A three-year “Pilot Scheme on Support for Elderly Persons Discharged from Public Hospitals after Treatment” (the Pilot Scheme) under the Community Care Fund (CCF) was rolled out in February 2018. The Pilot Scheme aims at supporting elderly persons just discharged from public hospitals who are in need of transitional care and support, by providing them with transitional community care and support and/or residential care services. It enables them to continue ageing-in-place in a familiar community and prevents their premature long-term institutionalisation in residential care homes for the elderly. Upon its completion at the end of January 2021, the Pilot Scheme has been extended for 32 months up to the end of September 2023. The Pilot Scheme is implemented under a new mode of operation starting from October 2021 and continues to be administered by the Social Welfare Department (SWD).

You can refer to the following Social Welfare Department website.

Pilot Scheme on Support for Elderly Persons Discharged from Public Hospitals after Treatment

The source of information is provided by the Social Welfare Department