2016-2020
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CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing Launch Conference 2015 "Creating Age-Friendly Communities" (08/10/2015)
The CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing (IOA) held Launch Conference on ‘Creating Age-Friendly Communities’ at the Shaw Auditorium in the Prince of Wales hospital on 8 Oct 2015. The conference brought together prominent scholars around the world as well as renowned not-for-profit organizations to participate and share their vision to building age-friendly communities. Speakers included distinguished scholars from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the United States. Topics covered in the conference include Redesigning Communities for Aged Society, the Age-Friendly City movement led by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, Frailty and Geriatric Syndromes as well as Age-friendly Hospital and Service. The conference attracted over 270 persons to attend from various sectors of the community including academics, government officials, district councilors, representatives of NGOs as well as professionals from different disciplines.  http://www.ioa.cuhk.edu.hk/en-gb/community-outreach/conference2017/launch-conference
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Radio Interview (28/3/2015)
Professor Jean Woo, CADENZA Project Director, talked about the concept of frailty and methods to remain healthy in a radio interview. (in Cantonese, about 5 mins) |
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Experts Advocate Advanced Technology to Facilitate Healthy Ageing (30/9/2014)
Technologists, industrialists and elderly services providers shared updates on the latest technologies for elderly care while discussing the way forward in enhancing its quality at the Technologies And Healthy Ageing Symposium on 30 September. With support from the CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors and the CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, the Symposium, organised by Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), attracted near 500 participants from the social welfare, medical and healthcare, IT and education sectors. About the Symposium: http://www.astri.org/en/news_room/event/content/techhas/ -Download:  Press release |
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CADENZA Community Project Anti-elder Abuse Campaign Bears Fruit (18/12/2013)
Elderly abuse is a common problem in the city, with Kwai Tsing District being one of the worst affected among the 18 districts in recent years. In light of the problem, CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors has partnered Hong Kong Christian Services (HKCS) to run a three-year community project entitled Elder at PEACE (Project to End Abuse with Collaborative Efforts) in Kwai Tsing District since 2010. Concluding the Elder at PEACE Project on 18 December, Jockey Club CADENZA Project Director Professor Jean Woo said the programme tried to mitigate the elderly abuse problem through empowerment and mediation. "Over the past three years, the Elder at PEACE team helped prevent the elderly from being abused through over 2,500 counselling sessions and provided training for more than 450 welfare and medical professionals. The Project has been widely recognised for its accomplishments." Jockey Club CADENZA Fellow Dr Elsie Yan, commissioned to evaluate the Project, said many of the service users found the intervention useful in alleviating psychological abuse and improving mental health. The Project and the evaluation study were funded by the Trust with a donation of HK$6.48 million. An around 80-year-old client, whose 50-year-old son was addicted to the Internet and isolated from family and friends, said she used to devote herself taking care of her son, whose indifference had left her frustrated. Fortunately after receiving counselling from the Project's social worker, she started to actively participate in social activities and has become more outgoing and confident. Under the Project, social workers helped empower the elderly against victimisation by making them aware of the community resources and choices available to them and their rights through "empowerment and mediation" as well as "case management" intervention models. Mediation between the victims and the abusers was arranged subject to consent of all parties involved and on the condition that no criminal offence was observed. Elder at PEACE Project Director Bonnie Cheung said mediation was most favoured by family-abused elderly people who wanted to maintain a good relationship, adding that the Jockey Club-funded Project had helped many elderly victims get a new lease of life. The Project also set up a six-member interdisciplinary team comprising Jockey Club CADENZA Fellow Dr Yan, a government welfare official, a barrister, a geriatrician, a psychiatrist and a nurse to help give professional advice and assistance in the legal and medical aspects for handling the cases more effectively and providing full support to those victims and families suffering from elderly abuse, in turn minimising the occurrence of abusive incidents. Over the past three years, 135 elderly people received help through over 2,500 counselling sessions. The Project also provided training for 450-plus practitioners to enhance their techniques when handling such cases. More than 6,700 people benefited from anti-abuse community talks and related programmes. To promote awareness of the problem and provide anti-abuse tips, 2,400 Trust-funded copies of a practical handbook will be free for distribution to carers, district councillors, watchmen as well as elderly and family service centres mainly in Kwai Tsing. -Download: Practical Guideline (Chinese only)
