Ho Yam Care and Attention Home for the Elderly

Ho Yam Care and Attention Home for the Elderly commenced service in 1998. It is one of Sik Sik Yuen’s government-subsidized residential care homes. Occupying approximately 7,768 square metres on the ground floor and second to sixth floors of Sik Sik Yuen Social Services Complex at 38 Fung Tak Road, Wong Tai Sin, it provides 24-hour residential and nursing care for people aged 65 or above who have been assessed under the Standardised Care Need Assessment Mechanism for Elderly Services as suitable for a care and attention home, cannot manage daily living independently, and are mentally suitable for communal living.

The Home provides 272 long-term care places in an approximately equal ratio for men and women, including 40 infirmary places, four emergency places and one respite place. It also operates Community Care Service Voucher for the Elderly services, providing day care or respite services to voucher holders and eligible older people. Registered social workers, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and health workers develop individual care plans through a multidisciplinary team model. Professional nursing care, medication management, rehabilitation exercise, cognitive training, swallowing assessment and training, and psychosocial support help delay functional decline and maintain residents’ dignity. Guided by Sik Sik Yuen’s spirit of acting benevolently and teaching benevolence, the Home continually improves its services and seeks to provide comprehensive, high-quality residential and day care to residents and older people in the community.