Dorothy Yeung, Research Manager of Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), attended the 3rd World Congress of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, sponsored by the World Health Organization on June 16. She delivered a speech during the forum session, joining approximately 150 participants for discussions focused on strengthening integrated care in ageing societies.

She proposed that society should adopt a person-centred and life-course approach. Specific recommendations included strengthening advance care planning (ACP), enhancing end-of-life education, faciliating cross-sector information sharing and referral mechanisms, promoting the use of gerontechnology, and enhancing support for ageing-in-place and dying at home. These measures would help promote more effective integration between healthcare and social welfare services, as well as stronger cross-sector collaboration. Many participants at the event also agreed that end-of-life care has often been overlooked in previous discussions and should be incorporated into the framework.

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