https://www.scmp.com/rss/328612/feed Lam Ching-choi is an Executive Council member and chairman of the Elderly Commission. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Imagine you’re an 85-year-old dementia patient. Cognitive frailty can make a routine 15-minute minibus ride to the doctor an embarrassing and terrifying ordeal. Still, you’re celebrated as one of the individuals whose high life expectancy has put Hong Kong on the map. In Hong Kong, a population of over 7 million is crammed onto a mere 1,106 sq km of land. Despite its small size and frenetic pace of living, Hong Kong once again boasts the world’s highest life expectancy for women and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163700/hong-kong-should-consider-needs-its-elderly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163700/hong-kong-should-consider-needs-its-elderly?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Sep 2018 22:15:00 +0000