Hospital Authority Infirmary and Rehabilitation Services for Adults with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disability


Introduction

The Hospital Authority (HA) Mental Handicap (MH) infirmary and rehabilitation services were founded in 1972 to provide inpatient services for adult with intellectual disabilities with an original capacity of 200 beds in Siu Lam Hospital.

In order to meet the ever-increasing demand of the society, the relevant services have been adjusted and expanded over time. The HA now provides a total of 520 beds in Siu Lam Hospital, offering unique and integrated infirmary and rehabilitation services to adults with severe and profound intellectual disability by a specialised Intellectual Disability service team. The aims are to improve quality of life, maximise patients’ self-care abilities, improve their physical mobility, and treat associated medical or psychiatric conditions like epilepsy or challenging behaviours through intensive medical, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, prosthetic and orthotic services, medical social service.

In addition, an outreach service team has been set up since 1994, aiming to bridge hospital and community services in order to provide medical and healthcare support for needy adults with severe and profound intellectual disability in the community.

Admission Criteria

  1. Diagnosed with severe or profound grade of mental retardation, and
  2. Aged 16 or above, and
  3. Having more than two of the following physical disablements:
    1. Bed-riddenness
    2. Epilepsy not well controlled by treatment
    3. Special feeding process such as tube-feeding
    4. Severe behavioral problems of a violent nature
    5. Poor physical condition requiring constant nursing care
    6. Other severe physical disablements
Please note that persons on invasive mechanical ventilation or haemodialysis are not eligible for applying for this Service.

Application Procedures

  1. Applicants must be referred by non-government organisations, Social Welfare Department (SWD) or hospitals with the following documentation(s) submitted to the HA (see below for a detailed address):
    1. Completed application form;
    2. All clinical psychological report(s), updated social report(s), medical report(s), and any other relevant documentations, such as nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and school report(s) (if available); and
    3. SWD registration confirmation (if available)*.
  2. Upon receipt of the application, a clinical team will arrange an eligibility assessment with the referral agent on the applicant.
  3. HA will inform the referral agent the assessment result and the eligible applicant will be put on the central waiting list.
  4. The referral agent is obligated to provide written notice to update the HA any change(s) in condition of the applicant put on the central waiting list.
  5. Clinical team will inform the concerned referral agent once a placement is available to facilitate admission.

Enquiry

Hospital Authority Head Office
Address: Room 520N, 5/F, Hospital Authority Building, 147B Argyle Street, Kowloon
Tel.: 2300 8533 (Ms Emily Kwong)
Fax: 2194 6882

Application Form and other information



* Eligible applicants on the waiting list of Care and Attention Homes of the Social Welfare Department’s Central Referral System for Rehabilitation Services can be put on the HA’s central waiting list, with application dated back to the Social Welfare Department application date (in the presence of supporting document).