Since the Lunchang case in Tszle Estate last December last year, when septuagenarian parents hammered their daughter to death with a long-term illness, Hong Kong 25 launched a series of "Save the Carers" report, advocating the government from multiple angles to stop treating caregivers coldly. However, since the end of last year and the first half of this year, there have been at least four tragedies involving caregivers.

Legislative Council member Di Chi-yuan of the Social Welfare Sector criticized today that the government is not anxious for urgent caregivers, and the economic subsidies provided to them are only "superficial" support, failing to truly face up to the problem of insufficient support and urging the reform of caregiver policies as soon as possible, otherwise he fears that future tragedies will follow: "Every bloody lesson is a big (price)."

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Hong Kong's ageing population is a serious problem, and caregiver support is still very small. (Profile photo/Photo by Xia Jialang)

"Hong Kong 01" and "Save the Carers" series of reports

Save caregivers series report|Pressure to kill loved ones Who will end the caregiver tragedy?

70-year-old woman taking care of her 86-year-old dementia husband on the verge of collapse How to sleep peacefully|Save caregiver・1Save caregiver・2|Good husband suffers from cognitive impairment and becomes grumpy Octogenarian wife seeks breathing space to save caregivers ・3|Social worker calls for a list of actions before despair Stop and see again the choice of saving caregivers·4|Lin Zhengcai: Frequent tragedies still not enough to promote policy changes to save caregivers.5|Dialogue with Lin Zhengcai - who will take care of the caregivers? Rescue caregiver・6|Family sudden migration, widow and elderly mother, seeking support for saving caregivers several times・7|Parliamentarian: The tragic figures are shocking, ignored or lead to a tragic end

Dik Chi-yuan said that the welfare sector has always advocated the Government to implement the carer policy, but the Government is not anxious for the public, even though the Policy Address last year proposed to regularize the carer allowance and increase the amount of subsidy, but the maximum number of places is only 1,30, compared with about 24,<> carers in Hong Kong, which obviously fails to meet the demand. He added that the government has also proposed to set up a <>-hour support hotline and online information platform for carers, but it is still in the tender stage after half a year, and the service has not yet been launched.

Legislative Council member Di Chi-yuan of the social welfare sector criticized the Government's policy of caring for the inadequacy of the quota even if subsidy support is provided. (Profile picture)

Di Zhiyuan promoted the establishment of regional support to provide emotional counseling

Di Chi Yuen said that he advocated that the government reform the carer policy as soon as possible, formulate a clear definition of carer, and support should not only be for the elderly and caregivers of the disabled, but also for the mentally ill, special education students, etc. In addition, the amount of caregiver allowance should be gradually increased, starting at least 5,6 to <>,<>; Increase district service support to provide emotional counselling, care training, social worker referral services for caregivers, etc., and plan day and home care services in the long run.

He described every tragedy involving caregivers as "a lesson in blood, paying a lot (the price)", in addition to more high-profile cases, more marginal cases, "every time I see them, I will shout and sun, because 24 hours a day, 365 days of care, see the way out." He believes that the government must have empathy and "do faster and do more", otherwise he is worried that more tragedies will come.

In the past six months, there have been 4 tragic cases involving caregivers:

When a fire broke out in the Golden Lok Building in Wan Chai, firefighters and police officers went to the fire unit to investigate, and it was later revealed that it was the carer Lunchang tragedy. (Profile picture)

On 2022 December 12, a 1-year-old man in Kam Lok House, Wan Chai, suspected of being able to bear the pressure of taking care of his elderly father for a long time, attacked his father with a knife, and then set fire to his flat, and his son later committed suicide on suspicion. Two people were killed in the fire.

On 2022 December 12, a carer's tragedy also occurred in T Lok Estate. (Profile picture)

On 2022 December 12, a couple in their seventies in Tsze Lok Estate were suspected of taking care of their sick 11-year-old daughter for a long time, and some people attacked them with hammers after their daughter was asleep. The daughter died after being sent to the hospital, and the couple was arrested by the police.

The bodies of the two deceased were taken to the mortuary by servants. (Profile picture)

On May 2023, 5, the double corpse case of Mobil New Estate was murdered. The 16-year-old father lives with his 89-year-old daughter, and the two have long-term illnesses and mobility problems before their lives, and have been missing from the outside world for many days. After investigation, the police initially believed that the two died due to poor physical condition.

The Lunchang tragedy occurred yesterday in Tuen Mun Green Residence, and the sixty-year-old man could not resist the pressure of taking care of his 39-year-old daughter suffering from encephalopathy, and tried to murder his daughter with a plastic bag, but failed, and finally ended his life. (Profile picture)

On 2023 May 5, a 26-year-old man at Blue Land Green Residence, Tuen Mun, who could not bear the pressure of caring for his 66-year-old daughter suffering from encephalopathy, put a plastic bag around his daughter's head, which was stopped by his wife in time. The man left home with a suicide note and hanged himself in the men's toilet of the housing estate.

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