Currently, there is no dementia-specific policy or plan in Hong Kong.

Nevertheless, the Mental Health Review Report (MHRR) and the Elderly Services Programme Plan (ESPP) provide holistic reviews and recommendations on existing services including dementia care. They identify several stakeholders with different roles to cooperate together in addressing the complex needs of dementia care from prevention and diagnosis to timely intervention and long-term care. These stakeholders involve the Food and Health Bureau (FHB), Labour and Welfare Bureau (LWB), Hospital Authority (HA), Department of Health (DH), Social Welfare Department (SWD), and other relevant parties, such as NGOs, private doctors, formal and informal carers. The ESPP proposes recommendations about the Government which should have a regular track on the goals and objectives in planning, implementing, and evaluating elderly services with adequate participation among stakeholders at district level and territory-wide levels (Working Group on Elderly Services Programme Plan, 2017, p. 44). However, there is no clear descriptions about the specific roles of different stakeholders and how they monitor the progresses to achieve tangible outcomes.

References:

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.