Community & Charities
Elderly Services
Club-funded hospice care facility responds to city’s growing number of aged terminally ill patients
05/10/2017
Hong Kong is facing a rapidly ageing population, with the number of seniors suffering from chronic and terminal illnesses also on the increase. When patients are suffering terminal illnesses and days can no longer be added to their lives, hospice care can add life to their final days.
To help increase the number of hospice places available to Hong Kong people, the Club’s Charities Trust has granted the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care funding to construct the Jockey Club Home for Hospice (JCHH), a home-like nursing home where aged terminally ill patients can spend their last days with their families. A three-year Jockey Club Inpatient Hospice Care Subsidy Programme has also been established, which enables people in financial difficulties to stay at the Home and enjoy the service.
The four-storey JCHH provides 30 beds for terminally ill patients within a total floor area of 5,400 square feet. In addition the hospice is expected to provide home care support to over 1,000 people each year, while 5,000 will attend its day care service and 1,000 carers will join its training programmes.
The Trust’s total donation covers the HK$170 million cost of constructing and equipping the facility, plus another HK$22 million to implement the subsidy programme, which will cover palliative services and support for low-income groups and is expected to benefit over 500 underprivileged patients and their family members.
