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Aging in Hong Kong

A Comparative Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Jean Woo

    1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Jean Woo
    Pages 1-4

  3. Hong Kong and Other World Cities

    • P. H. Chau, Jean Woo, M. K. Gusmano, V. G. Rodwin
    Pages 5-30

  4. Living Environment

    • P. H. Chau, Moses Wong, Jean Woo
    Pages 31-67

  5. Retirement and Postretirement Issues

    • Benise Mak, Jean Woo
    Pages 69-91

  6. Elder Financial Asset Management

    • Jill Wilson, Cheryl Tilse, Wing Hong Chui, Deborah Setterlund, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Jean Woo
    Pages 93-114

  7. Population Aging: Impact of Common Chronic Diseases on Health and Social Services

    • P. H. Chau, S. M. McGhee, Jean Woo
    Pages 115-156

  8. Health Literacy Regarding Aging Issues

    • Jean Woo, P. H. Chau, Benise Mak
    Pages 157-181

  9. The Role of Empowerment in the Management of Chronic Diseases in the Elderly

    • Wayne Chan, Jean Woo, Elsie Hui
    Pages 183-210

  10. Elder-Friendly Service Delivery Models

    • Jean Woo, P. H. Chau, Benise Mak
    Pages 211-234

  11. Quality of Dying

    • Jean Woo
    Pages 235-256

  12. Prioritization in Health Care and Ageism

    • Benise Mak, P. H. Chau, Jean Woo
    Pages 257-268

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 269-280
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Keywords

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

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin NT, Hong Kong SAR

    Jean Woo

About the editor

Jean Woo, M.D., FRCP, FRACP heads the Division of Geriatric Medicine of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, is Chief of Service (general) of the Medicine and Geriatric Unit at Shatin Hospital, and is Honorary Professor, Faculty of Social Science, Hong Kong University. Dr. Woo graduated from Cambridge University in 1974. After medical posts in the Charing Cross, Hammersmith, and Brompton Hospitals, she worked in part time posts in general practice as well as research in the University of Hong Kong. She joined the Department of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985 as Lecturer responsible for the development of the teaching and service in Geriatric Medicine, becoming Head of the Department in 1993 until 1999, Chief of Service of the Medicine and Geriatric Unit at Shatin Hospital from 1993, and Chair Professor of Medicine in 1994. From 2000-6 she was Head of the Department of Community and Family Medicine, and from 2001-5 Director of the newly established School of Public Health. Her research interests include chronic diseases affecting elderly people, health services research, nutrition epidemiology, quality of life issues at the end of life, with over 500 articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals.

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

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