Program

Program at-a-Glance

Time	Day I 26/9/2013 (Thu)	Time	Day II 27/9/2013 (Fri)	28/9/2013 (Sat)
09:00-09:30	Registration	09:00-09:15	Registration	Residential Care Home Visit cum Case Sharing ( English & Cantonese )
09:30-09:50	Opening Ceremony	09:15-1015	Plenary Session Asian Experience in End of Life Care
09:50-11:00	Keynote Speeches Issues of End of Life Care in Long Term Care Settings in Hong Kong New Chanllenges in Palliative Care at The XXIth
		10:15-11:20	Symposium III Legal Perspectives
11:00-11:20	Morning Tea & Poster Presentation	11:20-11:40	Morning Tea & Poster Presentation
11:20-12:45	Symposium I Issues of life and death: Advance Directive	11:40-12:45	Symposium IV Psychological needs from patient and family perspectives ( English & Cantonese )
12:45-14:00	Lunch & Poster Presentation
14:00-15:30	Symposium II Clinical & Nursing Perspectives in End of Life Care	14:00-15:30	Symposium V Video Sharing on Palliative Care & End of Life Care ( Cantonese )
15:30-15:50	Afternoon Tea & Poster Presentation
15:50-17:00	Free Paper Presentation I & II ( English & Putonghua )	15:50-17:00	Round Table Session Envisioning the action agenda ( English & Cantonese)

* No simultaneous interpretation will be provided in the Conference, Workshops and Visits.


