Application procedures
The Central Waiting List accepts requests for long term care services only on a referral basis. Applicants or persons acting on behalf of the applicants may approach the following referring offices for raising the request:
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Integrated Family Service Centres (IFSCs)/Integrated Services Centres (ISCs); |
(b) |
Medical Social Services Units (MSSUs); |
(c) |
District Elderly Community Centres (DECCs) / Neighbourhood Elderly Centres (NECs); |
(d) |
Others service units e.g. Family and Child Protective Service Units (FCPSU), Integrated Services for Street Sleepers, etc. |
For service users of subsidised places under the Enhanced Bought Place Scheme (EBPS) and service users of Day Care Centres for the Elderly, they may approach the referring offices listed above to raise their requests for other long term care services if the services they are receiving no longer meet their care needs.
Existing users of the following services may raise their request with their service providers for long term care services if they find the services they are receiving no longer meeting their care needs and the service providers acting as responsible workers may make appropriate referrals in respect of their users' needs:
(a) |
Subvented Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (RCHEs) / Contract Homes; |
(b) |
Integrated Homes Care Services Teams (IHCS) / Enhanced Home and Community Care Services (EHCCS); and |
(c) |
Day Care Units for the Elderly attached to DECCs/RCHEs. |
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