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? 需要一般起居照顾及/或有限度的护理服务;
? 适合过群体生活,例如没有侵略或暴力行为;
以及 ? 没有患传染病.
「长者暂托服务」 分为哪几类?如何申请? 日间暂托服务 ? 由全港的受资助长者日间护理中心/单位提供服务. ? 服务时间为星期一至六,上午八时至下午六时,但视乎中心的实际 开放时间而定. ? 申请人可致电或直接前往各长者日间护理中心/单位提出申请, 亦可经由福利或医疗机构转介. 住宿暂托服务 ? 除了津助护理安老院和合约安老院舍内的指定暂托宿位,所有的 津助安老院、津助护养院、合约安老院舍和所有参加「改善买位 计划」的私营安老院均可使用其偶然空置的资助宿位提供住宿暂 托服务. ? 如欲申请及预约使用这项服务,可联络综合家庭服务中心、医务 社会服务部、长者地区中心、长者邻舍中心、长者活动中心、长 者日间护理中心/单位、改善家居及社区照顾服务、综合家居 照顾服务和家务助理的个案工作者以便转介. 服务收费多少? 收费是根窭啾鸺笆褂萌帐宥,详情如下: 查询: 社会福利署出版 政府物流服务署印(所用纸张取材自可再生林木) 社会福利署安老服务科 二零一八年十月 Respite Service for Elders Helps Share the Care of Elders 「长者暂托服务」专为在社区中生活,但在个人照顾方面需要家人 或亲属协助的长者提供临时的日间照顾或短暂的住宿服务.这项服 务旨在支援及分担主要护老者长期照顾长者的责任,并让他们在有 需要时能得到短暂休息的机会,从而鼓励及协助长者尽量继续留在 社区居住. ? 申请人可及早安排和预约使用暂托服务.长者可多次使用这项服 务,但一年内最多只可累积42天的住宿期. 如有查询,可联络就近的福利服务单位,或致电社会福利署热线 (2343 2255);
有关服务详情,包括提供长者暂托服务的受资助长者 日间护理中心/单位及安老院舍名单,可於社会福利署网页 (www.swd.gov.hk) 浏览及下载. 长者日间护理中心/单位 : 每日41.5元 安老院宿位 护理安老宿位 合约安老院舍宿位 护养院宿位 : 每日52元:每日62元:每日62元:每日72元What is 'Respite Service for Elderly Persons'? 'Respite Service for Elderly Persons' provides temporary day care service or short-term residential service for elderly persons. It serves the objective of providing support and temporary relief for family members or relatives who are the main caregivers of elderly persons requiring a certain degree of personal care whilst residing in the community. It aims at encouraging and helping elderly persons to continue living in the community as long as possible. What are the eligibility criteria? Elderly persons are considered eligible for respite service if they are: ? in need of general personal care and/or limited nursing care;
? suitable for communal living, e.g. without aggressive or violent behaviour;
and ? not suffering from contagious disease. What are the types of 'Respite Service for Elderly Persons'? Day Respite Service ? Service is provided by all subvented day care centres/units for the elderly (DEs/DCUs) across the territory. ? Service provision is from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from Mondays to Saturdays, depending on the actual opening hours of the centres. ? Applicants may call or approach DEs/DCUs direct or request referrals through welfare or medical organisations. Residential Respite Service ? There are designated places for respite service including care-and- attention (C&A) places in subvented residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) and C&A or nursing home (NH) places in contract homes. ? Residential respite service is also provided in all subvented RCHEs, subvented NHs, contract homes and private homes participating in the Enhanced Bought Place Scheme through the use of casual vacancies of the subsidised places. ? What is the fee? The rate of fee-charging depends on the type of service and number of service days as listed below: Day Care Centre/Unit for the Elderly Home-for-the-Aged places Care-and-Attention places Contract Home places Nursing Home places Enquiry For enquiry, please contact welfare service units located in the neighbourhood or Social Welfare Department (SWD) Hotline (2343 2255). Details of the service, including the lists of subvented DEs/DCUs and RCHEs providing respite service for elderly persons can be viewed and downloaded on SWD Homepage at www.swd.gov.hk. Respite Service for Elders Helps Share the Care of Elders Application and reservations can be made through referrals by caseworkers of Integrated Family Service Centres, Medical Social Service Units, District Elderly Community Centres, Neighbourhood Elderly Centres, Social Centres for the Elderly, DEs/DCUs, Enhanced Home and Community Care Services Teams, Integrated Home Care Services Teams, and Home Help Team. Elderly Branch ? Social Welfare Department ? October
2018 ? aged
60 or above;
? Applicants may plan in advance and make reservations for the service. The service can be used repeatedly, but the maximum accumulative duration of stay is
42 days within a year. Respite Service for Elderly Persons : $41.5 per day : $52 per day : $62 per day : $62 per day : $72 per day