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Report on the Foundation
基金報告

P
roviding community-based support for the elderly
提供社區為本的長者支援服務

Fostering aging-in-community: 推動社區安老 —「社區護士‧衛星
Improving elderly medical care through 分佈」先導計劃提升長者醫療服務
Community Nurse – Satellite Distribution Project

Mr Lau Tat Chuen, Director of the Sino International Industrial 管理科學系系主任陳友華教授及他的研究
(Group) HK Ltd, made a donation to support a community 團隊獲香港華創國際實業（集團）有限
service project of Professor Chen You-hua Frank, Head 公司董事長劉達泉先生支持，開展「社區
of the Department of Management Sciences. Partnering 護士•衛星分佈」先導計劃。該計劃與
with the Hong Kong Christian Service and the Salvation 香港基督教服務處及香港救世軍合作，
Army, the Community Nurse – Satellite Distribution Project 旨在推動社區安老，透過「熱圖」方式，
promotes aging in the community by identifying high-risk 呈現九龍中各區域有健康風險的長者分佈
elderly people in the Kowloon Central cluster to provide 情況，協助伊利沙伯醫院有效規劃其衛星
planning data for Queen Elizabeth Hospital to help it 式社區醫護站點的分配，以充分利用有限
allocate satellite nursing stations to cope with limited 的醫護資源。
healthcare resources.

為了減少入院率及再入院率，以及長期
The project aims to help minimize hospital admissions,
院舍照顧的比例，計劃將以社區為中心
readmissions and long-term care responsibilities by 推行「周全性老年醫學評估」，聘請護士、
conducting a Community-based Comprehensive Geriatric
社工及精神健康專業人士對有健康風險的
Assessment of high-risk older people through home visits Annual Report 2016–2017 年報
by nurses, social workers, and mental health professionals. 長者進行上門探訪。計劃預期可令1,500名
長者受惠。
Some 1,500 elderly residents in the Kowloon Central cluster
are expected to benefit from the project.

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