Presentation by speaker (Chinese Only) (1)
Presentation by speaker (Chinese Only) (2)
 "Effective Elder Abuse Interventions: Case Management vs Empowerment and Mediation" Research Findings
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CADENZA Study Proves Incontinence Therapy Successful (17/12/2013)
Download video: WMV format | MP4 format Jockey Club CADENZA Fellow Professor Claudia Lai, along with CADENZA Project Director Professor Jean Woo, on 17 December announced the findings of Hong Kong's first-ever prompted voiding study. The 31-month research on 52 elderly incontinent residents from five local nursing homes found that the behavioural therapy was effective in reducing incontinent episodes. Professor Woo said: "CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors was initiated by the Club's Charities Trust in view of the ageing population. One of its key elements is to groom gerontologists. I hope that CADENZA Fellows of different disciplines can proactively consider the needs of the elderly in their research and teaching. CADENZA Fellow Professor Lai's prompted voiding study aims to find out a suitable behavioural therapy to manage incontinence in order to reduce elderly people's reliance on diapers." Under the study held between January 2011 and July 2013, made possible by the Trust's HK$1.26 million donation, half of the 52 participants aged 67 or above were randomly assigned to receive the prompted voiding treatment while the rest were in a control group. Those using the therapy were asked up to three times every two hours in the daytime if they needed to go to the toilet. They would be praised by trained carers should they agree to go and urinate. The results showed that the urinary incontinence rate among those using the therapy had dropped from 72.6% to 58.7% six months later. The rate for non-users rose to 77.6%, up 11.6 percentage points over a six-month period. Moreover, the median number of times therapy users went to the toilet jumped to five from zero over six months. Professor Lai said local nursing homes commonly used adult diapers to manage incontinence among their residents, but she noted that forcing the elderly to use diapers might affect their dignity and self-confidence, let alone skin irritation risks. To share the study findings and carers' tips, 1,000 Trust-funded copies of a practical manual will be free for distribution to local social service groups upon request. -Download: Presentation by speaker
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International Experts Join Jockey Club Symposium to Promote Use of Gerontechnology
With advanced technologies, elderly care is moving into the digital age. As part of efforts to improve elderly welfare, CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors on 11 October staged a gerontechnology symposium to discuss how technology can help improve the quality of life among the elderly and facilitate their independent living in the community. Club Deputy Chairman Simon Ip joined Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Joseph Sung and Elderly Commission Chairman Professor Alfred Chan to officiate at the opening ceremony of the 6th CADENZA symposium, funded by the Club's Charities Trust. Stressing the need to create an elder-friendly environment, Dr Ip said the Jockey Club CADENZA Symposium would explore how advanced technologies impacted elderly care as well as helped older people maintain an active and independent life. "For our city to stay competitive, we must create an environment that enables older people to live in a safe place, enjoy good health and continue to participate fully in society. Over the years, the Symposium has become an important platform for overseas and local experts to exchange new insights in the understanding of ageing issues," he commented. Dr Ko expressed his deepest appreciation to The Hong Kong Jockey Club in establishing CADENZA and its series of Community projects. "The Symposium is a timely call, gathering experts in the field of clinical medicine, nursing, social work etc., to address and exchange on the application of technology. I look forward very much to this Symposium bringing about new and innovative ideas which will ultimately benefit our elderly population in health promotion, caring and independent living in the community, " he noted. "The total effect of these initiatives has been most instrumental in establishing a benchmark in affecting the direction of development of the local elderly care and services scene." With the theme of Matching Technology to Needs, experts from Japan, mainland China and Hong Kong shared their insights on gerontechnology. Key speakers included seal robot PARO inventor Dr Takanori Shibata from Japan, robotics expert Professor Xu Yangsheng, the President of CUHK, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Bio-Medical Electronics Manager Alice Chow. Jockey Club CADENZA Project Director Professor Jean Woo also discussed how researchers could play a more active role in meeting the needs of the elderly with use of technology. Latest hi-tech devices including a therapeutic seal robot called PARO, which was newly introduced to Hong Kong, a calligraphy robot for upper-limb exercise called Callibot, as well as the world's smallest reflective device developed by a local institute to measure blood oxygen content and the heart rate were showcased in the exhibition booths. Also featured were Jockey Club CADENZA's new online platforms on chronic disease management and Liberal Studies learning resources on population ageing. The Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing also demonstrated its brand new Chinese online platform for writing life stories to help enhance family relationships. |
