With the "ageing in place" as the government's guiding principle in providing residential care services, the government now predominantly focuses on developing Care and Attention Homes for the Elderly and Nursing Homes. From 2003 and onwards, the government no longer accepts new applications to Hostel for the Elderly and Home for the Aged. In later years, the government also gradually transformed these two types of residential facilities and those that are not providing long-term nursing support to places that deliver continuum support and intensive nursing care.
