Residential Care Homes of Enhanced Bought Place Scheme
Introduction
SWD has purchased places from private homes for the elderly under the Enhanced Bought Place Scheme (EBPS) since 1998, with a view to upgrading the service standard of these homes through enhanced service requirements in terms of staffing and space standard. This also helps to increase the supply of subsidised places so as to reduce elders' waiting time for subsidised care-and-attention places.
Nature of Services
Private homes for the elderly participating EBPS provide residential care, meals, personal care and limited nursing care for elders who suffer from poor health or physical/mild mental disabilities with deficiency in activities of daily living.Eligibility Criteria
Same as Subvented Care and Attention Homes for the Elderly.
Service Requirements on Area of Floor Space per Resident and Staffing
| EA1 | EA2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Area of Floor Space per Resident | 9.5 m2 | 8 m2 |
| The details of staffing requirements for a private residential home for elderly providing 100 care and attention places are as follows (including substitute employees)： | ||
| Home Manager | 1 | 1 |
| Registered / Enrolled Nurse | 5 | - |
| Physiotherapist / Occupational Therapist | 1 | - |
| Health Worker | 4 | 9 |
| Care Worker | 20 | 20 |
| Ancillary Worker | 11 | 8.5 |
| Total | 42 | 38.5 |
Monthly Fee
EA1 places: $1,763
EA2 places: $1,656
List of EBPS Homes
Please browse the List of EBPS Homes.
Residential respite service
All EBPS homes provide residential respite service by using casual vacancies of subsidised places. Besides, most EBPS homes provide designated residential respite places. For details of residential respite service for elders and relevant information, please browse the following web page:
Residential Respite Service for Elders