Hong Kong International Dental Expo and Symposium (HKIDEAS)
Prof. Timothy Kwok, director or JCCPA, and Dr. Kenny Chui, Chief Training Consultant, were invited to speak in the HKIDEAS, an annual event organised by Hong Kong Dental Association Limited. During the Symposium, Prof. Kwok and Dr. Chui discussed oral health and dental care for people with dementia.
Temi the Personal Robot
Introduction of our new member, Temi the Personal Robot!
Apart from navigation, user detection and tracking, Temi possesses a super intuitive operating system to understand each “of you” through action, listening, speech and vision and is always learning how to serve you better. Temi will definitely become the ambassador of JCCPA and brings happiness to our service users.
During the epidemic, Temi runs around every corner of JCCPA to carry out the navigation and sterilization. After finishing the task, Temi will automatically return to the Nurse Station for getting another job.
"1+2" Family Caregivers Training Course
JCCPA launches the new “1+2 Family Caregivers Training Course” in 2021. The first “One Day Intensive Training” was conducted on 30 January 2021 via an online platform
Our Training Consultant, Mr. Andrew Lau, shared with the family caregivers about the issues related to dementia care. The content comprised a wide variety, covering basic knowledge of dementia, environmental design, communication skills, behavior, psychological performance treatment, dementia caring, prevention of getting lost, etc.
More than 175 participants joined the training. Andrew responded and advised the caregivers according to their caring cases and how to overcome various challenges when caring for people with dementia. The training was in a pleasant atmosphere; participants raised questions and responded very enthusiastically. We sincerely hope the practice could help them alleviate their difficulties and pressures.
Jockey Club Post-diagnostic Support in Dementia Care Programme
Supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trusts, Jockey Club Post-diagnostic Support in Dementia Care Programme (PDSP) website (https://pdsp.hk/) has updated with the latest data and new illustrations. The website is divided into three different areas, including public, professional staff and family caregivers. We encourage professionals, caregivers or other interested parties to visit the PDSP website to learn various dementia knowledge and caregiving skills.
Besides, Jockey Club Post-diagnostic Support in Dementia Care Programme (PDSP) website https://pdsp.hk/ has different caregiving skills and caregiver support tips for caregivers to learn more related knowledge and community resources to ease the burden.
Post-diagnostic Support in Dementia Care Programme provides free educational talk and cognitive screening for different NGOs, organizations, and those aged 50 or above to screen and be diagnosed by our collaborated general practitioners and intervene early in dementia.
If anyone observed that the elderly in the family demonstrated a significant decline in memory and cognitive impairment; you are welcome to contact our programme staff Mr. Chan at 2946 8174 or Ms. Yuen at 2946 8187 to arrange a cognitive assessment via telephone for the people in need.
PDSP provides free training sessions for people aged 50 or above who have been diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and early dementia within one year, and 6 – 9 months supporting services to those family caregivers. Given the latest development of the novel coronavirus infection, the elderly and caregivers can choose to receive supportive service via telephone or zoom meeting or self-learning from our e-platform. Please contact Ms. Yuen at 2946 8187 or Ms. Fan at 2946 8188 for more details.
