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http://vpet.vtc.edu.hk/dspace/handle/999/533| Title: | Challenges facing the elderly care industry in Hong Kong: the shortage of frontline workers | Authors: | Kwok, Sin Tung, Stella Wong, Wai Ning, Kris Yang, Shun Lai |
Issue Date: | Dec-2014 | Journal: | SpringerPlus | Abstract: | The present study was conducted to examine the recruitment challenges Hong Kong's elderly care service providers are facing and their perceptions of the HKSAR government's latest elderly policy, 'Ageing in Place', and the role of vocational education in training manpower for the industry. -- Excerpt from Background | Description: | 2 p. Available pdf via VTC Institutional Repository Proceedings of Practical Social and Industrial Research (PSIR) Symposium 2014 at Wan Chai, Hong Kong. 5 December 2014 Available author manuscript via VTC Institutional Repository |
Keywords: | Vocational education Geriatric nursing Social welfare |
Subjects: | Older people -- Services for -- Hong Kong Older people -- Nursing home care -- Hong Kong Older people -- Institutional care -- Hong Kong |
Type: | Conference Paper | ISSN: | 2193-1801 | DOI: | 10.1186/2193-1801-3-S1-P1 | Links/Full text: | VTC Institutional Repository |
| Appears in Collections: | Special Needs |
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