As our population is aging rapidly, the government has been actively promoting aging in place in the sense that the elderly can live healthily and receive care in their community. More and more elderly people are expected to go through an end of life care journey in community.  In response to this, the sector is actively developing a wide variety of life and death education, and community-based palliative care services. In October of last year, The Council organized a delegation to join the 8th Public Health Palliative Care International Conference and visit related service organizations in Switzerland in order to learn from the experiences of other countries in developing end-of-life agenda in community.

To enrich the sector with more experience of developing life and death education and related service at community, our Council is organizing “Report Back Session on the 8th Public Health Palliative Care International Conference and Switzerland Study Visit” on 25th March, 2025, inviting delegates including Dr. Lam Ching-choi, Chief Executive Officer of Haven of Hope Christian Service, Ms. Shirley Wong, Service Supervisor of the Salvation Army and Mr. Norman Kwan, Officer of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service to share insights on the development of palliative care services as well as experiences of the implementation of compassionate communities in Switzerland and other countries.  We are going to discuss how Hong Kong should address end-of-life issues and develop related services from a public health perspective.

Details are as follows:

Date: 25th March, 2025 (Tuesday)

Time: 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Venue: Room 201, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai

Target Audience: Social Workers, and others who has participated into End-of-Life care and related service works

Content: Please refer to session rundown (only Chinese version)

If you are interested, please register online on or before 20th March, 2025. If you have any enquiries on this event, please contact Ms. Kelly Chong, Officer (Tel: 28642445; email: [email protected]) or Mr. Norman Kwan, Officer (Tel: 28642435; email: [email protected]).

We look forward to your participation. Thank you very much!

Attachment:

Poster of “Report Back Session on the 8th Public Health Palliative Care International Conference and Switzerland Study Visit” (only Chinese version)