The Senior Citizen Home Safety Association: Enabling active, ageing-in-place in Hong Kong

• Main Authors: WU, Alfred, DULA, Christopher
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Aging; aging-in-place; active aging; preventative health; population health; service delivery; public welfare; welfare; elderly care; gerontology; systems thinking; social enterprise; information communication technology; ICT; Asian Studies; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Nonprofit Administration and Management; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Public Health; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/111; https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/3161
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Hong Kong has limited formal social protection programmes, as is common in other East Asian cities and countries where the elderly have been traditionally cared for by family members. However, families are increasingly financially strained, as the population is experiencing rapidly declining birth r...