The Pilot Scheme on Community Care Service Voucher will also increase the maximum number of vouchers from 8,000 to 12,000. Those who can receive home support services will increase from 9,000 to 11,000. Allowances for elderly caretakers under the Community Care Fund will be regularized and subsidies will be raised. However, those who attend must serve in the social welfare sector for at least three years after graduation. Rehabilitation Alliance Hong Kong suggested that the Labour and Welfare Bureau and the Social Welfare Department formulate a policy to protect the well-being of carers by periodically replacing them with temporary staff to give them some "breathing space."

Source: The Standard October 20, 2022 07:14 UTC