Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon Peninsula is an ordinary residential area for low-income people in Hong Kong. The streets here are very old and full of vendors. Walking on the old street, you can see old people with crutches and wheelchairs everywhere, as well as signs of various public and private nursing homes.
Statistics show that there are about 654.38+0.2 million elderly people aged 65 and above in Hong Kong, accounting for 654.38+0.4% of the total population. In 2066, the elderly population is expected to reach 2.6 million, that is to say, there are 1 3 elderly people in Hong Kong.
Sham Shui Po
Facing the increasingly serious aging trend, elderly care services have emerged in Hong Kong. For healthy elderly people, the SAR Government is committed to providing an environment of "active ageing" and "active ageing"; For the frail elderly, necessary support should be provided according to different degrees of physical needs.
Hong Kong's pension industry is relatively developed. There are more than 700 nursing homes in Hong Kong, all over Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, providing more than 70,000 beds. Complete facilities and clean environment. For the privacy of living, the limited space is divided into a small room for each person, and photos of relatives are posted on the wall.
The living area is small, but it has everything, including medical bed, TV, telephone, wireless network and 24-hour air conditioning. In the nursing home, two old people with crutches are exchanging rehabilitation skills in the hall, and a nurse is feeding an old man in a wheelchair with nasal water. If the elderly are in an emergency, the staff will also send them to the hospital. There are fewer meals, five meals a day, and more afternoon tea and midnight snack.
Most of the elderly living in the hospital live alone, and some of them entrust nursing homes to take care of their children because of their busy work. Most elderly people live alone or are old, and nursing homes have become the ultimate destination of their lives.