The Elderly Services Programme Plan (ESPP) proposes a recommendation on strengthening health maintenance, risk reduction, and illness prevention.

• Recommendation 4a – “For the prevention of health deterioration, the provision of suitable services to elderly persons with mild impairments should be strengthened, such as through enhancing Integrated Home Care Services (Ordinary Cases) in order to focus on these elderly persons” (Working Group on Elderly Services Programme Plan, 2017, p. 24).

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.