Besides reducing their loneliness, volunteers on home visits can also accompany these elderly on visits to the doctor, provide some basic medical services themselves, or tell them where to apply for assistance. These services can help them a bit with the predicaments of being poor and sick.
在宅服務除了紓解老人的孤單寂寞外，還可以陪同就醫，或做簡單的護理工作；他們也知道有哪些管道可以為老人申請補助，對老人貧、病兩項困境也略有幫助。