Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign
By taking the advantage of technology, we have developed guarding-tooth device and using crowd-sourcing technology in order to search the people with dementia when they get lost.
As the number of COVID-19 infection case were escalating, ibeacon would be distributed by courier to avoid public gathering and keep everyone in a safe condition. Simultaneously, online videos and teaching materials were prepared for the caregivers to complete the application as well as getting know more about dementia at their own place.
Besides, we have held an online webinar “Embrace and Engage: The Way Ahead in Building a Dementia-inclusive Society Sharing Session” on 28 July. It was our great honour to have officiating guests and speakers from various corporates and organization and share how to build a dementia-friendly and inclusive society. The list of officiating guests and speakers were listed below in random order.
Officiating guests:
Mr Horace Lit, Executive Manager, Charities (Grant Making – Elderly and Family Services), The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Dr Lam Ching Choi, Chairman, Elderly Commission
Prof Timothy Kwok, Director, Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing
Ms Josephine Lee, Chief Executive Officer, St. James’ Settlement
Prof Gary Chan, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Guest speakers:
Ms Carmen Chan, Vice President, Brand Management & CSR, Group Communications, HKT Limited
Ms Annie Leung, General Manager, Marketing and Customer Experience, MTR Corporation Limited
Mr Addie Lam, Assistant Director, Communications, The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd
Ms Cynthia Mo, Marketing Director, Marketing and Business Development Section, Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Mr Hanks Lee, General Manager, Corporate Communications and Watsons Brand Marketing, A.S. Watson Group
Ms Vivian Wong, Chairperson, Financial Service Delivery Channels Committee, HKAB &
Executive Director, Strategy, Distribution & Affluent, Consumer, Private & Business Banking, Hong Kong, Standard Chartered Bank
Mr Mak Chin-ho, Terence, Assistant Commissioner, Police Regional Commander, New Territories South, Hong Kong Police Force
Ms Cheng, caregiver
Ms Li, caregiver
It was delighted that there were over 300 participants who attended this sharing session. In this session, guest speakers have introduced how corporates and organizations could help promote dementia-inclusive society and address the needs of people with dementia in workplace from the perspective of company policy, the strength and advantage of organization, staff training as well as cross-sector collaboration. It was practical and inspiring people from all walks of life.
Last but not least, we would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all officiating guests and guest speakers who take part in our sharing session as well as the participants, actively raising questions during the sharing session. In addition to the effort from our colleagues, the webinar was completed successfully.
We truly believed that it could be the bridge of establishing dementia-inclusive society in the nearly future.
Ibeacon registration and enquiry by district:
Jockey Club Centre for Positive Aging (New Territories East, Kowloon and Islands District)
Phone: 6804 6307 (Office hour: Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm. Except Sat, Sun and Public Holidays)
St. James’ Settlement (Hong Kong Island, New Territories West and Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing)
Phone: 8105 5818
"1+2" Family Caregivers Training Course
The one-day intensive training course was successfully held on 23 July. Mr. Andrew Lau, registered social worker, has shared with over 150 caregivers regarding the knowledge and tactics on how to take care people with dementia including basic knowledge of dementia, daily schedule and health management, communication and health care skills, community resources and arrangement, etc. He also addressed various enquires from caregivers with practical suggestions during the talk.
What’s more, we have invited a caregiver Ms Lee to share her experience on arranging advance directives and advance care planning for people with dementia which raise their awareness on this issue and get prepared when their elderly was diagnosed.
The next training course will be held on 20 August (Sat). We will hold a half-day intensive training course which introducing the 3 instruments of peace. If you are interested to join, please register at https://forms.gle/2QkctDUH8WVgvge59
