Healthy Ageing through Innovations
Healthy Ageing through Innovations
Externally Funded Projects
Robot Assistance to Home-based Care, Cognitive Training and Home SafetyInvestigators Name: |
An AI robot-assisted tailored activity programme for improving the physical inactivity of people with dementia and their informal caregivers: A pilot randomized controlled trialInvestigators Name: |
Supporting Current Home Care Services with a Robot-mediated Interactive Intervention (RMII) to Reduce Loneliness in Older Adults: A Feasibility and Pilot Randomized Controlled TrialInvestigators Name: |
Telephone-coached "graphic narrative" bibliotherapy for informal caregivers of people with dementia: A cluster randomized controlled trialInvestigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund Total Grant: HK$ 1,507,926 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-24 |
The effects of an Individualized Music Playlist based on the ISO-Principle for the immediate de-escalation of agitation in people with dementia: a randomized controlled trialInvestigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund Total Grant: HK$ 1,502,248 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-24 |
Effects of a technology-enhanced horticultural program for the people with dementia and their family caregiversInvestigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Bright Future Charitable Foundation |
Effects of e-bibliotherapy on the psychological wellbeing of informal caregivers of people with dementia: A randomized controlled trialInvestigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) |
Increasing mental health literacy and peer support among caregivers: An Electronic Painting and Peer Supportive (EPPS) Platform
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme Total Grant: HK$1,976,900 Commencement Date: 1-May-23 |
Effects of an Individualized Dietary Behavioural Change (IDBC) Programme and Exercise Training in combination or separately on managing Sarcopenic Obesity in Community-dwelling older adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund Total Grant: HK$1,288,407 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-23 |
Supporting family caregivers of people with dementia and identifying an effective adaptive intervention to reduce their depressive symptoms: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Total Grant: HK$1,462,200 Commencement Date: 30-Sep-22 |
Pilot evaluation of technology-enhanced horticultural activities among the people with dementia and their family caregivers
Investigators Name: PI: Dr Pui Kin KORCo-I: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG Member: Ir Dr Humphrey Leung Kwong-wai Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Bright Future Charitable Foundation Total Grant: HK$174,550 Commencement Date: 1-Sep-22 |
The Presence of Humanoid Robot with Older Adults at Homes
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Research Matching Grant Scheme (RMGS) Total Grant: HK$500,000 Commencement Date: 1-Apr-22 |
The secrets of healthy near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong: how well are they ageing – one year follow up
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sik Sik Yuen (Donation) Total Grant: HK$57,291 Commencement Date: 28-Feb-22 |
Effects of Facebook-based bibliotherapy on improving the wellbeing of informal caregivers of people with dementia: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant Total Grant: HK$145,000 Commencement Date: 14-Feb-22 |
The Effects of a Hybrid Face-To-Face and Online Mode of Delivering a Mindfulness-Based Dementia Caregiving Programme for Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme Total Grant: HK$820,120 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-22 |
A community-based participatory research approach to reduce the COVID-19 risk in Hong Kong: developing and testing social and behavioural interventions
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19 Total Grant: HK$27,605,783 Commencement Date: 1-Nov-21 |
*Digital Health Literacy on COVID-19 for All: Co-creation and evaluation of interventions for ethnic minorities and Chinese people with chronic illnesses in Hong Kong
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19 Total Grant: HK$5,380,600 Commencement Date: 1-Nov-21 * Child project of ‘A community-based participatory research approach to reduce the COVID-19 risk in Hong Kong: developing and testing social and behavioural interventions’ (PI: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG). |
*A Smart Health 3P (Prevention, Protection, Progression) platform for people with physiological and psychosocial distress under the influence of COVID-19
Investigators Name: * Child project of ‘The 3P (Prevention, Protection and Promotion) approach as a novel and effective strategy to prevent infection and enhance recovery in individuals with COVID-19’ (PI: Prof. Ho Keung David SHUM). |
Using a web-based mind-body intervention program for reducing stress in family caregiver of frail older people in mainland China: an intervention protocol development
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: 鄭州悅來蘋果酒店有限公司 Total Grant: HK$30,000 Commencement Date: 1-Aug-21 |
Development and validation of a holistic health literacy scale for family caregivers of older people
Investigators Name: Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant Total Grant: HK$176,387 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-21 |
Evaluation of a 25-day Home-based, Multisensory Cognitive Stimulation Program for the People with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$75,000 Commencement Date: 1-Dec-20 |
A Stand-alone Therapeutic Music-with-Movement Programme for Elderly with Cognitive Impairment
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$5,412,643 Commencement Date: 1-Nov-20 |
Blended Gaming COVID-19 Training System (BGCTS) with WHO Guidelines for Staff in Residential Care Homes: A Cluster Randomised Controlled TrialInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$1,276,732 Commencement Date: 1-Oct-20 |
The Secrets of Healthy Near-centenarians and Centenarians in Hong Kong: How Well are They Ageing
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$600,000 Commencement Date: 1-Aug-20 |
Investigation of Happiness Index and its Explanatory Model in Hong Kong: Repeated Cross-sectional Studies
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$450,000 Commencement Date: 31-Mar-20 |
Investigation of Happiness Index in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area in Southern China: Three Phases Study
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$75,000 Commencement Date: 1-Mar-20 |
Virtual Reality Motor-cognitive Training for Older People with Cognitive FrailtyInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$2,968,125 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-20 |
Good Dyadic Relationship between Couple with One Having Mild Cognitive Impairment: a Q-methodologyInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$111,000 Commencement Date: 1-Oct-19 |
Effects of a Modified Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Family Caregivers of People with Dementia in Stress Reduction: a Pilot Randomized Controlled TrialInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$39,150 Commencement Date: 1-Jun-18 |
Partnership with the Community to Improve the Psychosocial Well-being of People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment, and their Caregivers with Music Interventions: an Effectiveness-Implementation Cluster Randomized Clinical TrialsInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$1,361,302 Commencement Date: 1-Feb-18 |
Evaluation of an Individualized Exercise Programme Plus Behavioural Change Enhancement Strategies for Managing General Fatigue in Community-Dwelling Frail Older People: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$853,463 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18 |
Project on Medication Adherence and Health Literacy - Part 2
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$99,999 Commencement Date: 18-Sep-17 |
Promoting Mental Health Literacy in Aging: Identifying Depressive Symptoms Through PhotosInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$493,863 Commencement Date: 1-May-17 |
* Genetic Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease in Hong Kong
Investigators Name: Total Grant: HK$165,663 Commencement Date: 6-Mar-17 * Child project of ‘Genetic Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease in Hong Kong’ (PI: Dr Lok Ting LAU). |
Project on Medication Adherence and Health LiteracyInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$99,475 Commencement Date: 15-Sep-16 |
Changing The Way We Prevent Diabetes: The Use of Mobile ApplicationInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$281,720 Commencement Date: 15-Apr-16 |
Implementation of Observational Pain Management Protocol to Improve Pain Management for Long-term Institutionalized Older Care Home Residents with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled TrialInvestigators Name: Total Grant: HK$669,000 Commencement Date: 1-Jan-14 |
