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ELDERLY DESERVE TO BE CARED FOR
WITH DIGNITY AND
OUR SENIOR CITIZENS DESERVE TO BE CARED FOR COMPASSION WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, WHEN OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE HELPING HAND KWAI SHING WEST CARE HOME.
THE GOVERNMENT POLICY ON ELDERLY SERVICES REMAINED, AS EXPLAINED IN THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE, TO ENCOURAGE THE ELDERLY TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES, HE ADDED.
"THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER LOOKS AHEAD TO A TIME, WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WHEN SUFFICIENT RESIDENTIAL PLACES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR ELDERLY POPULATION, MR CARTLAND SAID.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO COULD NO LONGER REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY WHETHER BY REASON OF FRAILTY OR NEED FOR CONSTANT ATTENTION WOULD RESIDENTIAL CARE BE THE APPROPRIATE SOLUTION.
"THESE ARE VERY FAR FROM BEING LEECHES ON SOCIETY, RATHER, THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR LIVES TO BUILDING UP HONG KONG AND DESERVE TO BE CARED FOR WITH DIGNITY AND COMPASSION WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES IN THEIR OLD AGE," HE CONTINUED.
HE STRESSED THAT THE COMMUNITY, HAD A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE SATISFACTORILY AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS MOST NEEDY GROUP OF ITS ELDERLY CITIZENS.
"THERE IS NO QUESTION THEREFORE THAT ADEQUATE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY MUST REMAIN A HIGH PRIORITY,' MR CARTLAND SAID.
AS REGARDS CONTROL OF HOMES, MR CARTLAND WENT ON TO SAY THAT THE NEED FOR INTRODUCING LEGISLATION WAS CLEAR NUMBERS OF PRIVATE PROFIT-MAKING HOMES, SOME WITH A SERVICES, AND THE OBVIOUS VULNERABILITY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPLOITATION.
GIVEN THE LARGE POOR QUALITY OF ELDERLY то THE
ALL
"WHILST SUCH LEGISLATION WOULD INEVITABLY HAVE TO APPLY TO HOMES, IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT IT WOULD NECESSITATE ANY CHANGES FOR SUBVENTED OR NON-PROFIT-MAKING HOMES,
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