As people live longer, questions are being asked about how, and where, the elderly ought to spend their final days. In Hong Kong, with an ageing population and stretched health care system, an overwhelming 96 per cent of elderly people who died in 2017 died in hospital. Change is in the air for those who prefer to die in dignity and surrounded by familiar faces at home or in residential care homes. The Hong Kong government has begun gathering views on proposed legislation to make it easier for…
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