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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1988
PROBLEMS OF HOME CARE FOR ELDERLY TAKEN CARE OF
SOCIAL WORKERS
PROBLEMS FACED BY PEOPLE
THE
WILL TRY TO AMELIORATE OR RESOLVE
WHO PROVIDE HOME CARE то THE ELDERLY,
CHAMBERS, SAID IN THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON
LIU LIT-FOR. MR CHAMBERS CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT THAT ELDERLY SAID SOCIAL WORKERS WERE VERY
PRESSURES AND PEOPLE BEING LOOKED AFTER AT HOME COULD CREATE CERTAIN
STRAIN, FOR MEMBERS OF DIFFICULTIES, SUCH AS PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL THE HOUSEHOLD.
THE
IN ASSESSING THE NEEDS OF AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO LIVED WITH
ALL THE FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES, FAMILY, A SOCIAL WORKER HAD TO STUDY
MEMBERS OF INCLUDING ITS RESOURCES AND WHAT PROBLEMS WOULD BE MET BY THE HOUSEHOLD, SAID MR CHAMBERS.
HELP WOULD
BE THEN
BY
GIVEN THE IN FORM SUCH SUPPORT DAY CARE
MORAL OF AS HOME MULTI-SERVICE
SUPPORT,
OR HELP, CENTRES OR
PROVISION OF COMMUNITY
SERVICES PROVIDED
SERVICES CENTRES,
SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, HE NOTED.
NECESSARY,
CASH ASSISTANCE
CAN
ALSO BE PROVIDED,
SCHEME," HE
**WHERE THROUGH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR THE SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE SAID.
MR
WHEN THE PROBLEMS FACED BY CHAMBERS ADDED THAT
PERSON WOULD HOUSEHOLD PROVED TO BE INSURMOUNTABLE, THE ELDERLY CONSIDERED FOR PLACEMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME.
THE BE
CAN BE
TEMPORARY BASIS
"IF THOSE WHO PROVIDE HOME CARE FALL ILL, ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR THE ELDERLY PERSONS TO BE ACCOMMODATED ON A IN A HOME FOR THE AGED OR IN A CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME.
GIVEN ΤΟ PROVIDING A 'RESPITE FOR THE ELDERLY WOULD BE AFTER ELDERLY RELATIVES A
MR CHAMBERS SAID.
"CONSIDERATION IS ALSO BEING SERVICE' WHEREBY TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED IN ORDER TO GIVE THOSE WHO LOOK BREAK FROM THESE DUTIES FROM TIME TO TIME.
I
HE SAID SEVERAL ACADEMIC STUDIES OF SERVICES FOR FACED BY PEOPLE INCLUDING RESEARCH INTO THE PROBLEMS HOME CARE, HAD BEEN PROPOSED.
THE WHO PROVIDED
ELDERLY,
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