Elderly

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

3 Mar 2013

If two different forecasts made by our statisticians over the space of just two years can barely get within half a million people of each other for the year 2039 and entirely ignore an external...

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Poverty in old age a future we must avert

27 Feb 2013

A new report by HSBC estimates that most people will spend 18 years in retirement, but says they have enough savings to fund only 10 of those years in comfort. It paints a grim picture of elderly...

Coming clean on growing number of lonely deaths in South Korea

6 Feb 2013

In a country where the unravelling of Confucian traditions means that many elderly people are no longer cared for by family, more South Koreans are dying in solitude, after either taking their own...

Over 60pc of workers in elderly care facilities attacked by patients

4 Feb 2013

Over 60 per cent of workers in elderly care facilities have been attacked by elderly residents during the course of their duties, according to a recent survey.

Getting facts on poverty is crucial first step

4 Feb 2013

Governments need facts and figures to do the job of governing properly. Hong Kong's lack of an officially recognised poverty line has meant that the poor are prone to fall through cracks in our...

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One in three old people in Hong Kong are living below the poverty line

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, which has been tracking poverty in the city for 13 years, says the poverty problem will get even more acute unless it is tackled with long-term plans. The...

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10pc of Hongkongers have had suicidal thoughts in the past fortnight, survey finds

Nearly 1 in 10 Hongkongers have contemplated suicide in the past two weeks and a similar number number admit they are depressed, a mental health survey has found.

Elderly abuse complaints rise 23pc, NGO says

Complaints about abuse of the elderly have risen by 23 per cent over the past three years, a welfare agency says - with most of the claims relating to children pocketing their parents' welfare...

WELFARE

Waiting list for subsidised elderly homes may last 50 years

Clearing the waiting list for government-subsidised homes for the elderly could take up to 50 years if provision increases at the pace outlined in the chief executive's policy address.

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OPERATION SANTA CLAUS

Deacons lawyers give Lamma's elderly gift of companionship

One of the kindest things that one can do for the elderly is listen to their life stories.

SOCIETY

Experts unsure about law that orders mainlanders to visit elderly parents

An amended law requiring adult children to visit their elderly parents "often" has highlighted the problem of the mainland's swelling ranks of "empty nest" families. Experts doubt the change in...