Service District

Tuen Mun

Service Objectives
Enhanced Home and Community Care Services (EHCCS) are home-based community care services providing a range of care and support services to frail elderly persons aged 60 or above living in the community and who are assessed and recommended for Community Care Services or Residential Care Services under the Standardised Care Need Assessment Mechanism for Elderly Services.

The services aim at facilitating service users to continue ageing in place for as long as possible and maintaining their optimal level of functioning, while providing various kinds of support and assistance to carers.
Targets Groups

• Elderly persons
  - Aged 60 or above living in the community and not receiving institutional service; and
  - Assessed and recommended for Community Care Services or Residential Care Services under the Standardised Care Need Assessment Mechanism for Elderly Services.

• 。Carers of the service users of IHCS (Frail Cases) / EHCCS

Scope of Services
Services provided to frail cases include :

- Care management and assessment	- Home respite service
- Personal care	- Household cleaning service
- Basic and special nursing care	- Escort service
- Rehabilitation exercises	- Counselling service
- Environmental risk assessment and home modifications	- Carer support and training
- Speech therapy	- 24-hour emergency support
- Meal service	- Arranging respite service

The scope and frequency of services will be designed by the IHCS / EHCCS Teams according to the needs of individual frail elderly persons.

Enquiry and application

• Integrated Family Service Centres / Integrated Services Centres
• Medical Social Services Units
• District Elderly Community Centres / Neighbourhood Elderly Centres
• Enquiry telephone numbers and addresses of all IHCS / EHCCS Teams can be downloaded from the SWD homepage at www.swd.gov.hk

Services provided may be stopped under the following circumstances

• Away from service more than 30 days continuously
• Health improved without need for services
• Admitted to other service
• Moved to another district / boundary
• Self- withdrawn

>> Leaflet of Tuen Mun Enhanced Home & Community Care Service (Chinese version only)