Hong Kong (HKSAR) –
Following is a question by the Hon Wong Kwok-kin and a written reply by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, in the Legislative Council today (January 6):
Question:
A spate of cases of residents of residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) being abused have occurred in recent years. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(a) of the number of complaints received in each of the past three years by the authorities which involved residents of RCHEs being abused; the major types of such complaints; the respective numbers of subvented and private RCHEs as well as those which have participated in the Bought Place Scheme involved in such cases; among such cases, the numbers of those which had been substantiated, and whether the authorities had imposed penalties on such RCHEs; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;
(b) given that elder abuse cases have still occurred from time to time, whether the authorities will review afresh in what aspects the regulatory system for RCHEs are inadequate and adopt improvement measures; and
(c) whether the authorities will request the various types of RCHEs to employ additional staff so as to improve the staff-to-resident ratio, with a view to upgrading the quality of services and reducing the occurrence of elder abuse cases?
Abridged
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