The Social Welfare Department (SWD) announced today (Jan. 27) that starting from Feb. 1, two additional residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) located in Guangzhou and Dongguan will join the Residential Care Services Scheme in Guangdong as Recognised Service Providers (RSPs).
Together with the existing 24 RCHEs, the total number of RCHEs participating in the Scheme will increase to 26, with full coverage of the nine Mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), offering more choices to Hong Kong elderly people who wish to retire in the GBA. Elderly persons who are waitlisted for subsidised residential care services on the Central Waiting List and would like to join the Scheme may contact their responsible workers to apply. The information on the additional RCHEs is as follows:
The SWD is receiving a new round of applications for RCHEs to join the Scheme. Eligible Hong Kong operators planning to apply within this year for including their RCHEs located in the GBA, operated either on their own or under partnership with Mainland elderly service operators, in the Scheme shall submit their applications on or before April 30 this year. Results are expected to be announced by year's end. Details of the Scheme are available on the SWD website.
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