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1. Comment - Letters

   Filial piety requires emotional care, not just financial support

   Posted Apr 05th 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... Comment Letters Family Filial Piety Elderly support Elderly Care Recent family tragedies have sparked discussions on the relationship between children and their parents in the local community. Filial piety has long been the core value of Chinese culture, but tragedies and a rising trend of living alone in advanced age, later-life depression and abuse of the elderly raise ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1207196/filial-piety-requires-emotional-care-not-just-financial-support
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Doing right for Hong Kong's elderly

   Posted Dec 11th 2012, 12:00am by Peter Kammerer

   ... be beyond the financial means of residents, it speaks of something else. A chat with an Indonesian or two confirms what I suspect: elderly parents are being left in the care of helpers by children ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1102288/doing-right-hong-kongs-elderly
3. News - Hong Kong - ABUSE

   Man, 71, beaten to death in care home

   Posted May 19th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... received a call from staff at the Sun Man Fook Aged Home, a licensed private care home in Davis Street, saying an elderly man was being attacked. Officers found the man unconscious in his bed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1240906/man-71-beaten-death-care-home
4. News - China - SOCIETY

   Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older

   Posted May 20th 2013, 10:23am by Reuters

   ... according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Massive rural-to-urban migration will further strain the rural areas’ ability to provide care for the elderly, as personal savings and family support ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1241817/greying-china-taps-rural-elderly-care-those-even-older
5. Lifestyle - Family & Education - INSIGHT

   Insight: cherish the older generation

   Posted Dec 09th 2012, 12:00am by LAU YUK-KING

   ... But in my effort to keep a work-family balance, I later started to focus on my children. All other family members served as support for me to take care of the children. The needs of the others ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1099977/insight-cherish-older-generation
6. News - Asia - JAPAN

   Aso retracts 'hurry up and die' gaffe

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Julian Ryall

   ... News Asia Taro Aso Japan Elderly Care Julian Ryall in Tokyo Taro Aso, Japan's deputy prime minister, was forced to deny that he advocated the elderly should "hurry up and die" to save the government the cost of providing medical care for them. The 72-year-old Aso, who has a reputation for speaking insensitively, was addressing a meeting on social security issues ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1133350/aso-says-japanese-elderly-should-hurry-and-die
7. News - Hong Kong - ELDERLY CARE

   'Elderly forced into care homes'

   Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by JOANNA CHIU

   ... News Hong Kong Elderly Care Elderly Commission Haven of Hope Christian Service Joanna Chiu Joanna.chiu@scmp.com Government's own adviser says policy must change to give ageing population more choice The government is forcing elderly people into care homes, a leading member of its own Elderly Commission claims. Dr Lam Ching-choi, vice-chairman of the government advisory ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1149605/elderly-forced-care-homes
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Hong Kong should take its cue from Singapore for a sound population policy

   Posted Feb 07th 2013, 12:00am by Paul Yip

   ... days of paid child-care leave per year per parent with a child under the age of seven. The Singaporean method has been criticised as unhelpful, given that its fertility rate still remains low. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1144692/hong-kong-should-take-its-cue-singapore-sound-population
9. News - Hong Kong - SOCIAL WELFARE

   Minimum wage makes finding elderly-care staff difficult

   Posted Oct 13th 2012, 12:00am by Phila Siu

   ... operating costs had forced some old people's homes out of business. He suggested the government allow people from other countries to work in Hong Kong in the elderly care sector to ease ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1059786/minimum-wage-makes-finding-elderly-care-staff-difficult
10. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    Let private insurers help ease health burden

    Posted Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am by STUART HARRISON

    ... concerns about public health care and provision for the elderly are not unique. The problem is that officials everywhere tend to take a top-down approach in developing public welfare systems. Yet, ... Government administered Medicare programs cost only 7%. That's why the US health insurance dominated by the private sector is spending 18% GDP for health care. Hong Kong SAR government is just ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1138730/let-private-insurers-help-ease-health-burden

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