Main Service Areas

Elderly Health Service

Elderly Health Service

The Elderly Health Service (EHS) was established in 1998 to enhance primary health care to elderly people living in the community, improve their self-care ability, encourage healthy living and strengthen family support so as to minimise illness and disability.

Services include:

Clinic Service

The 18 Elderly Health Centres aim to address the multiple health needs of the elderly by providing integrated primary health care services to them. Preventive, promotive and curative services are provided from a family medicine perspective using a multi-disciplinary team approach. Elders aged 65 or above are eligible for enrolling as members of Elderly Health Centres. Enrolled members are provided with services of health assessment, counselling, health education and curative treatment.

Out-reaching Service

The 18 Visiting Health Teams reach out into the community and residential care settings to provide health promotion activities for the elderly and their carers in collaboration with other elderly services providers. The aim is to increase their health awareness, the self-care ability of the elderly, and to enhance the quality of caregiving. All services provided by the Visiting Health Teams are free of charge. Target service recipients include elders and their carers (e.g.family members, home helpers, domestic helpers, staff working in residential care homes for the elderly and elderly centres, and volunteers providing services to the elderly).

Public Health and Administration

The Public Health and Administration Division supports the operation of the Elderly Health Centres and the Visiting Health Teams and provides professional input on elderly health-related issues at an inter-departmental level. Data collected from daily service operations are used for monitoring the health status of the elderly and research purposes.

For further information about the Elderly Health Service, please visit www.elderly.gov.hk.