TY - CHAP
T1 - Social Enterprises in Elderly Care
AU - Law, Vincent Tin Sing
N1 - Funding Information:
Social enterprises in Hong Kong get funding either from the government, nonprofit organisations or the private sector. Among various funding schemes, the government-funding schemes for SEs aim at achieving specific social mission such as self-reliance of the socially disadvantaged via employment initiatives. The major government funding schemes are the Enhancing Self-Reliance through District Partnership Programme is funded by the Home Affairs Department of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSARG), the Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise is funded by the Social Welfare Department of the HKSARG, and the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund is funded by the Innovation and Technology Bureau of the HKSAR government.
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PY - 2022/9/13
Y1 - 2022/9/13
N2 - Ageing population is a universal phenomenon which needs the combined efforts of the public, private and third sectors to tackle. Social enterprises are non-profit-making organisations which provide goods and services with a social mission to benefit the community. Social enterprises have been developing and provide a suitable model for the sustainable delivery of some public services, including health care. While social enterprises also strike to make a profit, profits will be reinvested to substantiate their social mission and to create positive social change. Hence, social enterprise is defined as a business with social objectives whose surplus is reinvested in the business or in the community, rather than maximising profit for shareholders and owners. Up to now, there are limited research on the impacts of social enterprises on the health and well-being of older people. Based on examples in Hong Kong, this chapter discusses the nature of social enterprises, their roles in the care and community services for older adults, and give recommendations on further enhancing the roles of social enterprises in the care for older adults.
AB - Ageing population is a universal phenomenon which needs the combined efforts of the public, private and third sectors to tackle. Social enterprises are non-profit-making organisations which provide goods and services with a social mission to benefit the community. Social enterprises have been developing and provide a suitable model for the sustainable delivery of some public services, including health care. While social enterprises also strike to make a profit, profits will be reinvested to substantiate their social mission and to create positive social change. Hence, social enterprise is defined as a business with social objectives whose surplus is reinvested in the business or in the community, rather than maximising profit for shareholders and owners. Up to now, there are limited research on the impacts of social enterprises on the health and well-being of older people. Based on examples in Hong Kong, this chapter discusses the nature of social enterprises, their roles in the care and community services for older adults, and give recommendations on further enhancing the roles of social enterprises in the care for older adults.
KW - Ageing with dignity
KW - Care for older adults
KW - Community health workers
KW - Social enterprises
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85138151733
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7986c25b-b463-3c80-8f8b-d0fca201c6b3/
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-3061-4_25
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-3061-4_25
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85138151733
SN - 978-981-19-3060-7
T3 - Quality of Life in Asia Book Series
SP - 361
EP - 375
BT - Ageing with Dignity in Hong Kong and Asia
PB - Springer Singapore
ER -