07.04.10. Question 07.04.02 investigated the number of residential long-term facilities. Do mental health hospitals/institutions play a role in the provision of residential dementia care? | Hong Kong SAR

07.04.10. Question 07.04.02 investigated the number of residential long-term facilities. Do mental health hospitals/institutions play a role in the provision of residential dementia care? | Hong Kong SAR

22 Aug 2022

No, or probably a very limited role. For people with dementia who are aged under 60 but in need of hospital care or residential care, they may be referred to psychiatric inpatient service or Long Stay Care Home. Yet, there is no information about this group of people with dementia.