Introduction on Integrated Home Care Services IHCS

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Introduction on Integrated Home Care Services
(IHCS)

• Mrs Yuk Kwok Lai-sum
• Chief Social Work Officer (Elderly)1
• Social Welfare Department
• 21 and 22 July 2004

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Mission and Aims of IHCS

• actualize the concepts of ageing in
  place and continuum of care
• provide holistic care and support service to the
  elders, disabled and needy families living in the
  community according to their individual needs

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Target Groups

• Elderly persons
• People aged 60 or above.
• Disabled persons
• People with disabilities including those with
  mental handicap, physical handicap or mental
  illness.
• Individuals and families with social need
• Individuals who are suffering from chronic
  illness or ill health, or families which
  encounter difficulties arising from desertion,
  sudden illness, hospitalization, imprisonment,
  death, etc.

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Categories of Service Groups

• After re-engineering home-based services, the
  classification of cases is as follows
• (1) Frail Cases
• Elderly persons cases who suffer from moderate
  to severe level of impairment, and require a
  comprehensive package of service
• People with Disabilities those severely
  physically handicapped persons who require a
  comprehensive package of service.

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Categories of Service Groups (contd)

• (2) Ordinary Cases
• Cases who suffer from no to mild level of
  impairment or disability, or those cases that are
  assessed at moderate or severe level of
  impairment but require only personal care and
  home-making service.

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Scope of Service (for frail cases)

• Service Operator provide and arrange the
  following services --
• Care management
• Nursing care
• Personal care

• Restorative and maintenance rehabilitation
  exercises
• Short-term/ part-time centre-based day care
  service (PWDs can obtain such services from
  rehabilitation service units)
• Support Service

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Scope of Service (contd)

• Carer support service
• Home respite, day respite and residential respite
  service (PWDs can obtain such services from
  rehabilitation service units)
• Out-of-hour emergency support
• Environmental risk assessment and home
  modifications
• Home-making service e.g. household cleaning,
  changing of bed sheets and pillowcases, purchase
  of necessities, laundry, meal preparation, etc.
• Provision of meals and
• Transportation and escort service.

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Fee-charging

• It is based on a sliding scale with reference to
  individual or family income.

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