The Community Care Fund (CCF) launched the “Scheme on Living Allowance for Carers of Elderly Persons from Low-income Families” in June 2014 with the aim of providing carers of elderly persons from low-income families with a living allowance to help supplement their living expenses so that elderly persons in need of long-term care services may, under the help of their carers, receive proper care and remain ageing in the community. The aforementioned Pilot Scheme is incorporated into the Government's regular assistance programme and renamed as the “Scheme on Living Allowance for Carers of Elderly Persons from Low-income Families” (Allowance for Carers of the Elderly) with effect from October 2023, for providing continuous assistance to the needy and eligible carers.

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