By systematically collecting and analysing health information of the elderly population in Hong Kong, Elderly Health Service identify their health needs for the planning of appropriate health promotion programmes and materials.

Elderly Health Centres provide clinic service to elders using multi-disciplinary approach with family medicine perspective. Elders aged 65 and above can be enrolled as members, who are provided with services of health assessment, counselling, curative treatment, and health education.

The Visiting Health Teams outreach into the community and residential care settings to deliver health promotion programmes so as to optimise the health of the elderly. By adopting the train-the-trainer approach, Visiting Health Teams provide training programmes to carers to enhance their health knowledge and skills in caring for the elderly. In addition, the teams also carry out annual influenza vaccination for institutionalised elders.