Briefing on Extension of Integrated Home Care Services (IHCS) (Frail Cases) to People with Disabilities (PWDs)

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Briefing on Extension of Integrated Home Care
Services (IHCS) (Frail Cases) to People with
Disabilities (PWDs)

• Mrs Kathy Ng
• Assistant Director of Social Welfare (Elderly)
• Social Welfare Department
• 21 and 22 July 2004

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Purposes of the Briefing

• To understand the background of the service
  extension to PWDs
• To introduce the implementation details and
  procedures of the service extension
• To share the experience in delivering IHCS to
  PWDs
• To introduce the community support services on
  rehabilitation

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Background of IHCS

• 60 district and agency based Integrated Home
  Care Services Teams (IHCSTs) were formed in the
  territory during the Re-engineering Exercise on
  Community Support Services for Elders in April
  2003 by
• Transforming the then 25 Home Care and meal Teams
  (set up in 1999 and 2000 respectively) and
• Upgrading the then 138 Home-Help Teams (HHTs)
  with dditional resources
• Only 1 HHT left in Tung Chung Area

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Background of IHCS (Contd)

• Under the IHCST, there are two service groups
• Frail cases (1 120 quota in all districts)
  service provision similar to Enhanced Home and
  Community Care Services (EHCCS)
• Ordinary cases (no fixed quota) service
  provision similar to HHT.
• During the upgrading exercise, IHCSTs have also
  taken up 37 PWD cases under frail case quota.
• After Central Waiting List for elders was in
  place on 28 November 2003, the subject on PWDs
  access to IHCS (frail cases) was deliberated
  among parties concerned.

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Extension of IHCS (Frail Cases) to PWDs

• Target PWDs
• Suffer from severe level of physical disabilities
  with care need levels equivalent to the
  eligibility of HSPH or CA/SD, and
• Not receiving any regular day rehabilitation
  services

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Admission requirement

• Confirmed to be severe impairment level by
  Minimum Data Set-Home Care under Standardized
  Care Need Assessment Mechanism (Elderly
  Services) and
• Require a comprehensive service package by IHCS
  (Frail Cases)

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Service provision to PWDs

• IHCSTs to provide
• Similar service provision as elder users
• Care and maintenance services instead of
  intensive rehabilitation training and treatment
  programmes

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Meetings among HKCSS, IHCSTs and related Branches
on service extension to PWDs

• 2 March 2004
• 18 May 2004

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Support to IHCSTs

• Training
• 4 classes (each with 60 capacities) including 2
  for professional staff and 2 for care workers
  providing a total of 240 training places
  conducted from end June to early August 2004
• Further training for 4 classes will be scheduled
  in Q3 and Q4 2004/05

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Support to IHCSTs (Contd)

• Strategic alliance
• Strategic alliance and sharing on care experience
  between IHCSTs and rehabilitation service units
  is encouraged
• Information distribution of pamphlets and
  information briefs etc. were shared between
  IHCSTs and rehabilitation service units in June
  2004 to facilitate mutual understanding of
  service provision
• Sharing session between IHCSTs and community
  support services units on rehabilitation was held
  on 20 July 2004
• SCNAMO(ES)s and PCTs will assist in strategic
  alliances as far as possible in the districts

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Time schedule for implementation

• Implementation date of IHCS extension to PWDs is
  scheduled on 16 August 2004 (Monday)
• The referring procedures will be distributed and
  uploaded in SWD Homepage in early August 2004

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Thank You !