Enhance elderly centres' outreaching efforts to singleton and hidden elderly to help them develop social life. Strengthen also the referral, counselling and support services to the elderly in need.
Provide additional subsidised day care places for frail elderly to support ''ageing in the community''. Launch a trial scheme in three districts to provide carer training and develop ''elder sitter'' services for elders in need.
Provide additional subsidised residential care places for frail elderly to meet their growing long-term care needs. Upgrade places in subvented residential care homes for the elderly to provide infirmary care.
Ongoing Initiatives
Promoting active ageing to encourage elders to lead a fruitful life.
Converting subvented residential care places into long-term care places for frail elders to meet the growing care needs of elders.
Enhancing the service capacity of subsidised home-based services for vulnerable elders in the community.
Training additional Enrolled Nurses for the welfare sector.
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