Big Silver Community

Big Silver Community, Hong Kong

Founded and led by veteran journalist Leila Chan (陳曉蕾), Big Silver Community seeks to mobilize Hong Kong’s society members towards the innovation, experimentation, and refinement of solutions for ageing issues. Through what has been coined as “solutions journalism”, Big Silver Community reports on ideas that individuals are testing in response to different challenges in society, as well as the effectiveness of these innovations.

Recognizing the necessity for Hong Kong to prepare for an ageing population, this social venture address the importance of strengthening community networks, the effectiveness of prevention and early intervention, and the link between poverty and poor health among older adults. In doing so, Big Silver Community has pinpointed three indispensable and interdependent elements to ageing well: accumulating network (儲人), wealth (儲錢), and health (儲健康).

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Roundtable Discussion 2014: Improving Services for Elderly

ZeShan Foundation, Hong Kong

To better understand the growing needs brought about by Hong Kong’s ageing population, ZeShan Foundation held a roundtable discussion on April 4, 2014, which was attended by philanthropists and representatives of private foundations, service organizations, research institutions and social enterprises. Ms. Annie Chen, a second generation member of the Thomas Chen family and member of ZeShan Foundation’s Grants Committee, hosted the event.

Hong Kong is experiencing a rapidly ageing population. In 2012, 14% (1.02 million people) of the population was aged 65 or older; by 2041, that number will shoot up to 30% (2.56 million people) according to a projection by the government. Comprehensive services for the elderly rank high on the list of concerns for both the community and the government of Hong Kong.

The featured speaker of the event, Prof Alfred Chan, Chair of the Elderly Commission and Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies at Lingnan University began by emphasizing how support from private foundations for pilot projects can be instrumental for developing innovative service models and formulating enlightened policy agenda through effective advocacy. Prof. CHAN suggested forging a strong public-private partnership among government entities, private and corporate funders, service providers, and concerned groups in order to effectively leverage resources and create synergy between these different stakeholders.

Among the participants, Mrs. Mabel Lee, Board member of Simon K.Y. Lee Foundation, and Ms. Bella Luk, Executive Director of Helping Hand, shared their experience in developing and scaling innovative projects to enhance elderly services in selected communities. Ms. Doris Leung, Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Cab, an award-winning social enterprise, shared her company’s lessons in creating impact through social innovation.

Moderated by Mr. Timothy Ma, Executive Director of Project Flame at the City University of Hong Kong, participants examined catalytic roles the philanthropic sector could play in creating impact in the development of elderly services. Emerging from the roundtable discussion, the general consensus was that there are great opportunities for collaboration across sectors in the field of elderly services.

Building on the momentum of the roundtable discussion, an ad-hoc working group was formed to follow-up on ideas brought up during this event and develop suggestions into actionable efforts.

圓桌討論會：改善長者服務 [2014]

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擇善基金會於2014年4月4日舉辦圓桌討論會，目的是探討目前長者服務的改善空間及促進該方面的公私營合作，為日後龐大的長者人口提供更完善的服務配套。陳氏家族成員兼擇善基金會董事陳恩怡女士代表擇善基金會，歡迎28位來自私人基金會、非牟利機構、教研組織，社會企業的代表和獨立慈善家參加會議，就議題分享經驗和交流意見。

根據政府統計數字，本地65歲及以上的長者人口將由2012年的102萬人（佔人口的14%），大幅上升至2041年的256萬人（佔當時人口的30%）。香港正逐步趨向老齡化，如何提升長者服務成為當前重要的社會議題。

討論會邀得香港安老事務委員會主席及嶺南大學亞太老年學研究中心總監陳章明教授、李國賢基金會董事局成員李黃眉波女士、伸手助人協會總幹事陸寶珠女士作主講嘉賓。陳教授指出私人資金對開拓各項試點計劃十分重要，可使具創新性的項目得以被政府吸納及擴展。李女士及陸女士均分享在推廣地區老人服務方面的實踐經驗。社會企業「鑽的」行政總裁梁淑儀女士則分享其以經營社會企業模式提供服務的經驗。

會議由香港城市大學「火焰計劃－社會創新及企業精神在城大」執行總監馬錦華先生主持。馬先生建議加強私人資助者、企業、非政府機構及關注團體之間的合作夥伴關係，產生協同效應，有效地拓展服務範疇及加深工作成效。與會者認同跨界別的合作對長者服務的發展有十分正面的作用。

討論會在熱烈的氣氛下總結成果，大部分與會者同意成立緊密溝通的工作小組，以積極地推動本地長者服務的發展。

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Cross-sector Task Force on Elderly Services 2014

ZeShan Foundation, Hong Kong

Subsequent to the roundtable discussion convened by ZeShan Foundation in April 2014, a cross-sector working group has been formed with a focus around Hong Kong elderly services. The group was comprised of three task forces to take lead on forum organization, policy and advocacy, and dementia, respectively, which collectively work toward addressing issues raised during said roundtable discussion.

