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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1987
ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE THEIR PEERS
ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS CONSTITUTE IMPORTANT ACHIEVING CARE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
HUMAN THEIR PEER SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
GROUP,
RESOURCES
DIRECTOR OF
IN
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SETTLEMENT, MRS WONG SAID THE ELDERLY COULD CONTINUE COMMUNITY AFTER THEIR RETIREMENT BY TAKING PART SERVICES, DRAWING ON THEIR RICH EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE.
THE
ST. JAMES
ΤΟ
SERVE THE
IN
VOLUNTEER
"WITH THEIR PRECIOUS WORKING EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE IN LIFE, COUPLED WITH PATIENCE, CARE, TIME AND PROVIDE SERVICES COMPLEMENTARY TO THOSE WORKERS.
"OUR WORKERS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO IN THE AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ORGANISING THERAPEUTIC PLANS,
1 SHE SAID.
WERE BEING EXERCISE MUTUAL
SHE POINTED OUT THAT "SELF-SERVICING PROGRAMMES' PROMOTED TO ORGANISE GROUPS WITH IDENTICAL NEEDS TO SUPPORT AND HELP.
OF
THE
SKILLS, THE ELDERLY CAN
PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL
CONCENTRATE
THEIR EFFORTS DIAGNOSES,
"LIKEWISE,
ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME EFFECT.
SERVICES ΤΟ THE UNDERSTAND THEIR OTHER, SHE
"THEY ARE EFFECTIVE IN THE PROVISION OF ELDERLY BECAUSE THEY SHARE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND PROBLEMS, THUS MAKING IT EASIER TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH SAID.
SHE NOTED THAT OLD PEOPLE STAYING IN HOSTELS OR HOMES DEPENDED HEAVILY ON OTHERS.
THE
**
NORMALLY
EXAMPLE ELDERLY FORMED
THIS PHENOMENON COULD BE CHANGED, SHE SAID, CITING THE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S SHELTERED HOUSING FOR IN WAN CHAI WHERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT UNITS THEMSELVES INTO A COMMITTEE AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED OPINIONS,
IN REFLECTING CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR HOSTELS ORGANISATION OF ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS CARING FOR OTHER NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
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AND THE ELDERLY IN
SERVICES
OF
ISOLATED, UNATTENDED.
SOME ELDERLY PERSONS RARELY MAKE USE OF THE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY AND THEY MAY RE SOCIALLY WORRIED AND LACK OF CONCERN, AND SOME MAY EVEN BE SICK OR THIS IS WHERE THE ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS COME IN.
ESTABLISHED
DAILY
THROUGH CONCERN VISITS, A FRIENDSHIP TIE COULD BE WITH THEIR DEPRIVED PEER GROUP, IN ADDITION TO MAKING THEIR OWN LIFE MORE INTERESTING,
/"FURTHERMORE, THEY