Teresa Tsien|Guat-tin Ng
Older adults as caregivers in Hong Kong
along many city countries around world age structure hong kong special administrative regions population shifting towards greater proportion older adults 1983 aged population 65 years reached 7 rate expected double 144 2016 relatively short period 33 years however negative stereotypes older adults prevalent particularly societies hong kong addition low education low literacy older adults lack retirement pensions reinforce negative images nonproductive dependent paper considers productive contributions older persons hong kong family caregiving three areas namely spousal caregiving caregiving adult children physical developmental disabilities grandparenting paper organized four sections first section reviews existing literature family caregiving hong kong second section addresses effects caregiving caregivers family members third section considers policies services currently available support reward older adults caregiving roles fourth section proposes policy changes better enhance older adults productivity increase value caregiving case examples provided illustrate caregiving experiences hong kong