As reported by the Ministry of Health, Singapores population will age more rapidly in the next two decades. By the year 2030, one in five Singapore citizens will be above the age of 65. As our population ages, we expect the number of people needing care and homecare assistance to increase significantly.

As home nursing care will become ever more crucial to the overall well-being of a typical Singapore family, our mission is to help towards customising high quality and yet cost effective nursing care. The ideal goal is for every subject -- either an elderly or a dependent ? to continue staying with their family in the comfort of their home. We hope to promote family core values through this initiative, relegating institutionalisation to a measure of last resort.

Driven by this mission, we founded HealthNetCafe in 2008. HealthNetCafe is a social enterprise dedicated to providing website information resources for family caregivers (and any person who needs caregiving information).

We believe that providing caregivers with comprehensive and quality information resources will assist them in taking better care of their loved ones and themselves. By creating awareness of the available and emerging resources, we hope to encourage and empower Singapore citizens (and residents) to take an active role in caring for their family members.

Through continual collaborative efforts with the various voluntary welfare organisations, healthcare institutions and business enterprises across Singapore, we have been able to create and maintain a meaningful resources platform for the community.

As a free content website, HealthNetCafe receives its funding primarily from sponsor advertisers. We provide a unique advertising platform for organisations to promote their products and services to a large and highly targeted group, namely, the family caregivers in Singapore. Please click here to learn more about our sponsor advertising programmes.

While we strive to continually make HealthNetCafe a one-stop resources hub for the Singapore family caregiver, the continual support from you ? the public and private service providers and the community at large ? is indispensable to our sustainable development. We look forward to your participation in our sponsorship programmes and resource contributions.