Under the fifth wave of the epidemic, nursing homes for the elderly frequently broke out. The Hong Kong government earlier announced the establishment of an inter-departmental working group to review the anti-epidemic capabilities of the homes.
Tse Wai-hung, chairman of the Hong Kong Council for Elderly Services, said on a radio program this morning (29th) that the industry is very willing to cooperate with the authorities to make improvements. difficult to improve in a short period of time.
The government had earlier relaxed the import of foreign workers in residential institutions for a limited time. Xie Weihong pointed out that most of the applications have been approved, but there is also an outbreak in the mainland. It will take some time for recruitment, and the first batch of caregivers has not yet arrived in Hong Kong.
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The manpower environment is not a professional prevention and control environment
Hsieh Wai-hung, chairman of the Hong Kong Council for Elderly Care Services, pointed out that under the current wave of the epidemic, there is still a gap in what the institution can do. To a certain extent, it is not a professional prevention and control environment in terms of manpower and environment. It is believed that any improvement can only be done: "In the existing framework, we can do it in a very limited way."
Xie, for example, said that if the home wants residents to get injections, it takes time to communicate with their families, which is not necessarily the case; the main force of the home for the elderly is to provide care and nursing, and it is difficult to require employees to become isolation control personnel; the facilities and design of the home, They are all in accordance with the regulations of nursing homes, and it is difficult to upgrade in a short period of time.
Tse Wai-hung, chairman of the Hong Kong Council for Elderly Services, pointed out that the manpower and environment of the institutions are not a professional prevention and control environment, and there are certain constraints in improving the anti-epidemic capabilities.
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To make large-scale improvements, many aspects need to be considered
The authorities pointed out that the inter-departmental working group is primarily concerned with improving the ventilation of the residential home. Xie believes that the current residential home has a certain level of ventilation. How to improve it will need to meet the requirements of the spacing and design of the residential home, fire regulations, etc., and further communication with the group is still needed.
He admitted that there is a time limit for large-scale improvement work, and at the same time, the affordability of the residents should be considered.
He hopes that the industry and the authorities can narrow the gap between reality and ideal: "The government may want to do A, B, C, D, E, we may do A and B, but not necessarily C, D, E."
The first batch of caregivers has not yet arrived in Hong Kong
As for the government's earlier relaxation of restrictions on the importation of foreign workers in institutions, Xie said that most of the applications have been approved, but there is also an outbreak in the Mainland, and it will take some time for recruitment. A group of caregivers arrived in Hong Kong.
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