TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards empowerment and advocacy
T2 - Practice and policy in social services for older people in Hong Kong
AU - Ping-Kwong, Kam
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - This paper deals with the meaning of and the necessity for empowerment of older people. Factors leading to disempowering situations will be discussed and the practice of empowerment in services for older people will be examined. Policy advocacy and other proposals, including mobilizing older people for policy changes, raising older people's awareness of elderly rights, training in understanding the policy process and skills in advocacy, promoting political participation, organizing senior citizen coalitions and advocating for the legislation of rights of older people, are suggested in this paper.
AB - This paper deals with the meaning of and the necessity for empowerment of older people. Factors leading to disempowering situations will be discussed and the practice of empowerment in services for older people will be examined. Policy advocacy and other proposals, including mobilizing older people for policy changes, raising older people's awareness of elderly rights, training in understanding the policy process and skills in advocacy, promoting political participation, organizing senior citizen coalitions and advocating for the legislation of rights of older people, are suggested in this paper.
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U2 - 10.1080/21650993.1997.9755764
DO - 10.1080/21650993.1997.9755764
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0218-5385
VL - 7
SP - 46
EP - 62
JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Social Work
JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Social Work
IS - 2
ER -
