Residential Care Services
2023-24 Annual Service Provision and Statistics
| Residential Care Services for the Elderly | No. of Homes (No. of Subsidised Places) [as at 31 March 2024] |
|---|---|
| Subvented Residential Care Homes for the Elderly | 120 homes (15 265 places) |
| Subvented Nursing Homes | 6 homes (1 574 places) |
| Contract Homes | 49 homes (4 285 places) |
| Self-financing Homes Participating in Nursing Home Place Purchase Scheme | 5 homes (280 places) |
| Private Homes Participating in Enhanced Bought Place Scheme | 197 homes (11 193 places) |
Other Statistics
Overview of Residential Care Services for the Elderly
Total number of places as at 31.12.2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Subsidised places in subvented homes, self-financing homes and contract homes | Subsidised places in subvented homes, self-financing homes and contract homes | Subsidised places in subvented homes, self-financing homes and contract homes | Subsidised places in subvented homes, self-financing homes and contract homes | |
| Hostels for the elderly | - | - | - | - |
| Homes for the Aged | 2 | - | 414 | 416 |
| Care and Attention Homes for the Elderly | 16 383(Note 1) | 11 164 | 3 695 | 31 242 |
| Nursing Homes | 5 124(Note 2) | - | 2 018 (Note 3) | 7 142 |
| Total | 21 509 | 11 164 | 6 127 | 38 800 |
Note 1: Including care-and-attention places providing a continuum-of-care. Of them, there is a total of 1 581 places of agency quota in 73 residential care homes for the elderly operated by 29 non-governmental organisations.
Note 2: Including nursing home places under the Nursing Home Place Purchase Scheme.
Note 3: Including places provided by self-financing nursing homes purely under the registration regime administered by the Department of Health.
You may click the following icons to have an overview of residential care services or download them:
| Item / Name | Download File |
|---|---|
| Provision of Residential Care Services for the Elderly (Subsidised versus Non-subsidised Places) (Pie Chart) | PDF / Word |
| Provision of Residential Care Services for the Elderly (Non-governmental Organisations versus Private Sectors) (Pie Chart) | PDF / Word |
| Number of Homes providing Residential Care Services for the Elderly (by district) | PDF / Excel |
| Capacity of Subsidised Residential Services for the Elderly (by district) | PDF / Excel |
| Capacity of Non-subsidised Residential Services for Elderly (by district) | PDF / Excel |
| Statistics on 'Number of Referrals Received for Assessments', 'Number of Assessments Completed', ‘Appeal / Pre-appeal Mediation’, 'Number of Accredited Assessors' | PDF / Word |
| Statistics on 'Waiting list for subsidised residential care services for the elderly', 'Waiting time for residential care services' and 'Turn for placement offer for cases applying for residential care services' | PDF / Word |