Respite Service for the Elderly in Hong Kong

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A pilot project on respite service for the elderly was established in 1989 in Hong Kong. Both the idea of respite service and its practice model were borrowed from the western societies; it was not clear how well the Chinese elderly people and their families would accept this new service. An evaluative study was thus designed to find out the effectiveness of the pilot project. Data were collected from two sources: the elderly clients who have received respite service and their principal carers. The findings indicated that Ihe average utilization rate of the service was low and a seasonal fluctuation existed with much higher rates during the summer months. Ninety-three percent of the princi- pal carers were satisfied with the service and 76% of them would consider re-using the service. Nearly half of the carers previously considering institutions changed their minds. Attitudes towards car- ing relationship after using the service, of both the elderly clients and their principal carers, however, showed cont...

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