5th Annual Conference on Policy Research and Advocacy – Co-discovery of the New Trend and Issues of Social Development

The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (the Council) has ever committed through research and advocacy to the co-discovery of social needs and the promotion of service and policy development with the sector. In the past years, the Council has organized conferences and workshops related to research and advocacy, aiming to encourage the sector to share relevant frontline experiences, thereby fostering learning and knowledge exchange. The topic of the annual conference on research and advocacy of the Council is “Co-discovery of the New Trend and Issues of Social Development”. It highlights the role of multi-sectors in shaping social realities and aims to collaboratively explore and construct social trends and issues through data and storytelling. No matter establishing new services or advocating policies, we emphasize using a pragmatic and evidence-based way to grasp social phenomena and trends, and articulating issues in an easily understandable manner to help various sectors recognize social needs and co-create responses. How can we adopt an evidence-based approach to discern the signs of social development, and design appropriate service and policy? Therefore, we have invited various guest speakers from different sectors to share their experiences at the conference, hoping to promote communication between the sectors and other ...

Issue 9 of the newsletter is “Life and Care Planning for Carer Support” (only Chinese version)

Due to aging population and an increasing number of patients with terminal illness, palliative and end-of-life care has lately become an important topic of concern in Hong Kong recently. In view of the concern over respect to patient self-determination and improvement of their quality of life at the terminal stage, the government will implement the legislative proposal of advance directives and dying in place in this year. To equip the sector with knowledge of the related topics and its impacts on palliative and end-of-life care service development, the Council publishes “Newsletter on Palliative and End-of-Life Care Service”. The issue 9 of the newsletter is “Life and Care Planning for Carer Support” (only Chinese version). Carers encounter not only the challenges of their caregiving responsibilities but also their own living concern. This issue will demonstrate the circumstances and needs of carers through research through case studies and stakeholder discussion; meanwhile, with use of the Australian government's Carer Support Planning Framework, to develop a life and care planning framework for carers. Lastly, it will provide some recommendations for the development of a compassionate community." If you have any enquiries or comments on this publication, please contact Ms. Kelly Chong, Officer (Tel: 28642445; ...

Invitation to Seminar – Solo Living: Addressing the Rise and Needs Entailed in Hong Kong’s Evolving Demographics

Hong Kong is currently experiencing multiple demographic changes. In addition to an aging population, solo living has been on the rise over the past two decades. There are approximately 589,000 single-person households, accounting for more than 21% of all households in Hong Kong. Furthermore, the proportion of households without marriage or children is increasing, with the city's fertility rate of 0.8 ranking among the lowest globally. With out-migration contributing to a growing population of elderly residents, many individuals are likely to “live solo” in the future. Except those who aspire to an independent life, some people who, due to social factors such as difficulties in socializing, employment transitions, or family changes, find themselves involuntarily living alone as they become separated from others in their life journey. For middle-aged and elderly individuals, especially those in low-income groups, living solo presents challenges in terms of physical and mental health, social connections, finances, living arrangements, and uncertainties about their future. As of today, the mainstream society has not thoroughly understood the causes and consequences of “the solo-ization process”. At the same time, solo dwellers may be unwilling to confide in others, or may internalize or individualize their problems in life, leading to an ...

Issue 8 of Newsletter on Palliative and End-of-Life Care Service: “The Perspective of Carers’ on the Challenges of Endof-Life Care”

Due to aging population and an increasing number of patients with terminal illness, palliative and end-of-life care has lately become an important topic of concern in Hong Kong recently. In view of the concern over respect to patient self-determination and improvement of their quality of life at the terminal stage, the government will implement the legislative proposal of advance directives and dying in place in this year. To equip the sector with knowledge of the related topics and its impacts on palliative and end-of-life care service development, the Council publishes “Newsletter on Palliative and End-of-Life Care Service”. The issue 8 of the newsletter is “The Perspective of Carers’ on the Challenges of End-of-Life Care” (only Chinese version). When the health conditions of the cared declines significantly, how could carers equip themselves to prepare for new challenge. Through the data from a focus group discussion, this issue will demonstrate various scenarios of end-of-life care carers will face so that they could prepare life and care planning for themselves and the cared. Regarding Newsletter on Palliative and End of Life Care Service, should you have any enquiries or comments on this publication, please contact Ms. Kelly Chong, Officer (Tel: 28642445; email: [email protected]) or ...

Workshop on Social Service Data Analytics – Introduction to the Use of Spatial Data and Geographic Information System (GIS) software

From developing social service planning to understanding the residential distribution of members, we are making use of geographic information. The Common Spatial Data Infrastructure (CSDI) of the government has a wealth of maps and data, which helps everyone display and visualize findings geographically, or combine other population, facility and environmental information to make decisions and do storytelling. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) has invited Spatial Data Office (SDO) and Geospatial Lab (GeoLab), established by the Development Bureau, to organize a tailor-made introductory workshop for social workers and researchers at social service organizations / civic groups, with the aim of applying the related skills into their work. Participants can also learn how to use the free open-source software QGIS for data processing, analysis and visualization. As quota are limited, we allocate the quota with the following mechanism: 1. The registration is in time order; 2. More than one registration from the same organization is welcome; 3. If there are more than one registration from the same unit of an organization, priority will be given to those who registered earlier. If there are remaining spaces, the second registrant from that unit will be accepted, and so on. Date: 16 ...
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