3 Units
How to age well? Research in the past few decades has accumulated a wealth of knowledge about the aging process. This course aims to expose students to such knowledge so to enable them to develop ideas about ways to age well at the population level in Hong Kong, China, and other East-Asian societies. In addition, the course will cover issues related to the aging trend and social policy to support aging, employment and income support, retirement protection, long-term care services and financing, carer-support policy, and gerontechnology, etc. Students are expected to analyze relevant issues and propose solutions.