Main Services
The Elderly Health Service provides primary health care to the elderly, which in turn improves their self-care ability, encourages healthy living and strengthens family support so as to minimize illness and disability.
Services include:
Public Health & Administration
To systematically collect and analyse information on health status of the elderly population in Hong Kong so as to provide timely health intervention programme.
Elderly Health Centres
Elderly health centres provide clinic service of health assessment, physical check up, counselling, curative treatment and health education to elderly. Elderly aged 65 and above can be enrolled as members of elderly health centres. The annual enrolment fee is $110 (Fees will be waived for Comprehensive Social Security Allowance (CSSA) recipients and those who express financial hardship). Enrolled members are provided with services of physical check up and health assessment, counselling, curative treatment, and health education. Health promotion and disease prevention programmes including annual health check are free of charge while curative service is charged at $45 per consultation.For those who wish to enroll as members,please call the nearest Elderly Health Centre for further information.
Visiting Health Teams
Visiting health teams reach out to the community to deliver health promotion programmes to increase the health awareness of the elderly and their self-care ability. Using the train- the-trainer approach, visiting health teams provide training programmes for carers to enhance their health knowledge and skills in caring for the elderly.