Annex

Table 1: Distribution of subsidised residential care places for the elderly by the administrative districts of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) in the past three years

Number of subsidised residential care places for the elderly (Note 1)
as at end March 2007 / as at end March 2008 / as at end March 2009
Central, Western, Southern & Islands / 2 563 / 2 715 / 2 747
Eastern & Wan Chai / 1 251 / 1 407 / 1 407
Kwun Tong / 1 516 / 1 646 / 1 667
Wong Tai Sin & Sai Kung / 2 399 / 2 581 / 2 607
Kowloon City & Yau Tsim Mong / 2 548 / 2 528 / 2 528
Sham Shui Po / 910 / 1 070 / 1 070
Shatin / 1 127 / 1 284 / 1 284
Tai Po & North / 2 558 / 2 620 / 2 688
Yuen Long / 1 572 / 1 725 / 1 723
Tsuen Wan & Kwai Tsing / 3 588 / 3 818 / 3 927
Tuen Mun / 1 308 / 1 441 / 1 441

Note 1: The total number of residential care places does not include self-care hostel places and home for the aged places without long-term care element. SWD has ceased to accept new applications forthese places since 1 January 2003, and has started convertingin phases the relevant places into long-term care places providing a continuum of care.

Table 2: Distribution of subsidised residential care places for persons with disabilities (PWDs) by the administrative districts of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) in the past three years

Number of subsidised residential care places for PWDs
as at end March 2007 / as at end March 2008 / as at end March 2009
Central, Western, Southern & Islands / 1898 / 1898 / 1898
Eastern & Wan Chai / 583 / 583 / 583
Kwun Tong / 655 / 696 / 751
Wong Tai Sin & Sai Kung / 1073 / 1073 / 1073
Kowloon City & Yau Tsim Mong / 337 / 337 / 337
Sham Shui Po / 611 / 611 / 641
Shatin / 802 / 853 / 1053
Tai Po & North / 482 / 502 / 502
Yuen Long / 655 / 655 / 655
Tsuen Wan & Kwai Tsing / 1308 / 1308 / 1358
Tuen Mun / 1981 / 1981 / 1981

Table 3: Total number of elders waiting for admission to subsidised care-and-attention (C&A) placesand nursing home (NH) places for the elderly, as well as the average waiting time in the past three years

Service type / Waiting list / Average waiting time
(months)
as at end March 2007 / as at end March 2008 / as at end March 2009 / as at end March 2007 / as at end March 2008 / as at end March 2009
Subsidised C&A Places(Note 2) / 16 191 / 16 705 / 17 948 / 23
(10) / 21
(9) / 22
(9)
Subsidised NH Places / 6 063 / 6 231 / 6 220 / 40 / 44 / 41

Note 2:Figures in brackets are the average waiting time for subsidised residential care places for the elderly under the Enhanced Bought Place Scheme.

Table 4: Total number of persons waiting for subsidised residential care services for PWDs and the average waiting time in the past three years

Service Type (Note 3) / Waiting list / Average waiting time (months)
as at end March 2007 / as at end March 2008 / as at end March 2009 / as at end March 2007 / as at end March 2008 / as at end March 2009
RSCCC / 22 / 61 / 64 / 3.4 / 7.9 / 13.8
LSCH / 763 / 556 / 768 / 51.5 / 34 / 22.9
HW / 511 / 570 / 638 / 5 / 4.6 / 5.6
HMMH / 1294 / 1293 / 1357 / 45.6 / 48 / 39.6
HSMH / 1819 / 1811 / 1934 / 82.8 / 78 / 51.6
C&A/SD / 352 / 333 / 381 / 40 / 38.4 / 36
HSPH / 333 / 386 / 410 / 78 / 89.6 / 112.4
C&A/AB / 87 / 57 / 52 / 6.8 / 6.2 / 2.6
SHOS / 659 / 816 / 801 / 31.2 / 20.4 / 27.2
SGH(MMHC) / 59 / 74 / 87 / 14.3 / 14.3 / 14.9

Note 3:

RSCCC = Residential Special Child Care Centre

LSCH = Long Stay Care Home

HW = Halfway House

HMMH = Hostel for Moderately Mentally Handicapped Persons

HSMH = Hostel for Severely Mentally Handicapped Persons

C&A/SD = Care and Attention Home for Severely Disabled Persons

HSPH = Hostel for Severely Physically Disabled Persons

C&A/AB = Care and Attention Home for the Aged Blind

SHOS = Supported Hostel

SGH(MMHC)=Small Group Home for Mildly Mentally Handicapped
Children/Integrated Small Group Home

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