How to become an aged care services manager
Official title: Aged care services manager
Also called: Community aged care manager, Elderly care home manager, Nursing home director, Nursing home manager, Retirement village manager, Community aged care manager, Nursing home director
Aged care services manager plans, directs, coordinates and evaluates the provision of residential and personal care services for individuals and families who are in need of such services due to the effects of ageing.
Main tasks
- Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organisation or centre
- Directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance and other personnel
- Establishing objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for units they manage
- Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for nursing, personal care, technical, and administrative staff
- Coordinating and administering welfare programmes and care services for the elderly
- Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
- Liaising with other health and welfare providers, boards and funding bodies to coordinate the provision of services
- Representing the organisation in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums
Ways in
- University: Nursing & Midwifery degrees, Offered by 2 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $93,108 a year. The middle half earn $73,092 to $119,964 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an aged care services manager?
Ways in include: Nursing & Midwifery degrees.
How much does an aged care services manager earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $93,108 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $73,092 to $119,964.
Will AI change the work of an aged care services manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026