How to become an aged care services manager

Official title: Aged care services managers

Aged care services managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the provision of residential and personal care services for individuals and families who are in need of such services due to the effects of ageing.

Main tasks

• Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organization or centre
• Directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance and other personnel
• Establishing objectives and evaluative or operational criteria for units they manage
• Directing or conducting recruitment, hiring and training of personnel
• Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and performance standards for nursing, personal care, technical and administrative staff
• Coordinating and administering welfare programmes and care services for the elderly
• Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
• Liaising with other health and welfare providers, boards and funding bodies to coordinate the provision of services
• Advising government bodies about measures to improve health and welfare services and facilities
• Representing the organization in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$50,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Do you need a degree to become an aged care services manager?

Usually. 67% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of an aged care services manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026