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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1939
FAMILIARISATION VISIT TO PRIVATE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MRS ELIZABETH WONG, TODAY THE ELDERLY IN (FRIDAY) VISITED 104 RESIDENTS OF A PRIVATE HOME FOR KWAI CHUNG TO FAMILIARISE HERSELF WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE SERVICES THERE.
THE
ELDERLY
THE HOME IS ONE OF THE PRIVATE HOMES POR REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE VOLUNTARA REGISTRATION SCHEME.
A REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE WOULD BE ISSUED TO THES HOMES IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION STANDARDS.
MRS WONG WAS IMPRESSED BY THE ENVIRONMENT AND FACILITIES PROVIDED BY THE HOME. SHE POINTED OUT THAT SERVICES OF PRIVATE HOMES WERE USEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROPER RESIDENTIAL CARE REPRESENTED AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN WELFARE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
SOCIAL ENDORSED BY THE
WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE THE ELDERLY WAS VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION SCHEME FOR PRIVATE HOMES FOR
CONTROL LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR IN PREPARATION FOR LEGISLATIVE IN MID-1990.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE SCHEME IS TO ASSIST OPERATORS OF
FOR PRIVATE PRIVATE HOMES TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE OF PRACTICE
HOMES OF SERVICE то FOR THE ELDERLY AND TO PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS.
THE REGISTRATION STANDARDS INCLUDE MANPOWER, SPACE, SAFETY FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
AND
MRS WONG COMMENDED THE HOME FOR ITS SPIRIT OF CARE AND CONCERN FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE AND ITS SUPPORT IN ENHANCING SERVICE STANDARDS.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED MANY ON ENQUIRIES FROM OPERATORS OF PRIVATE HOMES OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS THE VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION SCHEME AND THAT THE REACTION
ENCOURAGING.
SHE ALSO
WAS
APPEALED ΤΟ OPERATORS OF PRIVATE HOMES FOR THE
ΤΟ SCHEME
WRITE ELDERLY WHO WISH TO JOIN THE VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION
DEPARTMENT'S TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE
REGISTRATION OFFICE OF PRIVATE
HOMES
ELDERLY FOR THE
AT 215T FLOOR, WORLD TRADE
280 CENTRE, GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG OR TELEPHONE 5-773942.
MRS WONG ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF HER VISIT TO PRESENT YEAR LAI-SEE TO RESIDENTS OF THE PRIVATE HOME. IN TURN, SHE WAS A HANDICRAFT SOUVENIR MADE BY THE ELDERLY PEOPLE.
NEW
OIVEN
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