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How Hong Kong is Dealing with the Aging

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Introduction
According to numbers of researches (Census and Statistics Department, 2013), the ageing population is increasing as the life expectancy of Hong Kong people is being longer and birth rate is decreasing. Therefore, Hong Kong have already started kinds of policies and projects which are focusing on how to face the changes. The following contents are related with the concept the age-friendly and focus with the situation in Hong Kong. The essay is aimed at analyze with the features and barriers of age-friendly, as well as the suggestion for improvement.

Define age-friendly
According to World health organization (2007), in order to encourages active ageing, enhance the quality of life is needed. And there are total eight area of …show more content…

In order to make an improvement to the part of community support and health service, here are some suggestions. As compare with other countries and cities, there is something we can do as to improve it. They are the prevention and health care, range of services and data management.

First is the health and preservation. The government should provide some interesting projects on promote the prevention and health care (World Health Organization, 2007). They should encourage the elderly to join difference kinds of workshop which are about difference kinds of health problems. It can let them know more about how to take good care with their bodies. Formation of the support group for different kinds of chronic diseases patients who are in different ages can promote awareness of those diseases, and it can help the health services providers can easier to provide special health services for specify patients (HKCSS, 2012). In addition, as the support groups are included with different kinds of age group in the community, it helps promote the social inclusion of the elderly.
Second is the part of range of services. A one-stop health and wellness service which includes with a variety of services (physician, nurse, dentist, podiatrist, pharmacy and occupational therapy) can help solve the problem (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2011). The one-stop service can let the

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