MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1986
ABOUT HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY HAD FALLEN ILL IN THE PREVIOUS THREE MONTHS, AND MOST HAD SOUGHT TREATMENT FROM LOCAL CLINICS WHICH MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THEIR NEEDS FOR SPECIALIST TREATMENT.
THE SURVEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHEME FOR THE ELDERLY SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED BY INVITING PARTICIPATION FROM MORE PRIVATE DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS IN THE AREA.
IT ALSO SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENT CLINICS SHOULD PROVIDE PRIORITY TREATMENT TO THE ELDERLY, THE NUMBER OF DOCTORS SHOULD BE INCREASED AND CONSULTATION HOURS EXTENDED. HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES SHOULD ALSO BE INTRODUCED IN THE AREA.
AS MORE THAN 90 PER CENT OF THE ELDERLY RELIED ON BUS AS THEIR CHIEF MODE OF TRANSPORT AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BUS ROUTE PLYING BETWEEN SHEK O AND SHAU KEI WAN, THE SURVEY CALLED ON THE BUS COMPANY TO IMPROVE THE FREQUENCY OF THE ROUTE AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR DETOURS TO BIG WAVE BAY VILLAGE.
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER GREEN MINIBUS ROUTES TO LINK SHEK O WITH OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
ON MEETING THE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY THE SURVEY SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE SPECIAL GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA AND PROVIDE A CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN STANLEY AND SHEK O. THE PRESENT POLICY THAT ONE SUCH CENTRE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR 30 000 POPULATION SHOULD NOT APPLY TO STANELY AND SHEK 0.
AS AN INTERIM MEASURE, AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SHOULD ARRANGE MORE OUTREACH SERVICES SUCH AS OUTINGS AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOR OLD PEOPLE.
THE SURVEY ALSO FOUND THAT MOST OF THE ELDERLY KNEW LITTLE ABOUT ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO THEM ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM SAID THEY HAD DIFFICULTY LOOKING AFTER THEMSELVES. THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, DISABILITY ALLOWANCES, HOME HELP AND COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES WAB MINIMAL.
THE SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE PUBLICITY ON THESE SERVICES, AND THAT IF SERVICES LIKE HOME HELP AND COMMUNITY NURSING WERE TO BE STRENGTHENED IN THE AREA, HIGHER PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO MA HANG WHERE THERE WERE MORE OLD PEOPLE LIVING ALONE.
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