JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 478-485, September 2009

Aging in Hong Kong: The Institutional Population

  • Jean Woo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jean Woo, Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9/F, Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT Hong Kong.
    • ,
  • Patsy P.H. Chau, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

published online 29 June 2009.

Objectives

The Hong Kong population is aging rapidly, such that there are concerns about residential care adequacy in terms of number of places as well as quality of care.

Design

A total of 1820 residents living in a representative sample of residential care facilities were surveyed.

Results

The survey showed a substantial proportion with cognitive dysfunction, mood problems, communication and vision problems, chronic disabling diseases, impairment in activities of daily living, and undernutrition. Programs of activities and rehabilitation were generally unavailable. Those in for-profit facilities had a worse profile. An approximate estimation of numbers of staff required based on case mix revealed considerable understaffing among the for-profit facilities.

Conclusions

Issues of quality of care would be all the more important with anticipated future increase in the institutional population of older people.

Keywords: Institution, Chinese, elderly, aging

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00062-0

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2009.01.009

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 478-485, September 2009

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