Agency-based Speech Therapy Service
Introduction
Date
of commencement
July 2019
Objectives
To provide assessment, direct treatment, consultation, training and educational
programmes to help needy service users and /or their family members/ carers
with speech, feeding and swallowing difficulties to overcome obstacles in their
daily living and to maintain their residual communication and speech ability so
that their daily function could be sustained.
Targeted service users
Service users who are
receiving residential care under rehabilitation services of our Kuk.
Age
15 or above.
Service
Hours
Speech Therapists will
visit service units accordingly from
Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
Scope
of service
* Provide feeding and
swallowing assessment and treatment, formulate swallowing
guide
* Provide communication
assessment and treatment (e.g. AAC, articulation training,
fluency training)
* Provide case and service
units consultation, staff training, caregiver and public
education
Charge
Free of charge.
Eligibility and Application
Procedure
* Referrals can be made by
respective social workers, Nurses or Occupational
therapists and confirmed by
Speech therapists after assessment
* The service users and their
carers agree to accept the service
Termination
of Service
The service may be terminated if:
* The identified treatment
objective of service user is achieved, or
* The service user no longer
meets the service criteria, or
* The service users/the
carers decline the service,
Either our Kuk or the
service users/the carers may terminate the service with advance notice.
Enquiry
and Complaint
For any enquiry or
complaint about the Agency-based speech therapy service,
service users and
carers may contact the Service Manager at 3980-9688.
All complaints will be
kept confidential.