PROGRAMME
27
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991
UNIT
1981/82 PROVISION
1991/92 PROVISION
INCREASE
SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
SINGLE AND COMBINED
CENTRE
247
416
169
CHILDREN AND YOUTH
CENTRES
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK
SOCIAL
120
150
30
WORKER
OUTREACHING SOCIAL TEAM
20
24
WORK
FINANCIAL PROVISION
SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY
$26M
$422M
$396M (+1523%)
13.
THE POLICY COMMITMENTS FOR ELDERLY SERVICES AS SET OUT IN THE 1979 WHITE PAPER WERE :
14.
(A)
(B)
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE; AND
TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY, TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL CARE SUITED TO THEIR VARYING NEEDS.
THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF EXPANSION IN COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES WERE :
(A) TO PROVIDE 1,600 ADDITIONAL HOME FOR THE AGED PLACES BY
1982/83;
(B)
TO PROVIDE
4 CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME PLACES FOR EVERY 1,000 POPULATION AGED 60 AND OVER;
(C)
TO PROVIDE MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES ON A DISTRICT BASIS WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING A MINIMUM OF 17 SUCH CENTRES OVER THE WHOLE TERRITORY;
(D)
TO PROVIDE DAY CARE CENTRES ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS WITH A VIEW TO FURTHER DEVELOPING SUCH FACILITIES; AND
(E) TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 117 SOCIAL CENTRES AND TO ACHIEVE A TARGET OF ONE CENTRE FOR EVERY 20,000 OF THE POPULATION.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE PAST TEN YEARS IN ACHIEVING THESE TARGETS.
15.
/16. A COMPARISON