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Anita Au spent about HK$1 million removing safety hazards and redesigning her parents’ home to ensure her father (pictured) and mother would not be at risk of falling. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Why fixing flats to make them safe for Hong Kong’s elderly is booming business

Companies say demand for renovation work is soaring and younger customers are also willing to spend at an earlier age to prepare for safer retirement.

South Korea

Selling comfort: ‘loneliness economy’ emerges as more South Koreans live alone

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong lawmakers urge clarity on fee waivers under new healthcare charges

Japan

Japan sees record population decline in 2024 as birth rate crisis deepens

Japan’s birth rate is among the lowest in the world, a trend which has meant a shrinking workforce, fewer consumers, and businesses fighting to recruit workers.

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Japan is battling a record population decline, with birth rates at an all-time low, impacting workforce and economy. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

How the little-known nutrient choline is vital for your mental health

Choline may lower the risk of dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and helps with gene expression, protein production and DNA repair.

Wellness

How to lower your risk of Parkinson’s disease and slow its advance

Study estimates 25 million people could have Parkinson’s by 2050. Healthy habits can prevent it or slow its progression.

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Wellness

She was on American Ninja Warrior in her 70s. How is she ageing so well?

Ginny MacColl, who was diagnosed with osteopenia in her 40s, says women are never too old to build muscle. Here’s how she does it.

American actress and dancer MacColl is the oldest woman to compete in the long-running US sports entertainment reality show American Ninja Warrior. Photo: Elizabeth Morris/NBC via Getty Images
Wellness

High blood pressure? Have you tried relaxing? Experts say it works

If you feel your blood pressure rising, just breathe or take up a relaxing form of exercise. Experts say things like yoga can keep it down.

Hong Kong society

Letters | A super-aged Hong Kong needs to be close-knit

Readers discuss the importance of community for Hong Kong’s seniors, the economic costs of US tariffs, anti-American sentiment and the state of Australian politics.

Hong Kong society

Safer elderly living spaces ‘could save Hong Kong HK$5.67 billion a year by 2046’

Our Hong Kong Foundation think tank sets out recommendations for improving living spaces for elderly, cutting hospitalisation costs.

Hong Kong is currently pursuing a strategy of “ageing in place” – which means enabling residents to stay at home as they grow old. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Are community pharmacies the magic bullet for Hong Kong’s patients?

How will patients benefit and how much will proposed community pharmacies help Hong Kong’s chronically overstretched public healthcare system?

Illustration: Brian Wang
Hong Kong society

‘I could only cry’: Hong Kong carers pushed to limit, as NGO warns of risks

Suicide Prevention Services says 37 per cent of surveyed carers in high state of stress and nearly 17 per cent have thoughts of suicide, self-harm.

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Wellness

Scientists find women’s hearing is better than men’s. Say what?

Many people have the impression women’s hearing is sharper. Now tests in 13 countries have shown they do. Researchers offer some reasons.

Wellness

What you should do after dementia finding about shingles vaccine

Research showing older adults’ risk of getting dementia fell if they had shingles vaccination another reason to consider getting the shot.

Shingrix is a second-generation vaccine against shingles. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong healthcare reforms must go to the heart of systemic failures

Cutting healthcare subsidies without a big expansion of primary care investment risks deepening disparities.

Patients wait in the accident and emergency department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan, Hong Kong, on March 17. A Hongkonger who falls ill outside office hours has few options other than A&E. Photo: Jelly Tse
Diplomacy

Opinion | In a broken world, China-Japan-Korea cooperation is Asia’s backbone

By blending economic might, technological prowess and cultural bonds, cooperation can be elevated into a transformative, inspiring force.

South Korea

In South Korea, the elderly risk their lives fighting wildfires for US$50 a day

More than seven in 10 of South Korea’s seasonal wildfire fighters are aged 60 or older. This month’s wildfires claimed some of their lives.

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China travel

‘Vast untapped market’: how China’s elderly are transforming global tourism

Over-65s make up a fast-growing segment of China’s vast outbound travel market – and they tend to be big spenders.

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Retirees make up a fast-growing segment of China’s vast outbound tourism market. Photo: EPA/STR
Wellness

Dementia’s links to diabetes, herpes explored as research widens

Protein clumps in the brain have long been associated with Alzheimer’s, but other potential causes of the condition are now in the spotlight.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Opinion | Why Hong Kong must change its tax-funded healthcare model

Whether through co-payment schemes, mandatory insurance or expanded private-sector involvement, we must explore solutions for sustainability.

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Wellness

Why ‘micro-retirement’ career breaks are so attractive for Gen Zers

A rising workplace trend involves employees taking months-long career breaks while they are still young and active.

Instead of having retirement at the end of their continuous working life, more employees are choosing to deliberately insert interruptions. Photo: Shutterstock
Lessons from China's history

Reflections | Let old people earn our respect. They do not have a divine right to it

Asians in particular are conditioned to show older people deference, but I beg to differ. They should show themselves worthy of our respect.

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An elderly passenger boards a bus in Taipei, Taiwan, during rush hour. Priority seats on public transport provided for passengers like this are sometimes occupied by young people, sparking confrontation. Photo: Shutterstock Images
China's ageing population

Former officials call for parity, reform in China’s pension system

The current pension structure is too lopsided to provide adequate benefits to those in poorer regions, former banking officials say at Boao Forum.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Explainer | Here’s all you need to know about Hong Kong’s coming medical fee changes

Revamped public healthcare charges are set to take effect on January 1 next year. We break down how patients will be affected.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong lawmakers call for simpler fee waiver process under healthcare reform

Hospital Authority chief says applications will be made available via the ‘HA Go’ mobile app, which legislators also suggest.

Patients at the accident and emergency department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Jelly Tse
China's population

Can birth subsidies save China from its looming population crisis?

China is betting big on birth subsidies to stave off a demographic crisis. But do cash payments really work?

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Illustration: Pearl Law
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hongkongers brace for public hospital fee increases under service reform

Experts call for alternative medical services to be strengthened, as reform seeks to increase standard A&E fee to HK$400, among other areas.

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Wellness

Here is why literally keeping your cool might help you live longer

Reducing body temperature by entering a torpor-like state, like hibernation in animals, could keep you younger, a study in mice suggests.

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