Ageing Care in Community: Current Practices and Future Directions - Softcover

Kenneth Nai-kuen Fong (editor)|Kar-wai Tong (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9629376431 ISBN 13: 9789629376437

Publisher: City University of Hong Kong Press, 2024

Synopsis

Different global healthcare challenges bring threats to the healthcare system. Like other developed countries, Hong Kong is also focusing on how to manage the ageing population, how to meet the rising public expectations, and how to finance the ever increasing medical costs. Strengthening community care services may provide a way out for settling these concerns.

Written by a team of renowned scholars and leading practitioners, this book aims at evaluating how different parties can assist in building up local community capacity to achieve sustainable health and wellness. The book is divided into three sections. The first section discusses the different roles and practices of specialised community care that contribute to the relative success of the healthcare system in Hong Kong. The second section makes use of various research practices to extrapolate future healthcare needs and practices in Hong Kong. And the last one addresses the values of health care which underlie the healthcare culture, structure and practice in Hong Kong over time. Apart from pointing out the limitation of the current system, this book also discusses the future directions of the healthcare system in order to cope with the challenges in a changing society.

About this title

About the Author

Seasoned healthcare manager, barrister and solicitor (New Zealand) (non-practising), legal practitioner (New South Wales, Australia) (non-practising) Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Director of the Research Centre for Assistive Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Edition details

• Publisher: City University of Hong Kong Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9629376431
• ISBN 13: 9789629376437
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 524