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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1991
EXPANSION OF SERVICES FOR THE AGED TO COPE WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS
ADDITIONAL PLACES THE AGED TO MEET THE THE END OF
SUFFICIENT THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO PROVIDE IN CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES AND IN HOMES FOR NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THESE SERVICES IN FULL BEFORE THE DECADE.
M.D.
MR THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE,
CARTLAND, THE OPENING CEREMONY OF TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN ADDRESSING LEUNG KWAI YEE LUTHERAN HOME FOR THE ELDERLY ON TSING YI.
THAT IN
SAID
THIS
THE MRS
THE YEARS,
NUMBER OF BY 125 PER CENT AND MEAL
HE NOTED
THE PAST FIVE CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES HAD INCREASED PLACES BY NEARLY 50 PER CENT.
THESE SERVICES WAS HOWEVER, AN EVEN MORE RAPID EXPANSION OF
WOULD REQUIRE A CONCERTED NEEDED, MR CARTLAND SAID, ADDING THAT IT EFFORT FROM BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS.
AND MEAL
GROWING
NEARLY
"ALTHOUGH THE PROVISION OF CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES PLACES IN BOTH SUBVENTED AND NON-PROFIT-MAKING HOMES HAS BEEN RAPIDLY IN RECENT YEARS, THERE ARE STILL LONG WAITING LISTS OF
JUST OVER 4,000 9,000 FOR ADMISSION TO CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES AND TO HOMES FOR THE AGED," HE SAID.
ACUTE
SHORTFALL,
MR
SAID CARTLAND
VARIOUS WITH A
IN VIEW OF THE MEASURES HAD BEEN AND WERE BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT VIEW TO SPEEDING UP THE PROVISION OF THESE SERVICES.
"SUCH MEASURES INCLUDE THE 'BOUGHT
ENCOURAGEMENT
PLACE' SCHEME
OF
IN PRIVATE NON-GOVERNMENTAL THE CONVERSION OF IN
HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY, ORGANISATIONS TO SET UP SELF-FINANCING HOMES, AND SOME EXISTING SELF-CARE PLACES IN ELDERLY HOSTELS, WHICH HAVE BEEN
AND CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES," COMPARATIVELY LOW DEMAND, INTO MEAL HE SAID.
COMBINED
ONE WITH A NOTING THAT THE HOME OPENED TODAY WAS A
45 CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES, MR CAPACITY OF 80 MEAL AND
CARTLAND UNDER THE SAME SAID THE PROVISION OF DIFFERENT BUT RELATED SERVICES
A HIGHLY
WAY TO
THE ROOF WAS
ELDERLY
RESIDENTS.
DESIRABLE
MEET
NEEDS
OF
"FOR THESE REASONS, IT HAS NOW BECOME A
то
A CONTINUUM PROVIDE ENCOURAGE AGENCIES RESPECTIVE HOMES WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT,
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GUIDING PRINCIPLE ΤΟ OF SERVICE
THEIR IN HE SAID.
AND EXPLAINED.
INFIRMARY
THE PRINCIPLE WAS SELF-CARE HOSTELS, SOME CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES
SOME
AGED
AIMED AT
PLACES
IN
CARE-AND-ATTENTION
PROVIDING SOME CARE PLACES IN IN HOMES FOR THE
HOMES,
HE
YEE,
GENEROUSLY
THE LATE MRS LEUNG KWAI THE DIRECTOR PAID TRIBUTE TO MOTHER OF URBAN COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DR RONALD LEUNG, WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED $1.5 MILLION TOWARDS THE CAPITAL COSTS OF THE HOME.
/EARLIER, DR
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