Hong Kong, April 4 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The trend of Hong Kong's aging population has become a topic of public concern, recently a district group conducted a survey on the elderly elderly and community service support in Sham Shui Po District, and held a press conference on the 13th to announce the results of the survey, more than half of the interviewed elderly people said that they could not seek timely assistance in case of emergency, and the group called on the SAR Government to introduce scientific and technological support as soon as possible.
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare of the HKSAR Government, Ms Sunny Yuk-han, announced earlier that Hong Kong is facing the challenge of an ageing population, and the number and proportion of the elderly will continue to rise, and the trend of ageing population will become more and more obvious. According to population estimates from the Census and Statistics Department of the HKSAR Government, the proportion of the elderly aged 65 and above in the total population will gradually increase from 2022.20% in mid-8 to 2028.25% in 3 and 2069.35% in 1.
The continuous rise in the number of elderly persons has aroused public concern about various elderly care and medical services. Recently, a local group in Hong Kong conducted a survey on Sham Shui Po District, where the elderly are concentrated at the grassroots level and the aging problem is more serious, recruited more than 2000,3 volunteers, visited about 1,31 elderly people in the district from 10000 to 3425 March, and collected <>,<> responses to questionnaires on elderly and community services, including elderly life support, requests for support in emergencies, application for social resources and visiting care.
According to the survey results, household cleaning and home maintenance were the most desirable services for the elderly, accounting for 20.5% and 19.70% respectively, followed by meal arrangement. Nearly one-third and five of the elderly interviewed were visited monthly, but more than four did not visit them on a regular basis. In case of emergency, more than half of the elderly interviewed reported that they could not seek timely assistance.
In response to the survey results, Kwan Baihao, president of the Federation of Shanghai-Hong Kong Community Organizations, one of the organizers, believes that with the increasing proportion of aging society and the rapid rise in demand for medical service talents, technology should be introduced into community grassroots services as soon as possible, including the introduction of smart homes, to improve the medical services of the elderly with technology.
Another organiser, Sham Shui Po Residents' Association, Chairman Chan Wai-ming, emphasized the role of community groups in elderly care and community services, and believed that community groups could work with HKSAR government departments and other organisations to provide services needed by the elderly, such as volunteers who can become targets or support networks for the elderly through regular home visits and material assistance. (End)