The Social Welfare Department (SWD) announced today (February 20) that starting from March 1, four additional residential care homes for the elderly (RCHEs) located in Jiangmen, Foshan and Shenzhen will become Recognised Service Providers under the Residential Care Services Scheme in Guangdong (the Scheme) to provide subsidised care and attention places for participating elderly persons.  

     The information of the additional RCHEs is as follows:
 

Name of RCHEs		Location of RCHEs
Jiangmen
1.	Jiangmen Xinhui Elderly Care Center	68 Nanan Road Lane 3, Huicheng Street, Xinhui District, Jiangmen
Foshan
2.	Foshan Nanhai Taoyuan Welfare Centre Co., Ltd (Operated under the partnership formed by Sing Yan Nursing Home Limited and a Mainland elderly service operator)	1 Zhuangyuan Road, Luocun Village, Shishan Town, Nanhai District, Foshan
Shenzhen
3.	Shenzhen Foresea Life Insurance Warm Home (Operated under the partnership formed by Beijing Elder Centre Limited and a Mainland elderly service operator)	1099 Xinan Sixth Road, Haibin Community, Xinan Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen
4.	Shenzhen Expressway Shengao Lekang Health Service (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (Guangming Social Welfare Institute) (Operated under the partnership formed by E.T. Investment Limited and a Mainland elderly service operator)	101 Guangming Social Welfare Institute, Biming Road, Guangming Street, Guangming District, Shenzhen

     Together with the existing 11 RCHEs, the total number of RCHEs registered under the Scheme will increase to 15, located in six Mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) (i.e. Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan and Jiangmen), providing more choices for elderly persons who are interested in retiring in the Mainland cities in the GBA.

     Details of the Scheme are available at the SWD website (www.swd.gov.hk/en/pubsvc/elderly/cat_residentcare/subrcheplace/guangdong/index.html).

Ends/Thursday, February 20, 2025
Issued at HKT 14:30

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