Professor CHAN Yue Lai, Helen
Professor
- helencyl@cuhk.edu.hk
- 3943 8099
- RN, BSN(Hons), PhD, FAAN, FHKAN (Education & Research)
- ELB728
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Biography
Professor Helen Chan’s research interests focus on end-of-life care, gerontology as well as care ethics. She has conducted a number of research projects on promoting palliative and end-of-life care, especially advance care planning, among older adults and people with advanced progressive diseases. Over the recent years, she has obtained various external competitive research grants and teaching and learning funding and a number of research awards in recognition of her outstanding research capabilities. She was also inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2021.
Currently, Professor Chan is an editorial board member of Nursing Ethics, BMC Palliative Care, PLOS ONE, and Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. She is also an examiner of the Registered Nurse (General) Licensing Examination, a co-opted member of the Education Committee of the Nursing Council of Hong Kong and a council member of the Hong Kong Association of Gerontology. Moreover, she has been appointed as Honorary Advisor of Elderly Service of the Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association, the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, the Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing and the Jockey Club CADENZA Hub, and Senior Research Fellow (by courtesy) of the CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing.
Awards & Honours
| Sub Category | Awards & Honour |
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| Teaching Award | Best Teacher Award (Doctor of Nursing Programme) 2020-2021, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Teaching Award | Best Teacher Award (Doctor of Nursing Programme) 2018-2019, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Teaching Award | Best Teacher Award (Doctor of Nursing Programme) 2017-2018, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Teaching Award | Best Teacher Award (Master of Philosophy-Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Programme) 2016-2017, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Research Award | Best Paper of Practice, JCECC International Conference on Community End-of-Life Care (2021) |
| Research Award | Best Poster Award, International Society of Advance Care Planning & End of Life Care Conference (2017) |
| Research Award | Best Poster Award, 13th International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation (2017) |
| Research Award | Young Investigator Award, 19th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress (2012) |
| Research Award | Young Investigator Award, ENABLE International Symposium and 5th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium (2008) |
| Honour | Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (October 2021) |
| Honour | Fellow (Education and Research), Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (May 2021) |
| Honour | ACU Titular Fellowships 2017 – Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellowship, The Association of Commonwealth Universities (2017) |
External Service
| Sub Category | Awards & Honours |
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| Honorary Appointment | Visiting Professor, School of Nursing, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| Honorary Appointment | Senior Research Fellow (by courtesy), CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing |
| Honorary Appointment | Honorary Advisor, Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association |
| Honorary Appointment | Honorary Advisor, Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation |
| Honorary Appointment | Honorary Advisor, Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing |
| Honorary Appointment | Honorary Advisor, Jockey Club CADENZA Hub |
| Editorship | Editorial Board Member, Journal of Nursing Ethics |
| Editorship | Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics |
| Professional Service | Examiner, Registered Nurse (General) Licensing Examination, Nursing Council of Hong Kong, 2022-2024 |
| Professional Service | Co-opt Member, Education Committee, Nursing Council of Hong Kong |
| Professional Service | Council Member, Hong Kong Association of Gerontology |
Selected Grants
(Selected grants received in recent 5 years in the capacity of PI/Co-I)
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| Health and Medical Research Fund, Food and Health Bureau | A multidisciplinary-led personalised mHealth-supported coach for reducing midlife stroke risk |
| Private donation | Development of AI and real-time interactive app-based platform for tracking of longitudinal happiness and healthy ageing outcomes of the ageing population |
| Knowledge Transfer Project Fund, CUHK | Capacity building for advance care planning |
| Wofoo Foundation Limited | Personalised health coaching for family caregivers |
| Wofoo Foundation Limited | Self-supporting care model in long-term care setting: Participatory action research |
| Knowledge Transfer Project Fund, CUHK | Assessing and health coaching for cardiometabolic risk in middle-aged group |
| Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office | Identifying social capital for family caregiving in chronic organ failure: A concept mapping study |
| General Research Fund, Research Grants Council | Effects of a structured, family-supported, and patient-centred advance care planning on end-of-life decision making among palliative patients and their family members: A randomised controlled trial |
| Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (2019-2022 Triennium) | Experiential learning of end-of-life care through immersive virtual reality |
| Health and Medical Research Fund, Food and Health Bureau | Promoting advance care planning in persons with early dementia and their family caregivers in the community |
| British Council - BRICKS Social Innovation Research Collaboration Platform | Develop a culturally-sensitive theory-driven advance care planning game for Chinese community-dwelling older adults |
| British Council - BRICKS Social Innovation Research Collaboration Platform | Engaging persons with early dementia and their family caregivers in advance care planning in the community: A pilot randomised controlled trial |
| Dementia Community Support Scheme, Food and Health Bureau | Provision of Training Service |
| General Research Fund, Research Grants Council | Effects of a motivational-interviewing-tailored programme for promoting advance care planning behaviours on patients with palliative care needs: A randomised controlled trial |
| General Research Fund, Research Grants Council | Effects of a video-supported nurse-led advance care planning on end-of-life decision making among frail geriatric patients: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial |
Selected Publications
(10 selected papers published in recent 3 years)
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| Chan, H. Y. L., Zhao, Y. Y., Liu, L., Chong, Y. Y., Cheng, H. Y., & Chien, W. T. (in press). Ethical challenges experienced by care home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Ethics. |
| Chan, H. Y. L., Chan, C. N. C., Man, C. W., Chiu, A. D. W., Liu, F. C. F., & Leung, E. M. F. (2022). Key components for the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care in care homes in Hong Kong: A modified Delphi study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2), 667. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020667 |
| Wan, Z., Chan, H. Y. L., Chiu, P. K. C., Lo, R. S. K., Cheng, H. L., & Leung, D. Y. P. (2022). Experiences of older adults with frailty not completing an advance directive: A qualitative study of ACP conversations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5358. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095358 |
| Zhao, Y. Y., Liu, L., Ding, Y., & Chan, H. Y. L. (2022). Effect of a culturally sensitive DEmentia Competence Education for Nursing home Taskforce (DECENT) programme in China: A quasi-experimental study. Nurse Education Today, 116, 105434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105434 |
| Chan, H. Y. L., Chung, C. K. M., Tam, S. S. C., & Chow, R. S. K. (2021). Community palliative care services on addressing physical and psychosocial needs in people with advanced illness: A prospective cohort study. BMC Palliative Care, 20(143). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00840-0 |
| Liu, L., Zhao, Y. Y., Yang, C., & Chan, H. Y. L. (2021). Gamification for promoting advance care planning: A mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis. Palliative Medicine, 35(6), 1005-1019. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163211005343 |
| Zhao, Y. Y., Liu, L., & Chan, H. Y. L. (2021). Dementia care education interventions on healthcare providers' outcomes in the nursing home setting: A systematic review. Research in Nursing & Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22180 |
| Chan, H. Y. L., Kwok, A. O. L., Yuen, K. K., Au, D. K. S., & Yuen, J. K. Y. (2020). Association between training experience and readiness for advance care planning among healthcare professionals: A cross-sectional study. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02347-3 |
| Liu, L., Zhao, Y. Y., Zhang, L. H., & Chan, H. Y. L. (2020). Measuring self-efficacy and readiness for advance care planning in Chinese older adults. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 60(3), 622-629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.06.013 |
| Zhao, Y. Y., Liu, L., Ding, Y., & Chan, H.Y.L. (2020). Understanding dementia care in care home setting in China: An exploratory qualitative study. Health and Social Care in the Community, 29, 1511-1521. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13213 |