![]() ![]() ![]() There were a multiple issues the surveyed caregivers faced. “In other words, aside from the time for sleeping and eating, the caregivers were giving round-the-clock care,” Stanley Li, a DAB lawmaker, said at a Thursday press conference. The survey found that 37.3 per cent of interviewees had to spend 10 hours or more each day providing care – of those, 20.2 per cent spent 16 hours or above on such tasks. More than 60 per cent were the parents or spouses of those surveyed. Those with physical dysfunctions made up 46.3 per cent, whilst 18.5 per cent had dementia and 9.3 per cent suffered from a mental illness. Of those being cared for by survey respondents, 61.6 per cent of them were aged 65 or above, while 41.9 per cent 75 or over. 20% of Hong Kong's unpaid caregivers spend at least 16 hours a day looking after close ones, survey reveals - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Close ![]()
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