SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1988
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DISABLED URGED TO REGISTER NEED FOR SERVICES
REGISTER WITH THE SERVICES, A
DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES SHOULD SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THEIR NEEDS FOR REHABILITATION SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
LAU KAI-CHUEN,
CHIEF SOCIAL WORK OFFICER (REHABILITATION), MR SAID THAT TWO SPECIAL UNITS WERE SET UP BY THE DEPARTMENT
AND EFFECTIVE USE OF YEAR TO HELP IN THE EFFICIENT FACILITIES FOR PRE-SCHOOL DISABLED CHILDREN AND DISABLED ADULTS.
BARLY THIS REHABILITATION
SITUATION OF THESE INPUTS ABOUT THE DEMAND AND THE PLACEMENT
KNOWN AS THE CLIENT GROUPS ARE PROCESSED AND KEPT AT THE TWO UNITS,
FOR DISABLED PRE-SCHOOLERS AND THE CO-ORDINATED REFERRAL SYSTEM CENTRAL REFERRAL SYSTEM FOR DISABLED ADULTS.
THE MAXIMUM UTILISATION OF
"SUCH DATA ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO EXISTING FACILITIES AS WELL AS FOR PLANNING PURPOSE," MR LAU SAID.
HE NOTED THAT ESTIMATES OF DEMAND FOR
REHABILITATION SERVICES
OF RELIABLE PREVALENCE RATES
HAD ALWAYS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT TASK IN THE ABSENCE DATA, ADDING THAT PROJECTIONS DERIVED FROM OVERSEAS HAD BEEN PROVED TO BE NOT REALISTIC FOR THE LOCAL SITUATION.
CAN IN WAITING THIS
THE DEPARTMENT SYSTEMS, "WITH THE SETTING UP OF THE TWO
THE ACTUAL BY USING
ENROLMENT ADOPT A MORE PRAGMATIC APPROACH
OF DISABLED PERSONS ON THE EXISTING SERVICES, THE NUMBER
CENT OF 30 PER ADDITIONAL LISTS, AS WELL
HE SAID. 'EXPRESSED DEMAND TO PROJECT THE 'HIDDEN DEMAND',
AS AN
ARBITRARY
MORE ACCURATE PICTURE "THE SYSTEMS CAN PRESENT US WITH A
AND HELP SITUATION
PREVENT DOUBLE OR THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND MULTIPLE-WAITLISTING WHICH MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST.
NECESSARY
OF
BVEN
CHANGING NEEDS OF 'QUEUE' FROM
THE ADOPTION OF CRITERIA AS FAR AS
BASIS OF NEEDS,
AND
ONE
"THEY ALSO ALLOW FREQUENT UPDATING OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF APPLICANTS TO EFFECT A CHANGE
AND ENABLE SERVICE TO ANOTHER WHEN UNIFORMITY IN REFERRAL PROCEDURES AND ADMISSION POSSIBLE WITH PRIORITY FOR URGENT REFERRALS ON THE HE SAID.
TO COME HE URGED DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO REGISTER THEIR NEEDS FOR ANY REHABILITATION SERVICES OR ANY IN SERVICE REQUIRED.
FORWARD CHANGE
"IN MAKING
THEIR NEEDS KNOWN,
THEY WILL NOT
ONLY
HELP
GOVERNMENT
THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT WILL ALSO HELP THE TO ACHIEVE BETTER PLANNING FOR REHABILITATION SERVICES," HE ADDED.
OF ANY
THE SWD FAMILY SERVICES OR THE OFFICES OF WELFARE
THE TELEPHONE OR
CENTRES, AGENCIES
SWD
HOTLINE
THEY CAN CONTACT MEDICAL SOCIAL SERVICES UNITS PROVIDING REHABILITATION SERVICES 3-432255.
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