In recent years, our society has been thinking about how to set up a carer-centred policy to support carers.  The Council is now conducting “Study on the Respite Needs of Carers”, focusing on the needs of carers of elderly and persons with disability (including carers of pre-school and school-aged children with disability).  We would like to invite your organization to help recruit and assist service users of your organization and service units to participate in the study.  The data collection period will be extended to 31 March of 2021. Target: Unpaid carers who are providing continuous care to elderly or persons with disability currently (People who provide continuous care due to voluntary work or training are excluded.) Ways of Participation in the Study: We strongly recommend the carers to take part in the study through (1) telephone interview.  If the carers do not hope to conduct telephone interview, he/ she may take part in the study by (2) web-based self-administered questionnaire (available only in Chinese). Application For Participating In Telephone Interview:  Workers may invite or assist the carers to access to https://zh.surveymonkey.com/r/DT6P8PK to leave their contacts.  Afterwards, our interviewers will contact the carers and conduct the telephone survey directly on phone during the available timeslot indicated ...

The Government has set up the Task Force in 2020, to carry out feasibility study of tenancy control of subdivided units (SDUs) in Hong Kong. The study will be completed and the result submitted to the government this year. In order to promote understanding and discussion on SDU Tenancy Control in the social service sector, the Council is going to organize a policy seminar on ‘Tenancy Control on Subdivided units’, by inviting speakers to offer different analyses or suggestions on the subject. The policy seminar will discuss the market situation of the grassroots tenants, the possible impacts on the SDU rental market, supply and quality of SDU housing, as well as the advocacy strategies within and outside of the LegCo. Below are event details: Date : 23 March, 2021 (Tuesday) Time : 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Venue : Room 201, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai (Please pay attention to our notice of possible arrangement of video conference in case new restrictive measures are announced again as a result of the pandemic) Speakers : Dr Thomas YUEN, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics & Finance, Hong Kong Shue Yan University Dr Simon YAU, Associate Professor, ...

「認知障礙症家庭照顧者身心健康專業證書課程」(Professional Certificate Programme in Promoting Well-being in Informal Caregivers of Dementia–GIFTCare) 由香港中文大學醫學院內科及藥物治療學系腦神經科（中大腦神經科）主辦、香港社會服務聯會（社聯）合辦，並獲何善衡慈善基金會有限公司支持。此課程為在社區提供認知障礙服務的專業人員提供培訓，以協助提升認知障礙症家庭照顧者的身心健康。第五屆課程(2021年7月開課)現正接受報名。另課程簡介會現開放登記。 香港的認知障礙症患者已逾11萬，預計未來20年患者人數更會超過24萬，很多家庭亦會因此擔當照顧認知障礙症患者的角色。為支援認知障礙症家庭照顧者的需要，中大腦神經科與社聯合辦此為期6個月的專業證書課程，以培訓社福機構及專業醫護人員掌握相關知識。課程由2021年7月6日起，逢星期二晚上6時30分至9時30分進行﹝部份課程、靜觀體驗工作坊及考試會安排於星期六﹞。因應疫情關係，部份課堂可能會以網上直播形式進行。課程簡介及報讀方法請見附件(一)文件、或按此瀏覽網址。 我們將舉行課程簡介會，歡迎有興趣報讀此課程之人士出席。詳情如下: 日期         ：  2021年4月14日（星期三） 時間         ：  晚上6時 30分至8時 出席形式 ：  親臨基督教家庭服務中心(九龍觀塘翠屏道3號201室)或參與網上Zoom直播 報名         ：  請於2021年4月13日或以前按此 登記 (直播連結會於稍後發送至登記電子郵箱) 如有任何查詢，請電郵至[email protected]或致電2474 9930中大腦神經科「GIFTCare 課程」辦公室，與葉小姐聯絡。謝謝!   文件下載： (1) 通告 (2) 課程簡介及報讀方法 (3) 單張及報名表格 ...

In order to get the practitioners of the sector to know the Council’s latest research findings and recommendations in a precise and concise manner, the Council has endeavored to publish Research Brief from time to time.  A new Research Brief Issue 1 and 2 for the year of 2020-2021 has just been published, introducing research titled “The Survey on Quality of Life and Service Need of Caregiver of Adult with Disability” and “Exploratory Research on the Obstacles Faced by CSSA Applicants”. Each research brief covers basic background of the core issue and policy significance of the research, followed by research objectives, research methods adopted and key research findings, so that readers are able to capture the key findings for reference. For further enquiries of research, please contact the respective officer based on the contact information provided in the Research Brief. Please feel free to access the latest research (Chinese only) conducted by the Council: Issue 1: The Survey on Quality of Life and Service Need of Caregiver of Adult with Disability Issue 2: Exploratory Research on the Obstacles Faced by CSSA Applicants For enquiries on collection of research information and our publications, please contact Miss Connie Chen by email [email protected] ...

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