elderly person does better with a small, familiar team than a different stranger every visit. I look for agencies that keep continuity and brief the next carer properly.
• Clear scope and pricing. Home care is stressful enough without surprise charges. The HealthHub caregiving resources are a good primer, and the best agencies are upfront about what a visit covers and what it costs before you commit.

Get this distinction right and everything else gets easier, so it is worth a minute. These three roles overlap in people's minds but they are genuinely different jobs with different price tags.

Home nursing is clinical. A registered or enrolled nurse comes to the home to do things that need a licence: dressing a surgical or pressure wound, giving injections, inserting or flushing a urinary catheter, managing a nasogastric or PEG feeding tube, caring for a stoma or tracheostomy, and monitoring vital signs after a discharge. If a doctor sent your parent home with a procedure to keep up, this is what you need.

A home caregiver or care aide handles daily living instead: bathing and toileting, helping someone move safely, feeding, medication reminders, light exercise, and simple companionship. This can be hourly, part-time, or a live-in arrangement for someone who cannot be left alone. A medical escort is a narrower service, someone to accompany a frail person to and from a clinic or hospital appointment, often with wheelchair transport. Many families combine all three, and it pairs naturally with the right mobility aids and, where recovery is the goal, home physiotherapy. When care at home is no longer enough, my guide to the best nursing homes in Singapore is the next step.

Here is the quick reference I would use to narrow the shortlist. The right choice depends mostly on whether you need clinical nursing or daily caregiving, and whether you need visits or a live-in carer.

Prices vary with the level of care, the length of the visit, and whether you qualify for subsidies, so treat these as ballpark market ranges for 2026 rather than quotes. Always ask each agency for a written breakdown before you commit.

The single biggest lever on cost is subsidy eligibility. If your loved one is a Singapore citizen or permanent resident who is homebound, it is well worth checking what you qualify for through AIC before paying full private rates, because the difference can be dramatic.

How much does home nursing cost in Singapore?

A registered nurse home visit in Singapore typically costs from around S$60 to S$150 per visit in 2026, depending on the procedure and how long it takes. A trained home caregiver usually runs about S$20 to S$40 per hour, and a live-in care aide roughly S$600 to S$1,200 a month before placement costs. These are private full rates. Eligible seniors can bring the cost down substantially through government subsidies, so always ask each provider what you qualify for before assuming you will pay the full amount.

Are there subsidies for home care in Singapore?

Yes. The Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) administers subsidies and grants for eligible Singapore citizens and permanent residents, including the Home Caregiving Grant for those who need help with daily activities, and means-tested subsidies for home nursing and home personal care. Payouts from CareShield Life or ElderShield can also help. Providers like NTUC Health and TOUCH work within these schemes and can guide you through the assessment and paperwork, which is often the hardest part.

What is the difference between home nursing and a home caregiver?

Home nursing is clinical work done by a registered or enrolled nurse, such as wound care, injections, tube feeding, and catheter management. A home caregiver, or care aide, is not a nurse and instead helps with daily living: bathing, mobility, feeding, medication reminders, and companionship. If a doctor sent your loved one home with a procedure to maintain, you need a nurse. If they mainly need help getting through the day safely, a caregiver is the right, and more affordable, choice.

How do I choose between visit-based care and a live-in caregiver?

Visit-based care suits specific tasks and post-discharge recovery, where a nurse or caregiver comes for an hour or two at set times. A live-in caregiver suits someone who genuinely cannot be left alone, such as a person with advanced dementia or severe frailty who needs supervision around the clock. Live-in care costs more per month but less per hour of coverage. Many families start with visits and move to a live-in arrangement, or a maid-caregiver, as needs increase.

Are home nursing agencies in Singapore regulated?

Home care providers should be licensed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) under the Healthcare Services Act, and nurses doing clinical work must hold a valid practising certificate from the Singapore Nursing Board. Caregiver placement agencies also need a valid employment agency licence. My advice is to verify licensing before you engage anyone, and to prefer a licensed provider over an informal platform that simply matches you with freelancers who carry no accountability.

Here is something I notice constantly while researching providers like these: in home care, trust is everything, and yet many excellent agencies have websites that quietly undermine it. Slow load times, no clear explanation of nursing versus caregiving, hidden pricing, and no mention of MOH licensing or subsidies all make an anxious family click away to a competitor who explains things clearly.

When someone is searching for home nursing in Singapore, they are usually stressed and comparing two or three agencies in one sitting. A fast, reassuring website that explains your services, spells out your credentials, and shows up on Google for the searches families actually type will win that comparison. I have written a detailed guide on digital marketing for healthcare businesses in Singapore that covers SEO, Google Ads, and reviews for exactly this kind of provider.

If you run a home care or nursing agency and want a website that turns worried searches into enquiries, get in touch for a free consultation. You can also explore my web design services to see how I work. And if you are caring for an ageing parent, my related guides to the best nursing homes in Singapore and the best mobility aids in Singapore are worth a read too.

A registered nurse home visit in Singapore costs from about S$60 to S$150 per visit, depending on the procedure and duration. A trained home caregiver runs roughly S$20 to S$40 an hour, and a live-in care aide about S$600 to S$1,200 a month before placement costs and levy.

These are private full rates, so check what subsidies your parent qualifies for first.

A home nurse is a registered or enrolled nurse who can do clinical work: wound dressing, injections, catheter and feeding-tube care, and vitals monitoring. A caregiver or care aide handles daily living, so showering, feeding, mobility, toileting and company, but cannot perform clinical procedures.

Most families need far more caregiver hours than nurse visits, which is also the cheaper combination.