The COVID-19 Long-Term Care situation in Hong Kong: impact and measures
By Kayla Wong, Terry Lum and Gloria Wong
July 8, 2020 | International Long-Term Care Policy Network
Article:
https://ltccovid.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hong-Kong-COVID-19-Long-term-Care-situation_updates-on-8-July-1.pdf
UCL and HKU are collaborating to deliver Cognitive Stimulation Therapy to people with dementia over Zoom during COVID-19
May 22, 2020 | University College London
UCL’s Professor Aimee Spector and HKU’s Assistant Professor Gloria Wong explain how they have been working together to develop Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) to help maintain cognition and wellbeing in people with dementia.
Read more:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global/news/2020/may/ucl-and-hku-working-deliver-dementia-therapy-virtually
COVID-19 and Long-Term Care Policy for Older People in Hong Kong
By Terry Lum , Cheng Shi , Gloria Wong & Kayla Wong
May 31, 2020 | Journal of Aging & Social Policy
Article:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08959420.2020.1773192
Report from Mainland China: Policies to Support Long-Term Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak
By Cheng Shi, Bo Hu, Menglong Feng and Gloria Wong
April 18, 2020 | International Long-Term Care Policy Network
Article:
https://ltccovid.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Report-from-Mainland-China-18-April-final.pdf
Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services: Policy brief
By World Health Organization (WHO)
July 24, 2020 | COVID-19: Essential health services
Article:
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Policy_Brief-Long-term_Care-2020.1
Understanding COVID-19 and its preventive measures workshop
Hong Kong Jockey Club Nice-Link Project has developed an online course to empower the NGO colleagues and the volunteers with better knowledge and competency to cope with the current pandemic situation.
To participate, please click:
http://bit.ly/pre-test-nicelink-covid19-training
Survey on the impact of COVID-19 on persons with dementia & carers
The Department of Social Work and Social Administration of HKU is conducting a survey on the impact of COVID-19 on persons with dementia and their carers.
To join the survey (in Chinese), please click:
https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Xiky3qyUbajSHb
