Hong Kong's welfare chief Chris Sun pledged to review the age threshold for elderly welfare visits after a 70-year-old man, whose wife was found unconscious, died by suicide. The couple were not targeted for visits as they were under 80.
Hong Kong's welfare chief announced a review of the age threshold for elderly support services following the suicide of a 70-year-old man. The couple, both under 80, were not eligible for targeted social worker visits, highlighting a potential gap in care for vulnerable seniors.
A Hong Kong project, 'Beat the Heat', has shown a 132% increase in knowledge and 37% reduction in heat-related illnesses among elderly residents through tailored interventions.
Over 1,700 villages in Uttarakhand are uninhabited, with many more having few elderly residents. Factors like climate change, shrinking livelihoods, poor infrastructure, and lack of opportunities are driving migration, transforming the state into 'ghost villages'.
Man Desh region in Maharashtra faces severe water scarcity, forcing the elderly to trek for water as younger generations migrate. Officials are deploying tankers, but reservoir levels are critically low, with forecasts of reduced rainfall.
Hong Kong authorities may widen support to cover more younger elderly residents to bolster protection, the welfare minister has said, calling current efforts to identify at-risk seniors “just the beginning” as the city reels from two tragedies in a week. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han told the South China Morning Post that the government was mobilising all available resources to strengthen support for the elderly, but he noted the process would take time given the city’s...
