https://www.scmp.com/rss/516120/feed Charlotte Cheuk Kwan Chan is a Bachelor of Dental Surgery student from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong. She was a recipient of the University’s 2022-23 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program and conducted a research project on the topic of tooth-loss related psychosocial impairment and cognitive function, under the supervision of Dr Hui Chen. She is a board member of Mind Hong Kong, where she previously worked as a project coordinator for youth mental health... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong has the world’s longest life expectancy, but its elderly are not necessarily living healthier. Currently, around one in five people in the city are aged 65 or above, a proportion that is expected to increase to one in three over the next three decades. The government’s primary healthcare blueprint notes that by 2039, an estimated 3 million people in Hong Kong will suffer from chronic diseases. The 2017 mental health review cited studies that put the number of Hong Kong residents with... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3226801/hong-kongs-population-ages-attention-oral-health-will-go-long-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3226801/hong-kongs-population-ages-attention-oral-health-will-go-long-way?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:15:08 +0000