Prof. Terry Lum

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Prof. LUM Y.S. Terry

Professor / Henry G. Leong Professor in Social Work and Social Administration

Professor Lum is the Henry G. Leong Professor in Social Work and Social Administration. His research interests focus on long-term care, productive aging, environmental gerontology, and geriatric mental health. He is an advisor to the Hong Kong Government on long-term care and has led the development of new assessment instruments and services matching mechanisms for long-term care in Hong Kong. He also advised the Government on the implementation of the community care voucher pilot project that introduced participants directed care to Hong Kong and the implementation of the carers’ allowance pilot schemes that provide cash allowance to low income carers of frail older people and people with disabilities. He also advised the Hong Kong Housing Society to develop its aging-in-place program for older people living in public rental estates. Professor Lum is currently directing the HKJC JoyAge Project that provides innovative step-care intervention for older people with depression; the HKJC Age Friendly City Project that promotes age friendliness in Hong Kong; the GrandMove project that prevents and reverses frailty among older people. Professor Lum is an invited member of two WHO committees on healthy aging and long-term care. Before returning to HK, he was a tenured professor at the University of Minnesota. He was elected as a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America in 2011 and was awarded the Career Leadership Award by the Association of Gerontology Education in Social Work in 2016. Professor Lum is an editor of the Journal of Aging and Mental Health. He is serving as a member of social welfare committees of several major NGOs and is a member of the Minimum Wage Commission of the Government that sets the minimum wage of Hong Kong.

Externally funded research

  • Characteristics and predictors of productive ageing involvement among older Chinese in Hong Kong. Funded by the Research Grants Council.
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club Holistic Support Programme on Mental Health for Older People. Funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for HK $25.86 million dollars for three years (award period 2016-2019. Co-PI: Dr. Gloria Wong)
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club Age Friendly City Project: Central & Western District and Wanchai District. Funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for HK $4.5 million dollars for three and half years (award period 2015-2019, co-PI: Dr. Vivian Lou)
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club Age Friendly City Project: Central & Western District and Wanchai District. Funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust for HK $4.5 million dollars for three and half years (award period 2015-2019, co-PI: Dr. Vivian Lou)
  • Faith and Science Collaborative Research Forum. Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. for US$804,086 (HK$6,271,871) for three years (award period December 1, 2015 – November 30, 2018, PI: Professor Pauline Chui of Chemistry Department of HKU)

Publications

  • Tang J. Y. M., Wong G. H. Y., Ng C. K. M., Kwok D. T. S., Lee M. N. Y., Dai, D. L. K., & Lum T.Y.S. (2016). Neuropsychological Profile and Dementia Symptom Recognition in Help-Seekers in a Community Early-Detection Program in Hong Kong. Journal of American Geriatric Society, 64(3) 584-589.
  • Lum, T. Y. S., Yan, E. C. W., Ho, A. H. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Shum, M. H. Y., & Lau, M. M. Y. (2015). Measuring filial piety in the twenty-first century: Development and validation of the Contemporary Filial Piety (CFPS-10) Scale. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
  • Lum, T. Y., Lou, V. W. Q., Chen, Y. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Luo, H., & Tong, T. L. (2014). Neighborhood support and aging in place preference among low-income elder Chinese city-dwellers. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences.
  • Lum T.Y., Parashuram S., Shippee T., Wysocki A., Shippee N.D., Homyak P., Kane, R. (2013). Diagnosed Prevalence and Health Care Expenditures of Mental Health Disorders among Dual Eligible Older People. The Gerontologists, 53(2), 334-344.
  • Lum, T.Y., & Vanderaa, J. P. (2010). Health disparities among immigrant and non-immigrant elders: The association of acculturation and education. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 12(5), 743-753

Key Community Services

  • Member, Minimum Wage Commission, HKSAR Government
  • Member, Specialized Committee on Elderly Services, the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
  • Member, Advisory Committee on Social Work Training and Manpower Planning, Social Welfare Department, HKSAR Government.
  • Member, Senior Policy Call Central Advisory Board, Hong Kong Police Force.
  • Member, Salvation Army Social Services Advisory Committee, Salvation Army, Hong Kong.