Editors:
- Represents a collection of essays that addresses the theme of how Hong Kong deals with the World Health Organization’s call to ‘Ageing Well’
- Adopts an integrated medical and social approach, examining issues relating to ageing from the older person’s perspective
- Helps raise awareness of the diverse pressing issues facing ageing societies in developed countries
Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Aging (Int. Perspect. Aging, volume 5)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
With the longest life expectancy for men and the second longest for women, Hong Kong typifies our planet’s aging population. The daily lives of its older adults closely match the advantages and disadvantages experienced by urban elders in other developed countries. For these reasons, Hong Kong’s elderly serve as a salient guide to older people’s social, psychological, and healthcare needs—concerns of increasing importance as the world grows older.
Aging in Hong Kong examines this emblematic population as a case study specifically in comparison with their counterparts in the West, shedding light on diverse, interrelated currents in the aging experience. Referencing numerous international studies, the book contrasts different health service arrangements and social factors and relates them to a variety of health outcomes. Its wide-ranging coverage documents health and illness trends, reviews age-friendly policy initiatives, relates health literacy to patients’ active role in their own care, and discusses elders as an underserved group in the division of limited health funding and resources. This multiple focus draws readers’ attention to policies that need revisiting or retooling as chapters analyze major life areas including:
- Living environment.
- Retirement and post-retirement employment issues.
- Financial asset management.
- Health literacy regarding aging issues.
- Elder-positive service delivery models.
- Ageism in the prioritization of healthcare.
- End-of-life issues.
By assembling such a wealth of data on its subject, Aging in Hong Kong puts ongoing challenges into clear focus for gerontologists, sociologists, health and cross-cultural psychologists, public health policymakers, and others involved in improving the quality of elders’ lives.
Editors and Affiliations
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR
Jean Woo
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Aging in Hong Kong
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Perspective
Editors: Jean Woo
Series Title: International Perspectives on Aging
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8354-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-8353-4Published: 06 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9017-4Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8354-1Published: 06 September 2012
Series ISSN: 2197-5841
Series E-ISSN: 2197-585X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 282
Topics: Aging, Public Health, Population Economics, Demography