The Mental Health Review Report (MHRR) proposes an integrated community care and intervention model for persons with dementia (Food and Health Bureau, 2017a, p. 171). It emphasises the need for bilateral and integrated support by health professionals in primary and specialist care for dementia. It recommends that medical-social collaboration should be enhanced to integrate the delivery of medical, community, residential, as well as psychosocial care services to provide patient-centred support and bring the best possible outcomes in dementia care in the long run (Food and Health Bureau, 2017a, pp. 175-180).

The Elderly Services Programme Plan (ESPP) proposes a recommendation that dementia should be integrated in the whole spectrum of elderly services and a multi-disciplinary approach should be adopted by especially with a closer collaboration between the healthcare system and welfare sector for dementia (Working Group on Elderly Services Programme Plan, 2017, p. 30).

References:

Food and Health Bureau. (2017a). Mental Health Review Report.  Retrieved from https://www.fhb.gov.hk/download/press_and_publications/otherinfo/180500_mhr/e_mhr_full_report.pdf.

Working Group on Elderly Services Programme Plan, Elderly Commission of Government of Hong Kong SAR,. (2017). Elderly Services Programme Plan. Hong Kong: Elderly Commission of Government HKSAR Retrieved from https://www.elderlycommission.gov.hk/en/download/library/ESPP_Final_Report_Eng.pdf.