Data · dataset · 2026
More of the Same: A Document Analysis of the Government's Response to Ageing with Intellectual Disabilities in Hong Kong
Listed in ZivaHub and Deakin Research Online and DMU Figshare — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.1111/jppi.70072
As the population of people ageing with intellectual disabilities grew in the 1980s, the Hong Kong government supported research exploring their needs and recommended a range of initiatives, including the promotion of community inclusion.
Description
This study aimed to identify how the government has understood and responded to the ‘problem’ of people ageing with intellectual disabilities since that time. A total of 53 documents published by the Hong Kong government between 2004 and 2024 related to ageing with intellectual disabilities, including reports, funding agreements, financial budgets, and policy recommendations, were identified.
They were thematically analysed to identify how ageing with intellectual disabilities was represented as a problem and how the government responded to the problem. The findings show that people ageing with intellectual disabilities are portrayed as declining physically and ageing prematurely, their needs as no longer being met by vocational adult services, and their families as having limited capacity to meet their increasing care needs.
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With a few exceptions, government policies have not pursued specialist programs targeting ageing people or their families. Rather, policies have enhanced the capacity of general services for adults with intellectual disabilities to address health care needs, the capacity of parental caregivers through education and allowances, and have alleviated parental anxiety about future care through the establishment of Special Needs Trust.
While recognising the changing needs of the growing number of people ageing with intellectual disabilities, the Hong Kong government has nonetheless continued the policy trajectory established in the 1980s that emphasises lifelong care and protection of people with intellectual disabilities rather than promoting community inclusion and independent living.<p></p>
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.1111/jppi.70072 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
Topics
- From keywords
- Applied and developmental psychology · Applied and developmental psychology · Applied and developmental psychology · Cognitive and computational psychology · Cognitive and computational psychology · Cognitive and computational psychology · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Health services and systems · Health services and systems · Health services and systems · Medicine & Health · Medicine & Health · Medicine & Health · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social work · Social work · Social work
Provenance · 3 source records, 28 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/33317781 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/33317781 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/33317781 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4203 | mapping · dro deakin edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Health services and systems'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4203 | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Health services and systems'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4409 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Social work'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4409 | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Social work'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4409 | mapping · dro deakin edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Social work'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5201 | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Applied and developmental psychology'] |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5204 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Cognitive and computational psychology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5204 | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Cognitive and computational psychology'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:5204 | mapping · dro deakin edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Cognitive and computational psychology'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:psychology-behavioral | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license_text | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |