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Training courses for health workers
The Social Welfare Department, in conjunction with four professional health care training institutes, is organising a series of training courses to meet the demand for health care staff in residential care homes for the elderly.
The training courses are organised with a view to improving the quality of service of personnel in residential homes for the elderly, a spokesman for the department said today (Saturday).
The four institutes are the College of Nursing, Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Red Cross, the Hong Kong St John Ambulance Association and the Management Society for Healthcare Professionals. The first course will commence on September 26. "Under the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Regulation, all health workers are required, among other things, to complete training approved by the Director of Social Welfare before being qualified for registration.
"The content of the course includes basic skills in rendering health care to the elderly, with emphasis on the psychological and physical changes of the elderly," the spokesman said.
Hong Kong residents who have completed Form 3 or equivalent and are competent to complete the training course can apply. Priority will be given to those who have two or more years of working experience in services for the elderly. Copies of invitation have already been sent to elderly home operators, inviting them to recommend suitable candidates for the course.
Individuals who are interested to take up a job in elderly homes may also forward their applications to the Licensing Office of Residential Care Homes for the Elderly at Room 2354, 23rd floor, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai.
For enquiries, please call the licensing office on 2961 7221. The closing date is August 12 (Saturday).
End/Saturday, August 5, 1995