Confenrence Content

Conference Day I (26/9/2013)
09:00-09:30	Registration
09:30-09:50	Opening Ceremony
09:50 -11:00	Keynote Speeches Issues of End of Life Care in Long Term Care Settings in Hong Kong Dr Edward Man-fuk LEUNG President, Hong Kong Association of Gerontology New Chanllenges in Palliative Care at The XXIth Professor Xavier Gomez-Batiste MD, PhD, Director, the “Qualy” Observatory/ WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programmes
11:00-11:20	Morning Tea & Poster Presentation
11:20-12:45	Symposium I Issues of life and death: Advance Directive Advance Directives：It is more than a form Dr. Angel Onn-kei LEE, Senior Consultant, Department of Palliative Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore Advance Directive for End-of-lift Care：If good, why not? Dr. Doris Man-wah TSE, Chief of Service, Department of Medicine & Geriatrics & ICU, Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong Role of Community Geriatric Assessment Team in Helping Elders in their Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care Dr. Sze-yuen FUNG, Associate Consultant, Community Geriatrics Assessment Team, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
12:45-14:00	Lunch & Poster Presentation
14:00-15:30	Symposium II Clinical & Nursing Perspectives in End of Life Care Clinical & Nursing Perspectives in End of Life Care Associate Professor Ying-wei WANG, Chief, Department of Medical Humanities, Tzuchi University and Chief, Heart Lotus Hospice, Tzuchi General Hospital, Taiwan Nursing Perspectives in End of Life Care Ms. Faith Chun-fong LIU, Nurse Consultant (Palliative Care), Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Building the Capacity for Palliative Care in Residential Homes of the Elderly in Hong Kong: Care Providers' and Residents Perspectives Professor Samantha PANG, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
15:30-15:50	Afternoon Tea & Poster Presentation
15:50-17:00	Free Paper Presentation I & II Free Paper Presentation I New Community Care Model for End-of-Life with Organ Failure: Hospital@Home Man-Sze YIU, Pui-chi CHIU, Siu-hung LEUNG and Kam-chu YEUNG Evaluation of a Embedded EOL Programme within a Community Long Term Care Model Foong-yue MOK, Wai-chong NG and Hua Mei Mobile Clinic Feasibility of Implementing Advance Directive in Hong Kong Chinese Elderly People Patrick Ka-chun CHIU, Fei CHAN and Leung-wing CHU Evaluation of End-of-Life Care Service in a Nursing Home in Hong Kong 2000-2013: the clinical profile and hospital utilization Welgent Wai-ching CHU amd Christine Y. T. Lam Changes in Staff Expectations, Competence, and Confidence in Providing EOL Care after Launching a 2-year End-of-life Care Pilot Project in Care and Attention Home Vivian W.Q. LOU, Jervis C.S. TANG, Sandy W.P. WONG, S.H. LAM ,Amy K.M. TSUI Perspectives on End-of-life Care Planning of Elders in Residential and Community Settings: Hong Kong Experience So-wah LAM, Kin-wai WONG and Sui-fan LI Free Paper Presentation II 以雲端科技協助提供高品質的末期病患居家照顧 Ching-chun CHIANG, Ying-wei WANG, Hsing-chu CHEN and Chin-lon LIN Sharing of Experience on the Nursing Care of the Elderly Clients During Their Last 3 Weeks of the Imminent Death in a Nursing Home of Hong Kong Christine Yuk-tsing LAM, Welgent Wai-ching CHU, Dolly Man-ying LEUNG and Walter THOMPSON Dignified Care in LTC Settings: A Systemic- Interpretive Framework for Community-Based End-of-Life Care Pathway in Hong Kong Andy H.Y. HO, James K.H. LUK, Felix H.W. CHAN, Camis W.K. CHAN, Catherine K.K. KWOK, W.C. NG, Joseph H.L. YUEN, Michelle Y.J. TAM and Cecilia L.W. CHAN Filial Piety and Dignity in End-of-Life Caregiving: Lived experience of Chinese families facing terminal cancer and receiving LTC care services in Hong Kong Andy H.Y. HO, Michelle Y.J. TAM, Cecilia L.W. CHAN “Embrace the Last Journey with Love” Holistic EOL Care in Long Term Care Settings Antony Chi-tat LEUNG Pilot on End of Life Care in Nursing Home in the New Territories West Cluster Yiu-keung KWAN, King-shing LEUNG, Sau-han CHAN ( English & Putonghua )
Conference Day II (27/9/2013)
09:00-09:15	Registration
09:15-1015	Plenary Session Asian Experience in End of Life Care Associate Professor Ying-wei WANG, Chief, Department of Medical Humanities, Tzuchi University and Chief, Heart Lotus Hospice, Tzuchi General Hospital, Taiwan
10:15-11:20	Symposium III Legal and Ethical Issues Legal Issues Relating to End-of -life and Palliative Care Mr. Woody CHANG, Partner, Mayer Brown JSM, Hong Kong Right to Refuse Medical Treatment : Legal and Ethical Considerations in End-of-life Care of Mentally Incompetent Patients Dr. Derrick Kit-shing AU, Chairman, Hong Kong Bioethics Association, Hong Kong
11:20-11:40	Morning Tea & Poster Presentation
11:40-12:45	Symposium IV Psychological needs from patient and family perspectives Exploring the Psychological Needs at the End-of-life among Frail Residents in Assisted Care Setting and their Family Members Dr. Helen Yue-lai CHAN, Assistant Professor, The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Meeting Their Needs to Be Whole - Through Connecting Dr. Rhoda Ka-wai YUEN, Psychologist, Palliative Care in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly, Hong Kong Silent Compantionship - Roles of Social Workers in Promoting Palliative Care to Elderly in Residential Care Homes and Challenges Ahead Social Workers of The Salvation Army Residential Care Homes Family Representatives ( English & Cantonese )
12:45-14:00	Lunch & Poster Presentation
14:00-15:30	Symposium V Video Sharing on Palliative Care & End of Life Care Invited hospitals and organizations will introduce their services through video sharing and case stories. Video clips will be shared to elders in elderly centres and residential care homes at the same time. ( Cantonese )
15:30-15:50	Afternoon Tea & Poster Presentation
15:50-17:00	Round Table Session Envisioning the action agenda Convener: Dr. the Honourable Edward Che-hung LEONG, G.B.M., G.B.S., J.P. Round table members: Representatives of Hospital Authority, government departments and conference guest speakers and elderly users. ( English & Cantonese )
Residential Care Home Visit cum Case Sharing (28/9/2013)*
	Route 1 The Salvation Army Kam Tin Residence for Senior Citizens 103 Kam Tin Road, Yuen Long, NT, Hong Kong Route 2 The Salvation Army Bradbury Home of Loving Kindness 16 Tung Lo Wan Hill Road, Tai Wai, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong Route 3 H.K. Chinese Christian Churches Union Kwun Tong Kwong Yum Home for the Aged, 88 Kung Lok Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong ( English & Cantonese )

* Registration for pre-conference workshops and residential care home visits should be paid separately. No cancellation of registration is allowed after the full payment is received.

Download: Registration Form / Abstract Form


Conference Venue:
Auditorium, 7/F, BEA Tower, Millennium City 5, 418 Kwun Tong Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

BEA Tower, Millennium City 5

Larger Map BEA Tower, Millennium City 5

Transportation:
MTR:	Kwun Tong Station (Exit A2 go to apm escalator)
BUS:	74X, 277X (apm bus station) 11B, 11C, 11X, 14, 16, 215X, 277X, 258D, 259D, 268C, 269C, 296A, 296C, 38, 40, 42C, 62X, 601, 619, 641, 70X, 74X, 80, 80X, 83X, 89C, 89D, 93K, 95M, 98A, A22, E22 (via Kwun Tong Road)