Tags : Embracing Population Aging

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Scaling Home- and Community-Based Services for Older People Through PPPs in China
Population ageing is putting increasing pressure on governments worldwide to expand long-term care services for older people. Demand for home- and community-based services (HCBS) is rising as family structures change, multimorbidity prevalence increases, and institutional care becomes more costly and less desirable. ...
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HK needs coordinated policies to tackle ageing, migration and fertility, symposium hears
Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN pointed out at the Symposium on HK Population Issues: Facts and Policies held by Our Hong Kong Foundation and HKU Research Hub of Population Studies that the low birth rate reflects the work-life imbalance. He noted that a thorough social restructuring is required to completely address ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2026/hk-needs-coordinated-policies
Demographic shift moves beyond old sad story
In a recent article in the China Daily, Prof. Stuart Gietel-Basten authored a column article on China's demographic shifts featuring population decline and rapid aging. He noted that future prosperity depends not on reversing inevitable trends, but on intelligently and proactively navigating them. Read the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2026/demographic-shift-moves-beyond-old-sad-story
Going Global or Going Home? Unpacking Middle-Aged Hong Kongers’ Emigration Preferences and Intentions
This study strongly suggests that Hong Kong residents who plan on retiring before the legal retirement age are more intent on emigrating away from Hong Kong. There is also strong evidence that individuals who plan on enrolling in the CSSA or Guangdong or Fujian social welfare schemes are more likely to prefer mainland ...
https://iems.ust.hk/publications/thought-leadership-briefs/going-global-or-going-home-unpacking-middle-aged-hong-kongers-emigration-preferences-and-intentions-lee-niu-gietel-basten-tlb84
9th Annual APRU Research Conference on Population Aging
  Hosted by the HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies, the 9th Annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Research Conference on Population Aging will be held on December 7-8, 2018 at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. The theme of this year’s conference is ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/conference/2018/apru-population-aging-conference-9
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