Date: 6 October 2020 (Tuesday)

Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Venue: The webinar will be conducted via Zoom. The meeting ID will be sent to registrants by email.

Topic: Ethics and Care Issues in Residential Care Homes for Elderly (RCHE) under COVID-19

Speaker: Dr. Kong Tak-kwan, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK; Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Ethics & Humanities Unit and Department of Family Medicine & Primary Care, HKU

Discussant: Prof. Jean Woo, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Henry G Leong Research Professor of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine of CUHK; Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, SH Ho Centre for Gerontology and Geriatrics and Centre for Nutritional Studies, CUHK

Registration: Please click here

References:

1. Lau-Ng R, Caruso LB, Peris TT. COVID‐19 Deaths in Long‐Term Care Facilities: A Critical Piece of the Pandemic Puzzle. JAGS 5 Jun 2020.
2. Kong Tak-kwan. Comment on COVID‐19 Deaths in Long‐Term Care Facilities: A Critical Piece of the Pandemic Puzzle. JAGS. In press.
3. Reply to comment on COVID‐19 Deaths in Long‐Term Care Facilities: A Critical Piece of the Pandemic Puzzle. JAGS.

Event Recaps:

Presentation slides by Dr. Tak-kwan Kong – “Ethics and Care of Elders in Residential Care Homes during COVID-19 Pandemic”