MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1990
MR M.D.
TOLD CARTLAND, PURCHASED 243 PLACES IN 21
72 ADDITIONAL
PLACES IN
THE
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MEETING THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD SO FAR PRIVATE HOMES AND HAD COMMITTED TO BUY FOUR MORE HOMES IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
AN
PLACES PROGRESSIVELY
FROM
243 SWAC MEMBERS ALSO LEARNED THAT WITH BOUGHT UP TO AUGUST THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 252 ELDERLY APPLICANTS THE SWD CENTRAL WAITING LIST HAD BEEN ADMITTED TO THESE PLACES.
PLACEMENT
BEEN RELIEVED FROM
THESE 252 ELDERLY PERSONS HAVE BENEFITTED FROM EARLY AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE THE BURDEN OF TAKING CARE OF THEM.
ELDERLY
IN MAY 1989, SWAC ENDORSED A FROM PRIVATE HOMES FOR THE SCHEME WAS IMPLEMENTED LAST OCTOBER.
PROPOSAL OF BUYING 500 PLACES ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS. THE
THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME AIMS AT PROVIDING
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE
FOR:
THE
STANDARDS SO EXISTING PRIVATE HOMES TO RAISE THEIR SERVICES
ΤΟ CLOSE THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE
DOWN WHEN LEGISLATIVE CONTROL OVER HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY IS INTRODUCED; AND
STANDARD ΤΟ BE
* ADDITIONAL PRIVATE PLACES OF AN ACCEPTABLE
ESTABLISHED SO AS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF PLACES.
"SINCE ON THE VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION SCHEME, MR CARTLAND SAID:
OF
PLACE THE BOUGHT
IN ANNOUNCEMENT
SCHEME
JULY 1989, 58 JULY AND APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BETWEEN THE THREE MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER 1989.
TO
33 COMPARED
PRIMARILY, IF BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME, HE
**THE SHARP INCREASE BY 75 PER CENT, AS APPLICATIONS RECEIVED OVER THE PRECEDING 10 MONTHS, IS NOT SOLELY, DUE TO THE ATTRACTION OF THE ADDED.
THAT THE NUMBER OF HOMES MR CARTLAND INFORMED SWAC MEMBERS PENDING REGISTRATION UPON IMPROVEMENTS TO REACH REGISTRATION STANDARDS IS 69, WITH 3,206 BEDS.
"
THESE HOMES WILL BE REGISTERED ONCE REGISTRATION STANDARDS, HE STRESSED.
TT
THEY HAVE
ATTAINED
THE
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