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CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing Conference on “Promoting Intrinsic Capacity in Ageing”

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Date:

4 Dec 2017

Time:

9:00am – 4:30pm

Venue:

Lecture Theater 1, Yasumoto International Academic Park

Speaker(s):

Quality of End-of-Life Care in Hong Kong: Current Status and Future DirectionsProf. Yeoh Eng KiongDirector, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHKMoving Towards Universal Access to High-Quality Serious Illness ConversationsDr. Susan BlockCo-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care and Director, Serious Illness Care Program, Ariadne LabsEthics for Ageing Societies: How Can We Promote Flourishing and Improve CareDr. Nancy BerlingerResearch Scholar, The Hastings CenterTrajectories of Frailty among Chinese Older People in Hong Kong between 2001 and 2012: An Age-period-cohort AnalysisDr. Ruby YuResearch Fellow, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of AgeingImpacts of Physical Environment on Elderly Health and Well-Being in High-Density Cities: Implications on Urban Planning and Design for Active AgeingDr. Kevin LauResearch Assistant Professor, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of AgeingWhat Does Age Friendliness Mean to Older People: Perspectives from Rural China and Urban Hong KongMs. Carol WongProgramme Manager, Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian ResponseDr. Anna WongPostdoctoral Fellow, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of AgeingHospitals as Healing Environment for Older PeopleProf. Renuka VisvanathanDirector, Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care Centre, University of Adelaide

Admission:

http://goo.gl/9SSyR2 (Free of charge)

Enquiries:

E-mail: kelvinkwok@cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: (852) 3943 3503

Event Details:

Established in 2014, the Institute has a vision of making Hong Kong an age-friendly city in the world. It will synergize the research personnel and efforts on ageing across disciplines to promote and implement holistic strategies for active ageing through research, policy advice, community outreach and knowledge transfer. With the theme of “Promoting Intrinsic Capacity in Ageing”, the conference will bring together prominent scholars around the world as well as renowned not-for-profit organizations to participate and share their vision on end-of-life care and age-friendly environment issues.