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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1987

ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE THEIR PEERS

ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS CONSTITUTE IMPORTANT ACHIEVING CARE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR

HUMAN THEIR PEER SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

GROUP,

RESOURCES

DIRECTOR OF

IN

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SETTLEMENT, MRS WONG SAID THE ELDERLY COULD CONTINUE COMMUNITY AFTER THEIR RETIREMENT BY TAKING PART SERVICES, DRAWING ON THEIR RICH EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE.

THE

ST. JAMES

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SERVE THE

IN

VOLUNTEER

"WITH THEIR PRECIOUS WORKING EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE IN LIFE, COUPLED WITH PATIENCE, CARE, TIME AND PROVIDE SERVICES COMPLEMENTARY TO THOSE WORKERS.

"OUR WORKERS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO IN THE AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ORGANISING THERAPEUTIC PLANS,

1 SHE SAID.

WERE BEING EXERCISE MUTUAL

SHE POINTED OUT THAT "SELF-SERVICING PROGRAMMES' PROMOTED TO ORGANISE GROUPS WITH IDENTICAL NEEDS TO SUPPORT AND HELP.

OF

THE

SKILLS, THE ELDERLY CAN

PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL

CONCENTRATE

THEIR EFFORTS DIAGNOSES,

"LIKEWISE,

ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME EFFECT.

SERVICES ΤΟ THE UNDERSTAND THEIR OTHER, SHE

"THEY ARE EFFECTIVE IN THE PROVISION OF ELDERLY BECAUSE THEY SHARE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND PROBLEMS, THUS MAKING IT EASIER TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH SAID.

SHE NOTED THAT OLD PEOPLE STAYING IN HOSTELS OR HOMES DEPENDED HEAVILY ON OTHERS.

THE

**

NORMALLY

EXAMPLE ELDERLY FORMED

THIS PHENOMENON COULD BE CHANGED, SHE SAID, CITING THE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S SHELTERED HOUSING FOR IN WAN CHAI WHERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT UNITS THEMSELVES INTO A COMMITTEE AND WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED OPINIONS,

IN REFLECTING CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR HOSTELS ORGANISATION OF ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS CARING FOR OTHER NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

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AND THE ELDERLY IN

SERVICES

OF

ISOLATED, UNATTENDED.

SOME ELDERLY PERSONS RARELY MAKE USE OF THE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY AND THEY MAY RE SOCIALLY WORRIED AND LACK OF CONCERN, AND SOME MAY EVEN BE SICK OR THIS IS WHERE THE ELDERLY VOLUNTEERS COME IN.

ESTABLISHED

DAILY

THROUGH CONCERN VISITS, A FRIENDSHIP TIE COULD BE WITH THEIR DEPRIVED PEER GROUP, IN ADDITION TO MAKING THEIR OWN LIFE MORE INTERESTING,

/"FURTHERMORE, THEY