Cheerful Residence

Service Mission and Goal

Provides home-style residential services for people with disabilities who need care in daily life and nursing care

Type of Residential Service

• Hostel provides home living for people with severe physical disabilities who are not capable of basic self-care and require assistance in personal and nursing care
• Residential Respite Service provides family members/carers of people with disabilities with a planned short break so that they may attend to their personal business

Service Highlights

• Provide 24-hour accommodation, personal care, nursing care and meals and other services
• Provide visiting medical practitioner service
• Provide counselling, family support and referral services for appropriate welfare services, such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, etc

Target Group

• People with moderate intellectual disabilities who are aged 15 or above
• Physically and mentally suitable for group living
• No active infectious disease
• Actively occupied in or being arranged for admission to day placement

Quota

• Hostel: 50
• Residential Respite Service: 1

Application

• For Integrated Vocational Rehabilitation Services Centre and Hostel, referrals can be made by social workers and staff of rehabilitation service units to the Central Referral System for Rehabilitation Services of the Social Welfare Department
• Residential Respite Service can directly inquire and apply to the service unit

Service Hour

Year-round, 24 hours service

Withdrawal

Members and/or their family members can withdraw from the service at any time. Due to the changes of member’s personal circumstances or needs, the service unit will assist in providing appropriate referrals