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service for elderly people
Outreach service
6. Dr. CHIU asked:
Given that outreach social work for the elderly is now provided by only a few voluntary agencies on a very limited scale, will Government inform this Council what role it. plays in the provision of this service at present and whether it has any plans to expand this service?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
sir,
Although there is no specific programme as such
for the provision of outreach services to the elderly,
this does not mean that considerable effort is not put
into reaching out to elderly people in their own homes.
Various services are provided which cater for different
needs.
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Firstly, social workers from the Social Welfare
Department's Family Services Centres reach out to
individual elderly people who have been identified or
reported as being in need of care and assistance.
Secondly, social workers from the Social Welfare
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pepartment's Youth and Community Offices and Group Work
Units, as well as volunteers from a number of subvented
do and non-subvented welfare agencies, visit the elderly and