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HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2017

S3.3 Rehabilitation in the Community 14:30 Convention Hall C

Rehabilitation for a Million – a Community Rehabilitation Model of New Territories West Community
Rehabilitation Day Centre
Lui WF
New Territories West Community Rehabilitation Day Centre, The Neighbourhood Advice - Action Council, Hong Kong

Introduction
The Neighbourhood Advice-Action Council (NAAC) New Territories West Community Rehabilitation Day Center (NCRC) is
one of the four community rehabilitation day centres (CRDC) under the subsidy from the Social Welfare Department of the
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. NCRC provides a holistic rehabilitation training service to
facilitate early discharge from hospital, enhance patients’ physical function, strengthen domestic and community living skills
and help integration into the community.

Scope of services
The targeted participants for service at NCRC are discharged patients aged 15 and above, and suffered from stroke,
neurological or physical impairments that affect their functional performance and in need of continuous rehabilitation training.
Our professional team includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, nurses, and CMP. Services
provided include rehabilitation training, day care or day respite for severely disabled persons, carers’ training, home visit and
acupuncture service.
Tuesday, 16 May In 2016, the total number of new intake cases was 469 cases, with referrals from Tuen Mun Hospital (403 cases), Wu Hong
Statistics

clinic (25 cases), Pok Oi Hospital (five cases), Yan Oi General Outpatient Clinic (four cases) and others (32 cases). New intake
case types were stroke (218 cases), pain (175 cases), neurological (25 cases), orthopaedic (16 cases) and others (35 cases).
For rehabilitation training, we recorded a total of 3,773 attendants with an average of 314 attendants/month, and 17,825
attendances with an average of 1,485 attendants/month. For day care and day respite, we recorded a total of 698 attendants
with an average of 58 attendants/month, and 5,582 attendances with an average of 465 attendants/month.

Service outcomes
Upon discharge from our centre, we obtained a 100% satisfactory or very satisfactory level from clients via our feedback
questionnaire.

Networking in the community
Our centre also provides further networking of services in the community, including referral to TOHC, a home-based elderly
training service; speech therapy and supported employment. These services are further referred through our social workers
for suitable clients.

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