Author: Yee-Man Cathy Lin Publisher: Open Dissertation Press ISBN: 9781361293171 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This dissertation, "An Evaluation of the Senior Citizens Residences Scheme (SEN): Its Successfulness and Future Improvement Opportunities" by Yee-man, Cathy, Lin, 連綺文, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Ageing population has been an urging problem all over the world. Planners from the respective governments are thus requested to review the existing housing provisions to cater for the increasing housing demand of the elderly persons. With almost 19.5% of the total population are classified as persons over the age of sixties in year 2011, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the Government) has been taking proactive measures to plan for this group of the silver-haired. With public rental housing and other scheme like the Home Ownership Scheme being offered in the market by both the public and private sectors, it was noted that the housing need for the middle income group elderly persons was often left unattended. More than that, housing units provided with necessary health care service are required to fulfill the requirement of "health ageing." In this respect, the Hong Kong Housing Society (the HKHS) has introduced a program named the Senior Citizen Residence Scheme (the SEN Scheme) a decade ago. Currently there are two housing estates, offering hundreds of housing units, with purposely built housing design. This type of residential care development with health service is planned to target the housing need of elderly persons from the middle income group. Not only their housing demand is addressed, the requirement for medical and nursing care services is also entertained. This paper is then written to study the various aspects of the SEN Scheme, from both the hardware and software perspectives. Based on the comments received from the questionnaires distributed to the elderly persons residing in the two housing estates, recommendations will then be given for future improvement of the program. With the number of recommendations to be given, the problems of the SEN Scheme could be addressed and make it more comprehensive and appealing to the elderly persons. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4834296 Subjects: Older people - Housing - China - Hong Kong
Author: Chi-Kin Anthony Choi Publisher: Open Dissertation Press ISBN: 9781361365083 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This dissertation, "An Evaluation of the Senior Citizen Residence Scheme (SEN): the Effectiveness of Facilitating the Concept of Ageing in Place" by Chi-kin, Anthony, Choi, 蔡志堅, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Since the hygiene condition and medical services improved in the past few decades, the expectation of life has been lengthened generally. With the baby boom effect, the mass increase in fertility following the World War II result in the problem of ageing population around the world nowadays. The phenomenon alerts the governments of global countries to solve the anticipated ageing problem by catering the needs of the elderly. In addition, the needs of the elderly are changing with the improvement of education level and affluence level. It contributes to elderly in middle-class occupying a larger proportion of the elderly in Hong Kong nowadays. Even though the government has introduced various kind of social policies to deal with the increasing demand and changing needs of the elderly, it is still not enough to satisfy the rising aspiration of the middle-income elderly. In order to fill the market niche for the elderly in the middle-income group, the Hong Kong government invited Hong Kong Housing Society to undertake a tailor-made housing scheme for the elderly on a basis of leased-for-life. Under the Senior Citizen Residence Scheme (SEN), it aims to provide an affordable and quality accommodation with integrated service for the middle-income elderly. As the SEN scheme is built upon the concept of "ageing-in-place" and "continuum of care," it seeks to strike an excellent to enhance the quality of life for the elderly residents. Since the SEN scheme is a pilot project, it would be considered as a relatively new and initiative development of elderly housing project comparing to the overseas' housing development. It is valuable to carry out a comprehensive assessment on the achievement of the SEN scheme. As the scheme is developed upon the concept of "ageing-in-place" and "continuum of care," this paper will focus on assess the effectiveness of the scheme in facilitating the concept of ageing-in-place in various aspects. Also, it will investigate the effectiveness of the scheme in affecting the expectation on the future housing arrangement of the elderly. The result of the assessment would be provide a reference for the authority to foresee whether there is any improvement for further development of ageing-in-place policy. As a result, it believed that the assessment of this paper is significant to gives a recommendation for the development of the upcoming project to build a quality living place for the elderly to age-in-place.iii DOI: 10.5353/th_b5334562 Subjects: Older people - Housing - China - Hong Kong - Evaluation
Author: Hoi-Kit Ma Publisher: ISBN: 9781361329115 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This dissertation, "Housing for the Elders in Hong Kong: Arrangement of Housing Policy to Cater for the Special Needs of the Elders" by Hoi-kit, Ma, 馬凱傑, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Aging population is a worldwide phenomenon and Hong Kong is of no exception. Around 13% of the total population was aged over 65 in mid-2011 and it is projected to follow a remarkable rising trend in the future. In view of this and the increasing housing demand of the elderly people, the Hong Kong Government has adopted the concept of "Aging in Place" and "Community Care" to initiate a serious of housing policies and provisions to cater for the various special needs of the low-income elderly. For those middle-income elderly who are outside the "welfare net" of the government, the Hong Kong Housing Society has implemented the "Senior Citizen Residences Scheme" a decade ago which offers a choice of residence for them to live a safe, comfortable and independent lifestyle with provision of integrated elderly care services. In this paper, the eligibility, scheme features, housing facilities, provision of services, operation arrangements and community supports of Housing for Senior Citizens (HSC) provided by the HKHA and Senior Citizen Residences Scheme (SEN) provided by the HKHS will be studied to evaluate the effectiveness of the housing schemes provided by both organizations. Factors that contribute to life satisfaction and successful aging of the elderly will be further looked into. Based on the comments collected from the questionnaires distributed to the elderly residents of the HKHA and HKHS housing estates under study, recommendations will then be given for future improvement of the housing policies. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5118554 Subjects: Older people - Housing - Government policy - China - Hong Kong
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations Publisher: ISBN: Category : Executive departments Languages : en Pages : 220
Author: Ka-Wai Woo Publisher: Open Dissertation Press ISBN: 9781374800601 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 130
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This dissertation, "Can the Current Residential Services Fulfill the Needs of Middle Class Elderly People?: a Case Study of Senior Citizen Residences (SEN)" by Ka-wai, Woo, 胡家慧, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b4290563 Subjects: Older people - Home care - China - Hong Kong Middle class - China - Hong Kong
Author: Yee-Man Cathy Lin
Author: 連綺文
Author: Chi-Kin Anthony Choi
Author: 蔡志堅
Author: Hoi-Kit Ma
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
Author: Ka-Wai Woo
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare