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Background
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The Centre on Ageing was officially launched in April 1999 under the auspices of the University of Hong Kong. With an endowment from Mr. Kwok Sau-po, the Centre was renamed the Sau Po Centre on Ageing in 2002. |
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taken in the Opening Ceremony
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Mission
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The
Centre is committed to excellence and innovation, and focuses
on enhancing the quality of life of older persons through gerontology
research, education, and policy advocacy.
Our
faculty and research fellows come from different parts of the
world and have trained in a diverse selection of disciplines,
including such fields as:
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Goals
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To advance the frontiers of knowledge of the ageing process
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To research issues relating to the quality of life for
older adults |
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To
develop and deliver innovative educational programs to
train researchers, practitioners and policy analysts |
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To
formulate sustainable and culturally relevant policies
which will help society to cope with an ageing population |
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To
develop and evaluate new models of health and social programs
to enhance the quality. |
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Education
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Advancing knowledge through innovative and educational
programmes in the multi-disciplinary fields of gerontology
and geriatrics including Master of Social Science (Gerontology),
Postgraduate Diploma in Community Geriatrics and Master
of Medical Science(Geriatric Medicine) |
Training
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To realize our objective to enhance and improve the quality of services for elderly people, we have sustained our dedicated efforts in organizing training for local and regional professionals and frontline workers from various disciplines working in the field of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Such training programs include professional workshops, seminars, conferences, multi-skills training courses and certificate course for health care workers.
These courses are conducted by experienced local and foreign professionals and selected ones are accredited by international professional bodies and government departments. Educational videos, training kits, VCDs, and books on 'eldercare' are also produced to facilitate self-learning and teaching. |
Demostration Projects
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Our Centre has collaborated with a local non-governmental organization in launching an innovative demonstration project of establishing a day care centre for people having dementia. This service has been incorporated into the agency"s routine service. |
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Photo
taken in the Opening Ceremony
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Governance
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The
Centre is led by a team of Directors who specialise in a variety
of fields such as healthy ageing, geriatric and long-term care,
financial security and housing, neuro-psychology of ageing and
cross-cultural psychosocial gerontology. The daily administrative,
organizing and promoting tasks are managed by a team of executive
staff members. |
International Collaboration
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The Sau Po Centre on Ageing has established a wide collaborative network with distinguished local, regional and international academic and professional organizations, including:
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 China National Association of Gerontology, China
China National Research Center on Aging, China
East China Normal University, China
Fudan University, China
Australian Association of Gerontology, Australia
School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia
Center on Aging, University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
British Geriatrics Society, UK
American Geriatrics Society, USA
Gerontological Society of America, USA
US National Academy of Certified Care Managers, USA
International Association of Gerontology |
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How can you support us
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If you have proposals that will help promote the well-being of older people or interest in any of our program or service, please oblige us with your views and advice by contacting our Centre Director:
Dr Ernest Chui, Director
Sau Po Centre on Ageing
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2241 5524
Fax: (852) 2540 1244
Email: ageing@hku.hk
Web: http://ageing.hku.hk
We welcome individual contributions, endowments or other funds-generating proposals from foundations and corporations. For more information and further deliberations, please contact our University Foundation with particulars as follows:
Program
Director
Hong Kong University Foundation
Development & Alumni Affairs Office
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Email: daao@hku.hk
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