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Message from the Director. The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Sau Po Centre on Ageing (COA) traces its root to social gerontological research and education in late 1990s, when Hong Kong shifted its demographic into an aging society.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work. and Social Administration, HKU. In recent years we see elders. wanting to be self-reliant. In. the past we see the younger. generation as caretakers of the. elderly; nowadays - and in the. future – the youth are going to be.
Professor, Department of Social Work and Social. Administration, HKU. Despite popular criticisms that Hong Kong lacks a social insurance-based pension system for the aged and old age poverty is critical, the government has offered a multi-level social protection system for the elderly.
Professor Vivian W. Q. Lou has been at the University of Hong Kong for more than 20 years and has been the Director of the Sau Po Centre on Ageing since 2015. She is also the professor and the program director of Master of Social Sciences in Gerontology at the Department of Social Work & Social Administration.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Workand Social Administration, HKU. Twenty years ago, study centres on ageing were limited; back then the Chinese University of Hong Kong focused their work on medical care, and we focused on psychosocial wellbeing and were going for diverse.
Professor Terry Lum Yat Sang. Henry G. Leong Professor of Social Work and Social. Administration; Head and Professor, Department of. Social Work and Social Administration, HKU. In 2011, every elderly person was supported by 5.4 working population. In 2041, there is going to be 1.8 working population supporting each elderly person.
In view of the rapid ageing of the population in Asia, the programme aims at promoting innovative teaching and learning in gerontology as well as contributing to the development of ageing societies like Mainland China and the cultivation of leaders in elderly-related policy and aged-care services.
