Services for Older Persons in Hong Kong 2002
(Sources:
Information from the briefing session of 2001 Policy Address “ Care for the
Elderly” organized by Social Welfare Department)
Objectives:
-
To provide residential care and facilities
for those who, for health, social and other reasons, are unable to live at
home
- To promote or maintain the health of the elderly person as far as possible, and assist them with their varying personal care needs and daily living activities
-
To meet the social and recreational
needs of the residents and promote interpersonal relationships among residents
in the homes.
| Service Types | Service Content | No. of places |
|
Hostel |
Provides communal living accommodation, organized programmes and round the clock staff support to elderly persons who are capable of self-care.
|
276 |
|
Home for the Aged |
Provides residential care, meals and a limited degree of assistance in activities of daily living for elderly persons who are unable to live independently in the community. However, they are not dependent on assistance with personal or nursing care.
|
8802 |
|
Care & Attention Home |
Provides residential care, meals, personal care and limited nursing care for the elders who suffer from poor health or physical/mild mental disabilities with deficiency in activities of daily living but mentally suitable for communal living. |
16425 subvented place: 10222 self-financing : 1696 BPS and EBPS: 4507 |
|
Nursing Home |
Aims to provide residential care to the elders who, as a result of deterioration in their health condition, cannot be adequately cared for in Care-and-Attention Homes and yet do not require the intensive medical and nursing care provided in infirmaries |
1400 |
|
Continuum of Care |
The Social Welfare Department has chosen three residential care homes for the elderly to join the pilot project on Continuum of Care. The objective of continuum of care is to enable residential care homes to have the flexibility to use resources to employ staff, hire services and organize therapeutic and training programmes, etc. |
450 |
|
Dementia Unit |
A 3-year pilot project on DUs was launched in April 1999 in 5 subvented residential care homes, which provide specific care, structured training and rehabilitation programmes for demented elders. |
144 places provided in 5 C&A Homes |
|
Residential Respite Service |
Provides temporary or short-term residential care service for the elders. It serves the objectives of providing temporary relief to family members or relatives who are the main carers of elders requiring a certain degree of personal care whilst residing in normal environment within the community. |
11 designated places in 11 RCHE and some causal vacancies in Home for the Aged |
Average Waiting Time in RCHE
As at
|
Self Care Hostel for the Elderly |
: 9 months |
|
Home for the Aged |
: 20 months |
|
Care and Attention Home |
: 23 months |
|
- Subvented |
: 34 months |
|
Bought Place Scheme Enhanced Bought Place Scheme |
: 10 months |
|
Nursing Homes |
: 16 months |
Medical infirmary
As
at 9/2001, the waiting list of medical infirmaries under administration of
Hospital Authority is 3,664. They are older persons mainly from residential
homes:
|
Residential Care Home |
No of applicants |
|
Subvented self care
hostels/ homes for the aged |
43 |
|
Subvented care and attention homes |
1,090 |
|
Subvented nursing homes |
64 |
|
Non-subvented residential homes for the old people |
2467 |