Page 19 - Accelerating Research and Impact - Issue 6

Promoting smart
elderly care services
Lingnan and HKT have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote gerontechnology in support of smart ageing and socialpreneurship development in Hong Kong, so that HKT will participate in the Gerontech–X Lab and Social Enterprise Intelligent Hub (SEI Hub), two projects in the three-year “LU Jockey Club Gerontechnology and Smart Ageing Project” funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
In the Gerontech–X Lab on Lingnan campus, HKT will demonstrate innovative gerontechnology solutions for elderly care centres related to health monitoring, accident prevention and rehabilitation. And in the SEI Hub, a cloud-based resources platform that connects different interests, HKT will share knowledge to encourage further research into gerontechnology and smart ageing, and provide consultancy services.
Helping the elderly
to prevent COVID-19 with Chinese Medicine
Since its outbreak, the highly contagious COVID-19 virus has spread rapidly and globally. According to data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the death rate at about 14.8% is highest in people aged 80 and over. For this reason, Lingnan University is launching this programme showing the efficacy of Chinese medicine in helping the elderly to prevent infection and reduce the risk involved, as is the saying of wisdom "prevention is better than cure".
Sponsored by the Chinese Medicine Development Fund and carried out by Lingnan’s Chinese Medicine Clinic, the programme is delivered at two stages of “During the epidemic” and “After the epidemic has eased”. At the first stage, registered Chinese medicine practitioners visit elderly service providers to teach them how to make the Chinese herbal soups which raise resistance to viruses and diseases. Recorded lectures on how Chinese medicine may prevent COVID-19 infections are uploaded onto a dedicated YouTube channel.
Two half-day seminars will be held at the second stage, with a booklet entitled "Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 for the Elderly - Chinese Medicine" provided for the elderly and their carers. The content will be made available on YouTube, and video discs will be distributed to elderly service providers and organisations in Hong Kong.
Caring for Lives Around Us
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