香港近年的兒童及青少年精神科服務個案不斷上升，反映本港兒童的精神健康問題非常令人關注。而據研究顯示，兒童在7-8歲的時候接受社交情緒教育對提升社交技巧、加強了解自己及別人情緒的能力尤其顯著。承蒙凱瑟克基金資助，<<童狗有話兒>>是香港第一個結合社交與情緒學習、人道教育和動物輔助教育的課程，為期3年 (2018 – 2021)。有別一般的社交及情緒學習課程，本計劃加入伴讀犬元素，營造正面的課堂和學校文化，鼓勵學生在一個安全和關愛的環境下參與活動。課程旨在提升學生的社交情緒技巧、培養正面的態度和行為、訓練同理心、學習與友儕相處的技巧和建立良好的思維方法 。就計劃的研究初步發現，參與課程的同學比對照組同學更能專心、冷靜、做事更顧及後果、更能留意他人感受、願意分享及更樂於助人。整個計劃由港大團隊負責設計課程、編撰故事書，並提供培訓和製作教材，令參與計劃的學校在計劃完結後可以延續課程，長遠希望可以在香港發展一套本地化的動物輔作教育課程。
Traditional Chinese Medicine regards health as a harmonies interplay of complex intrapersonal, interpersonal and environmental interactions. A holistic evaluation of biological, psychological and spiritual states can shed light on a person’s physical, social and mental health. Eastern philosophies such as Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have been found to be helpful in allowing patients to let-go of their pain and suffering. With a new perspective on enduring pain, positive growth and transformation may occur.
Bring together these concepts and therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine, Professor Cecilia Chan developed a holistic approach – integrative-body-mind spirit (I-BMS) approach to promoting well-being and assisting individuals in a healing process.
Spirituality is defined in a broad sense to encompass and integrate all aspects of the person in the process of searching for meaning and purpose, growing through joys and adversities, striving to live compassionately, and connecting with mankind and the universe. Our spirit are connected to our emotions and spirit and change in one aspects will affect the other parts. A balance between three elements is the key to promote health and well-being.
隨著香港人口老化，晚期病患長者人數不斷攀升，公眾對社區晚期病人護理服務的需求亦日漸增加。為此，香港賽馬會慈善信託基金撥款近5.2億港元，於2016年開展推行為期十年的「賽馬會安寧頌」計劃，協助改善社區晚期護理服務的質素，以及為相關服務的專業人員提供培訓，並舉辦公眾教育活動。「賽馬會安寧頌」結合跨界別力量，聯繫社區及醫療系統，強化現有臨終護理服務。計劃會在社區及安老院舍推行安寧服務，為晚期病患長者提供全面的支援，讓他們可以在充份知情下作出合適的臨終護理選擇，提升他們的生活質素。計劃合作夥伴包括：香港大學社會科學學院、香港中文大學賽馬會老年學研究所、香港老年學會、基督教靈實協會、香港復康會、聖雅各福群會、聖公會聖匠堂長者地區中心，東華三院，聖公會福利協會及救世軍。
Jockey Club Bereavement Care and Support Alliance (JCBeCARE) is a project organized by the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the University of Hong Kong, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. It aims to connect different social service organizations, helping professionals and people who care about bereavement issues in Hong Kong, so that bereaved people may receive necessary supports from the community and their social supports can be strengthened. Besides, it is hoped to consolidate practical wisdom and empirical research findings in developing best practice guidelines and models in bereavement care. By providing assessment guidelines, intervention models and professional training, the overall competencies of helping professionals in offering bereavement counseling would be enhanced.
「賽馬會善別關懷同盟」是一項由香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系主辦，並獲香港賽馬會慈善信託基金捐助的全新計劃。計劃旨在連接本港各社會服務機構、專業同工和關心喪親議題的人士，讓喪親者從社區上得到適切的關懷，重新加強他們所需要的社交支援；另外，透過彙集實踐智慧和實證研究結果，為善別支援提供最佳的實踐指南和模式，全面提昇前線專業人員對善別工作的認識和信心。
根據世界衛生組織對健康的定義，沒有心理健康便沒有健康。可見，精神健康是整體健康的必要組成部分，但是普羅大眾對於精神健康的認識和關注程度仍有待提升。
有研究顯示，本港約有百分之十的長者出現抑鬱徵狀。面對生活壓力、身體機能衰退、社交活動減少等問題，長者會較易受到情緒困擾，影響心理健康，增加患上抑鬱症或更嚴重病症的風險。有見及此，香港賽馬會慈善信託基金累計撥款超過三億六千六百萬港元，於2016年開始推行「賽馬會樂齡同行計劃」
“Life-course Cooperative Care (LCC)” project aims to develop innovative solutions that support family caregivers to preserve, exert, and transform resilient capacities to achieve optimal family functioning and quality of life of family members. Capacity building and belief embodiment for stakeholders, especially family caregivers, are two pillars in the support model. Guided by the life-course perspective, LCC synthetizes empirical evidence on social determinants and effective interventions on parents with young children and adolescent, families taking care of adult members with health needs, and family caregiving for frail older adults in Chinese communities. It also serves as a one-stop platform for researchers, practitioners, policy makers and the public to acquire knowledge on statistics of care needs, caregivers’ challenges, available interventions, and relevant publications, policies and news.
The ‘SMART Institute’ is set up by practitioners and scholars in 2016. Dr. Richard J. Goscha, who is one of the founders of Strengths Model Case Management (SMCM), and Professor Samson Tse from Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) are invited as advisors for the Institute. It is an established unit in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration HKU with the support from three non-governmental organizations, namely Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service, Caritas Hong Kong and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.
Dementia is a group of chronic diseases that require long-term care, putting great pressure on family carers, care facility personnel, health care and social care systems. It is associated with great economic burden for the society. Many higher-income countries have developed dementia-specific policy to tackle the challenge. With the world’s greatest number of people with dementia, Chinese communities need policy solutions for dementia that are based on evidence and guided by the needs and expectations of stakeholders. “Tools to Inform Policy: Chinese communities Actions in Response to Dementia (TIP-CARD)” is a three-year research project funded by the Research Impact Fund of the Research Grants Council. It aims to build capacity in planning and implementing equitable and sustainable strategies in dementia care, and provide accessible tools, data, and local guidelines co-developed with stakeholders to support the generation of policy solutions for Hong Kong and other Chinese communities.
認知障礙症是一種需要長期護理的慢性疾病，給家庭照顧者、護理人員、醫療及社福體系帶來沉重壓力和經濟負擔，許多高收入國家已制定了針對認知障礙症的政策來應對這挑戰。作為全球認知障礙症人口最高的群體，華人社會非常需要一個以實證為本及對應持份者需要而制定的政策方案。「華人社會認知障礙症行動策略工具」(TIP-CARD) 是一項為期三年的政策研究，由研究資助局的研究影響基金資助，旨在為支援華人社會制定相關政策提供可持續發展及易達易用的策略工具、數據和指引。
香港每年約有二萬二千的中風康復者出院，以此推算出每天約有六十個家庭受影響。在利希慎基金的支持下，香港大學秀圃老年研究中心聯同南區、沙田區和屯門區的醫療和社會服務單位，展開一個命名為「風起航：中風家庭支援行動」的計劃，致力支援中風家庭，協同中風家庭重新融入社區。