Dr Esther Yung sSuccessin Bidding PICO Public Policy Research Project

Please join us in congratulating Dr Esther Yung, Associate Professor of BRE,on her success in bidding for a PICO Public Policy Research Project(HK$0.38M)! The success is a reward for the great endevours of Dr Yung’s research team.

Entitled ‘Effects of Indoor Environmental Quality on the Satisfaction Level of the Elderly in Residential Care Homes’, the heart of the winning project is to identify the underlying indoor environmentalquality(IEQ) factors associated with the satisfaction of the elderly with their residential care homes (RCHEs) and their living quality. Including the two co-investigators, Prof. Edwin Chan of BRE and Dr C.K. Chau of BSE, (Department of Building Services Engineering, PolyU) Dr.Yung’s research team is dedicated to finding out how to improve the indoor environment of RCHEs and enhance the satisfaction and quality of life of the elderly in RCHEs. A mixed methods approach is used to realize their goals.

The years have seen an ageing society, in Hong Kong and else where and arapidly growing demand for elderly care. Achieving a better indoor environment at RCHEs is a matter of urgency.

Dr Yung’s years of admirable dedication to academia and society deserves rounds of applause.We wish Dr Yung’s team every success in its future endeavours.

Have a read of Dr EstherYung’s profile : Dr Esther HK YUNG