Transitional Care and Support Centre for Tetraplegic Patients - Day Service

Description

Transitional Care and Support Centre for Tetraplegic Patients (TCSC) provides time-defined and goal-oriented community-based rehabilitation programmes to tetraplegic patients discharged from hospital/medical rehabilitation centre to facilitate their return to community living with a view to improving their physical, cognitive, communicative, behavioural, psychological and social functioning in a non-medical setting.  Training and support services will be provided to family members or carers of the patients to strengthen their caring capacity.

Target Group

• Discharged patients suffering from spinal cord injury, neuro-muscular disease or severe spastic resulting in tetraplegia, who are aged 15 or above;
• Family members / carers of the above discharged patients.

Nature of Services

The services provided include:

• Transitional Residential Service;
• Ambulatory Day Training Programme;
• Support Services including residential respite care service.

Application Procedure

Transitional Residential Service and Ambulatory Day Training Programme

• Referred by medical officers or allied health professionals of hospitals or special clinics under Hospital Authority. The application is free of charge.

Support Services

• Applicants can approach the centre for direct application for the service. The application is free of charge.

Fees and Charges

• Transitional Residential Service: $1,871 per month;
• Residential Respite Care Service: $81 per day;
• Ambulatory Day Training: $61 per session.

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