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CADENZA Community Project: Cherish Our Life: Enhancing Psychological Well-being of Elders Press Conference cum Symposium (3/9/2013)
CADENZA Community Project: Cherish Our Life: Enhancing Psychological Well-being of Elders press conference cum symposium on Mental Health of Elderly, jointly organised by CADENZA, Sik Sik Yuen and Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, concluded successfully on 3 September. Dr Vivian Lou, CADENZA Fellow and Assistant Professor of Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, confirmed the effectiveness of the "Instrumental Reminiscence Intervention" on alleviating depressive symptoms among elders in her research. More than 200 professional front-line workers and carer givers attended the press conference. -Download: Programme Rundown
PowerPoint presentation by Dr Vivian Lou
Project Report
Practical Guideline (Chinese Only)
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Brain Health Game Design Competition Award Presentation Ceremony and Community Carnival
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Brain Health Game Design Competition Award Presentation Ceremony and Community Carnival (18/5/2013)
With support from the Club's Charities Trust, the Brain Health Public Education Campaign has disseminated the messages of dementia prevention and brain-healthy lifestyle successfully to more than 55,000 people since its launch last year. Implemented by the Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing (JCCPA) and CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors, the Campaign held a community carnival as a finale on 18 May at Shatin Town Hall Plaza. Officiating Guests included the Club's Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So; Elderly Commission Chairman Professor Alfred Chan; Charles Kao Foundation for Alzheimer's Disease Chairperson Gwen Kao; Social Welfare Department Assistant Director (Elderly) Cecilla Li and JCCPA Director Professor Timothy Kwok. Noting the Club has made a priority of dementia care, Mr So said the HK$1.78 million Campaign funded by the Trust had yielded fruitful results. The project team had organised over 100 school education talks and game design workshops, attracting more than 9,000 primary and secondary students to join. But the work would not end there. The Club would continue to work with different parties to widely promote the message of brain health and dementia prevention. The Brain Health Public Education Campaign helped to spread the message of brain healthy lifestyle, how to prevent dementia and mitigate the impact of cognitive impairment to primary and secondary students, elderly and the general public. The campaign consisted of School Education Workshops and Community Education, Game Design Workshops and Competition, and One-day Community Carnival.
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Love and Care the Elderly - Anti-elderly Abuse Carnival (13/4/2013)
On 13 April, the Cadenza Community project: Elder at PEACE organised an anti-elderly abuse carnival in Lai King Estate, attended by the Club's Project Manager (CADENZA) Benise Mak, Elderly Commission Chairman Professor Alfred Chan, Hong Kong Christian Service Deputy Chief Executive Chan Pui-yi, Social Welfare Department District Social Welfare Officer (Tsuen Wan/Kwai Tsing) Lam Ding-fung, Kwai Tsing District Council Vice Chairman Law King-shing and member Chow Yick-hay. The Elder at PEACE Project is one of the CADENZA Community Projects being run in Kwai Tsing District - chosen as a pilot district in view of its higher rate of elder abuse compared with other districts. Since the Project was launched, some 330 seniors have been identified as being abused or suspected cases, and along with their families, have received advice and counselling services. The Project has also provided training for some 180 practitioners to enhance their techniques when handling such cases. An evaluation report conducted by the University of Hong Kong on the effectiveness of the service model will be used as a reference by the government and NGOs to improve the quality of life of elderly people in the city. To increase public awareness of elderly mistreatment in Hong Kong, CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors and the Hong Kong Christian Services (HKCS) launched Elder at PEACE (Project to End Abuse with Collaborative Efforts) in 2010, encouraging people to respect and care for the elderly, by providing counselling, intervention and training services, as well as organising public education programmes. Project details: http://www.hkcs.org/archives/peace/peace-e.html -Download: Press release (Chinese only) |
Speakers: (from left) Professor Jean woo, Dr. Eric Chui, Dr Rebecca Ong Dr Eric Chui, member of the research team, offers several suggestions to avoid unnecessary familial conflicts and reduce the occurrence of elderly financial abuse, including conduct regular family meeting, encourage senior citizens making an EPA and/or a will. |
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