Autonomous Aging/ Written by Hu Lingfang and translated by Li Weitang

Growing old is not something that is out of reach. What you do when you are young will affect how you age. Many personal and social factors, such as living habits, education, occupation, gender, class, wealth, etc., all affect the quality of life in old age. Professor Wu Ling-fang has been focusing on gerontology research in Hong Kong for more than 40 years. She advocates that the ideal "aging" is not just extending life span, but "autonomous aging", that is, taking control of one's own aging style and maintaining as much health as possible during the aging process. Status of physical and cognitive functioning. In the book, she discusses the various challenges and inequalities faced by aging in Hong Kong, including irrational allocation of medical resources, elderly poverty, age discrimination, loneliness in old age and other issues. She draws on extensive research and years of clinical experience to explore how people can age with dignity and how to turn Hong Kong into a more elderly-friendly place from comprehensive perspectives such as medicine, policy, society, urban construction, and personal habits. City. Full title: Autonomous Aging: Aging in Hong Kong Author: Hu Lingfang Translator: Li Weitang ISBN: 978-988-237-322-8 Binding: paperback Language: Traditional Chinese Number of pages: 140 Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm **About the author** **Hu Lingfang** Graduated from Cambridge University in 1974. He joined the Department of Internal Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985 and served as the Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine from 1993 to 1999. From 1993 to 2012, he served as the head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics of Shatin Hospital. From 1994 to 1994, he served as a chair professor. From 2000 to 2006, he served as the head of the Department of Community and Family Medicine. From 2001 to 2005, he served as the director of the newly established School of Public Health. He is currently Professor Emeritus of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Henry Leong Research Professor of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Director of the Jockey Club Institute of Gerontology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Co-Director of the Institute for Health Equity at CUHK. Professor Hu’s research interests include chronic diseases of the elderly, health services research, nutritional epidemiology, and quality of life at the end of life. He has published more than a thousand articles in peer-reviewed indexed journals. **Translator profile** **Li Weitang** In 2006, he obtained a Master of Arts in Translation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Later, he participated in voluntary translation work for organizations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Translators Without Borders. Currently, he is the manager of the Jockey Club Institute of Gerontology and the Institute of Health Equity at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Actively participate in gerontology-related projects in different fields such as age-friendly cities and hospice services; participated in the "Hong Kong Health Equity Research Report" co-authored by CUHK and the Institute of Health Equity, University of London, UK, and published it in academic journals and newspapers with relevant scholars Articles on gerontology and health equity issues. **Recommendations** I hope that there will be a complete change in Hong Kong society. Whether it is our imagination of life, or the social culture and socio-economic operations, we will no longer think that health is purely the work and responsibility of the medical system. —**Fan Ning**(Founder of Medical Practitioners, Chairman of Never Forget Love) Professor Wu speaks out and puts his mind to practice, improving the health of Hong Kong people through community services, gerontechnology and countless research studies. In his seventies, with fire in his heart, the professor was consistent in his words and deeds, personally demonstrating the agarwood of time. —**Chen Xiaolei**(Editor-in-Chief of Silver) This is a must-read for policymakers, business people, NGOs, older people and carers. We need collaborative and cross-sector efforts to promote age-friendly policies, practices and spaces that empower older people to take charge of their lives rather than become passive recipients of care. —**Ng Meiqin**(Professor of the Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Director of the Urban Studies Program of the Chinese University of Hong Kong)