In the face of a rapidly ageing population in Hong Kong, the working group believes that an effective public-private partnership is required to mobilize the community and the government to work in concert towards the needs of this shifting demographic. Only in coupling policy change with innovative solutions can Hong Kong be made an exemplar of quality elderly services for the region.

In line with the group’s goal of encouraging cross-sector collaboration, the twenty members themselves are representatives of different sectors, such as grant-making foundations, academia and service providers, so as to join forces and work in synergy towards the common goal of improving elderly services.

Task Force 1: Conference Organization

The first task force organized a 2-day forum with a focus on building sustainable public-private partnership in elderly services, which was held in Hong Kong in mid-November 2015 just ahead of Hong Kong’s Senior Citizens’ Day. The goal behind this forum was to bring together private foundations, policy-makers, academics and service providers in a platform to develop private-public partnerships, as well as to demonstrate the importance of creating sustainable partnerships detailed through case studies.

Task Force 2: Policy & Advocacy

Convenor: Mr Patrick Cheung, Managing Director, The Jade Club

The second task force reviews elderly-related policies and advocates for greater cross-sector collaboration. In meetings convened with Miss Annie Tam, JP, Permanent Secretary for Labour and Welfare, and Dr. C. K. Law, Principal Investigator of the Consultant Team for the Elderly Commission’s Working Group on Elderly Services Program Plan (ESPP), members of this task force introduced the work and future plans of their respective organizations, discussed policy developments, and expressed views on the role and involvement of private foundations in the development of elderly services in Hong Kong.

Task Force 3: Dementia and Caregiver Support

Convenor: Ms Florence Ho, General Manager of the Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing & Jockey Club CADENZA Hub

The third task force looks specifically at dementia, diving into the policy and institutional support given to caregivers of dementia patients in Hong Kong. There are some 18,000 new cases of dementia every year in Hong Kong, and with the city’s ageing population, this neurological condition is expected to affect some 280,000, or 4% of the local population, by 2036.

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First Tele-health Link in HK

First Tele-health Link

Senior Citizen Home Safety Association, Hong Kong

From 2008 to 2011, ZeShan Foundation provided support to aid the development of a new Tele-health Link program by the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association (SCHSA), which aimed to provide a range of telephone and electronic health services to SCHSA’s elderly members in Hong Kong East and Kowloon East. The program was a key example of community-based elderly health services that enables ageing in place, showcasing effective cross-sector collaboration between the public health and non-governmental social services sectors as well as innovative use of technology.

Post-discharge Tele-health Advice, Health Advice Hotline

In collaboration with the Hospital Authority, a hotline was set up to disseminate health advice to the elderly community and their carers in the hopes of enabling active ageing and reduce hospitalization of the elderly. Manned by registered nurses, calls were also made to elderly members who were recently discharged from hospitals to monitor their progress of recovery, remind them to take their medications, and follow up on other related matters. More than 330,000 of such calls were made over three years.

This project also received matched funding from the Partnerships Fund for the Disadvantaged to expand its service from a localised to city-wide operation. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, a study was conducted by the Sau Po Center on Ageing of the University of Hong Kong in March 2011, showing very satisfactory feedback from users.

24-hour Transmission of electronic Patient Record (ePR)

An IT system was established to facilitate the transmission of electronic medical records to hospital emergency wards, which allowed doctors and nurses to access the medical records of SCHSA members and enabled a more efficient medical intervention. The project won a Gold ICT Award in a government competition for its innovative use of information technology.

長者安居協會：「康訊通」長者健康電子及電話服務 [2008-2011]

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擇善基金會在2008至2011年期間，資助長者安居服務協會推行「康訊通」計劃，為港島東和九龍東居住的長者會員提供電子及電話健康服務。計劃旨在建立社區安老服務服務，使長者能夠「居家安老」，為醫護界和社福界的跨界別合作以及創新的科技應用，提供了優秀的示範。

院後健康支援專線、家居健康諮詢專線
在醫院管理局和協會的合作下，計劃設立由註冊護士接聽的電話專線，旨在提升長者健康、減少不必要的住院及促進躍動晚年。工作人員主動聯絡剛出院的長者了解康復狀況、提醒準時服藥以及跟進其他事宜，長者及護老者亦可以致電獲得健康輔導，解決健康及護理方面的疑難。在三年內，工作人員為長者會員提供超過33萬多人次的電話服務。

項目在得到攜手扶弱基金的配對資助下，已把服務擴展至全港長者。香港大學秀圃老年研究中心於2011年3月為項目進行評估，大部分服務使用者對項目表示讚賞及滿意。

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計劃亦建立資訊系統把電子病歷傳送至醫院急症室，使會員入院治療時，醫護人員能夠儘快掌握有關資料並進行適切的治療。這項創新的資訊科技係統，在一項政府舉辦的資訊科技創新比賽中獲得金獎。

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