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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991

FOR

LEGISLATION ON HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE PIPELINE

* * * * *

SET STANDARDS FOR

HOSTELS

LEGISLATION IS IN THE PIPELINE TO TH- ELDERLY, BE THEY PRIVATELY

OR RUN, NON-PROFIT-MAKING BID TO SAFEGUARD THE WELFARE OF OLD SUBVENTED, IN A

PEOPLE IN MR M.D. CARTLAND, RESIDENTIAL CARE, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

ADDRESSING IN MR CARTLAND WAS

CANTONESE

OF THE OPENING

THE

IN

YAN OI TONG TIN KA PING HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY AT LONG PING ESTATE YUEN LONG.

"IN

VIEW

"

OF THE AGEING POPULATION, EXTENSIVELY EXPAND RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR THEM, HE SAID.

THERE 19 A AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT

NEED SERVICES

TO

BE INCREASED AN ESTIMATE

HE NOTED THAT THE NUMBER OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WOULD FROM THE PRESENT 750,000 TO MORE THAN 974,000 BY 2,000, IN THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990'S AND BEYOND.

"TO HELP TO MEET THE

AND

INCREASING DEMAND FOR SERVICES

SHOULD FOR ACHIEVE A

11

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS GOVERNMENT

AN POOL THEIR RESOURCES IN ELDERLY,

ATTEMPT SUCCESS, MR CARTLAND ADDED.

TO

THE THE GREATER

TUEN MUN IN ON THE WORK OF YAN OI TONG, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN

WELL-ESTABLISHED 1977, HE SAID OVER THE PAST 14 YEARS IT HAD BECOME A CHARITABLE ORGANISATION PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES THE YOUNG AND THE OLD.

FOR

"IT IS ALSO ENCOURAGING TO KNOW THAT THE ORGANISATION HAS TRYING TO EXTEND ITS SERVICES TO OTHER DISTRICTS, INCLUDING MR CARTLAND ADDED. WAI, KAM TIN, TAI PO AND TSEUNG KWAN O,"

BEEN

SHUI

"

0

NURSES' ROLE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

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NURSES HAVE AN IMPORTANT

ΤΟ ROLE

PLAY IN THE

DELIVERY

OF ENTER

TODAY

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC) SERVICES IN HONG KONG WHICH WILL SOON

S.H. LEE, SAID NEW

ERA, (WEDNESDAY).

A

THE DIRECTOR

OF

HEALTH, DR

SPEAKING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR THE NURSES OF THE WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, DR LEE SAID NURSES COULD HELP PROMOTE AS OUT-PATIENT EDUCATION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL ATTENDANTS BY PROVIDING COUSELLING AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

TUNG

HEALTH

CLINIC

+

"NURSES CAN ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

PRACTISE OWN HEALTH PROBLEMS, TO UTILISE HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH, HE SAID.

A HEALTHY FACILITIES,

TO UNDERSTAND LIFESTYLE, AND TO

THEIR

ΤΟ IMPROVE

BETTER

THEIR

/"THIS CAN