Time banking for elderly in Hong Kong: Current practice and challenges

Tommy K.C. Ng; Noel T.S. Yim; Ben Y.F. Fong

doi:10.24083/APJHM.V15I2.375

Time banking for elderly in Hong Kong: Current practice and challenges

Tommy K.C. Ng, Noel T.S. Yim, Ben Y.F. Fong

Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies (SEHS)

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To reduce the burden of the ageing population, time banking can be one of the possible approaches in the community to maximise social capital. Time banking aims to exchange one’s time to serve others and the time of service can be saved as credit so as to swap for services when necessary. It can create a virtuous cycle for providing and receiving services. Several positive outcomes to service providers and recipients of time banking are identified in this review paper. Nevertheless, there is a lack of practical adoption of time banking in Hong Kong. To analyse the challenges of the adoption of time banking in Hong Kong, the current practices of time banking in Hong Kong will be evaluated. To promote time banking in Hong Kong, governmental, technical and educational support are recommended.

Original language	English
Article number	i375
Journal	Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24083/APJHM.V15I2.375
Publication status	Published - 22 May 2020

Keywords

Ageing population
Service learning
Social capital
Time banking
Volunteering

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