Our Services

The H.K.S.K.H. Multi-disciplinary Outreaching Support Teams for the Elderly (Kowloon Central and Kowloon East Cluster) provide free social and rehabilitation services at private, contracted and self-financing residential care homes for the elderly in Kowloon Central (Kowloon City and Yau-Tsim-Mong District), as well as Kowloon East (Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin and Sai Kung District).

The scheme delivers services through a professional team of occupational therapists and physiotherapists, who conduct clinical assessments, regular assessments, rehabilitation training for private residential care homes for the elderly, and offer professional advices and training to staff from the homes and caregivers. The scheme’s social workers also provide social services to elderly residents, which addressed their psychosocial need and enhanced their quality of life.

Moreover, the scheme offers speech therapy to residents of private, contracted or self-financing homes.

Service Objectives

• To support residents’ social and rehabilitation needs via social services and rehabilitation training
• To enhance residents’ quality of life through joining social activities
• To train those residents with swallowing problem, speech and language impairment 

Service Targets

• Residents living in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (RCHEs)
• Residents living in Contract or Self-financing RCHEs (Speech Therapy service only)
• Staff members and carers of the residents of the RCHEs (training and consultation services only)

Service Characteristics

Multi-disciplinary Services

Consists of Physiotherapists (PT), Occupational Therapists (OT), Speech Therapists (ST) and Social Workers (SW) to provide various kinds of services as below:

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16 Service Quality Standards and Services Details (Kowloon Central Cluster)

16 Service Quality Standards and Services Details (Kowloon East Cluster)