No.

Carer allowance is available for low-income family carers taking care of older adults in Hong Kong since 2014 (Social Welfare Department, 2019, January 28). Carers of people with dementia can apply for it if they meet the following criteria. The three major eligibility criteria are:

1. the older adult needs long-term care service (i.e., previously assessed as moderately or severely impaired),
2. the carer is from a low-income family and the household income does not exceed 75% of the Median Monthly Domestic Household Income,
3. the carer is providing at least 80 hours of caregiving work per month (Social Welfare Department, 2019, January 28).

For more details, please refer to Part 9.

All employments in Hong Kong are regulated by the Employment Ordinance (Cap 57). Yet, there is no policy or guideline regarding paid or unpaid leaves for personal or family matters. Family carers of people with dementia can benefit from a wide range of tax reduction measures, although these measures are not designed specifically for dementia.

References:

Social Welfare Department. (2019, January 28). Pilot Scheme on Living Allowance for Carers of Elderly Persons from Low-income Families Phase III.

Not applicable.

Progres LU provides family members who care for older people with non-cash assistance worth Rp. 3,000,000 per person per year (Lukihardianti & Amanda, 2019). We could not find a clear breakdown on what non-cash assistance entails. Since 2018, low-income families that are enrolled in Program Keluarga Harapan (Family Hope Program) receive additional assistance if they take care of older family members in their homes (TNP2K, 2018b).

References:

Lukihardianti, A., & Amanda, G. (2019). Kemensos akan Beri Tambahan Dana untuk PKH yang Punya Lansia.

TNP2K. (2018b). The future of the social protection system in indonesia: social protection for all (pp. 1–15). http://tnp2k.go.id/download/24864181129 SP Exe Summary ENG-web.pdf

None.

None is available for family/unpaid carers.

In South Africa, there is a small caregiver allowance called the ‘Grant-in-aid’ that can be used by a carer for an older person with dementia (Kalula & Petros, 2011). This is a social protection grant that is an additional payment to those older persons who are living on a social grant (e.g., disability, pension, or war veteran’s grant) but are unable to care for themselves, and therefore for the purpose of paying the carer.

References:

Kalula, S. Z., & Petros, G. (2011). Responses to Dementia in Less Developed Countries with a focus on South Africa. Global Aging, 7(1), 31–40.