The role of hope in bereavement for chinese people in hong kong

This study examined the relationships between hope and the emotional reactions of bereaved Chinese people in Hong Kong. Three groups-a clinical bereaved sample (n=140), a general bereaved sample (n=152), and a non-bereaved comparison sample (n=144)-were included. Significant differences in 3 hope measures, hope (pathway), hope (agency) and hope (total), were found between the 3 groups. Moderately strong correlations were found between hope measures and emotional reactions. A mediating effect for hope (agency), but not for hope (pathway) and hope (total), was found in the relationship between bereavement. Possibilities for working with Chinese bereaved people and implications for research and training were discussed. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.postprin

Anticipatory Anniversary Effects and Bereavement: Development of an Integrated Explanatory Model

Anniversary effects have been previously noted in bereavement, but there is little empirical support for this observation. This article reports on the development of an anniversary effects model with intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental determinants based on a literature review of anniversary reactions. A secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study of Chinese bereaved persons in Hong Kong was undertaken, and anticipatory bereavement anniversary effects were observed rather than the bereavement anniversary effects reported in the literature. Based on a further literature review, the first model was amended to form an integrative model of anticipatory anniversary effects. The revised model integrated concepts of appraisal and coping, as well as postulating their relationship to anniversary reactions. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.postprin

Evaluation of an indigenous early intervention model for Chinese persons with early dementia

ePoster Session 6: Strengthening the social and cultural wellbeing of individuals, families and communities – promoting resilience, empowerment, safety and respectConference Theme: Promoting Social and Economic Equality: Responses from Social Work and Social DevelopmentIntroduction: The World Health Organization considers Dementia as a public health priority. The ageing population logicaly implies a growing population in persons with Dementia. Tung Wah Group of Hospitals started the Circle of Care project in 209. Integrating the Chinese cultural concept of body and mind linkage, the organization developed an evidence-driven, culturaly sensitve and holistic intervention for persons with early Dementia. Aims: This study is to evaluate the efectivenes of this pilot care intervention. Methodology: The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. Al the older adults who joined the programme were invited to join the study as participants of the intervention group. Older adults with a compatible mental abilty recruited from a Day Care Centre in the same district were invited to join as participants of the comparison group. The participants in the intervention group were interviewed before the intervention (t0), right after the intervention (t1) and 3 months after the intervention (t2). Information was colected from the care-givers as wel. As for the participants in the comparison group, interviews were ofered at t0 and t2 only. Dependent variables include the cognitve abilty, physical abilty, quality of life and depresion of the older adults as wel as the perceived relationship betwen the older adults and the carers. Findings: Thirty-two older adults and 31 carers joined the intervention group with 2 older adults in the comparison group. The within group analysis of the intervention group showed statistical signifcant changes in the cognitve abilty, quality of life and depresed mod of the older adults. The betwen group analysis indicated diferences in expected direction. In particular, the changes in functional reach test, depresion and quality of life were with statistical signifcance. Conclusion: The pilot study shows that he intervention is efective.published_or_final_versio

預期性哀傷之評估與干預

当死亡骤然的降临， 甚至只是它的踪影临近， 未有充分准备的家庭都会有一份措手不及的忙乱， 情绪亦会被大肆牵动 ...postprin

Developing the emotional competence for hospice care worker

大会主题: “重视姑息治疗，实施全程管理”preprin

Hope in bereavement - the silver lining

Plenary 2 SlidesATapestry of Care - Engaging Minds, Reaching Heartspostprin

The last outfit: can we prepare for death?

Seminar A5 Slides. The presentation slides' website is located at http://www.cvent.com/events/singapore-palliative-care-conference-2012/custom-124-a3deae3ccda54505b4133c70de1a13b5.aspxATapestry of Care - Engaging Minds, Reaching Heart

灾后的哀伤辅导与升华

Conference Theme: Rehabilitation after Disaster - 災後康復: 四川汶川地震傷患康復論壇postprint第十一屆京港醫學交流會議：災後康復: 四川汶川地震傷患康復論壇, 中國, 四川, 成都, 2009年10月24-25日.The 11th Beijing-Hong Kong Medical Exchange : Rehabilitation after Disaster, Chengdu, Sichuan, 24-25 October 2009

Fate control and well-being in Chinese rural people living with HIV: Mediation effect of resilience

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Do persons with intelectual disabilties understand death?

Concurent Sesion: 11EConference Theme: Promoting Social and Economic Equality: Responses from Social Work and Social DevelopmentBackground: With the longer lifespan of the persons with Intelectual Disabilties (PWID), they have a higher chance of outliving their parents. The los of parents among PWID is intricate because of the exceptionaly intimate parent-child relationship. Yet, PWID are often considered as incapable to understand the concept of death, thus do not have the abilty to grieve. Aim: The study is to explore PWID’s level of understanding of death. Methodology: Persons with mild to moderate level of ID, who are service users of the Rehabiltation services of Tung Wah Group Hospitals, are the participants in this study. A stratifed random sampling aproach is adopted. Data were colected through an in-depth interview, guided by a standardized protocol. In particular, one of thre vignetes describing death-related incidents was used to ases the understanding of five dimensions of death: causality, inevitabilty, finality, non-functionality, and universality. Self-care abilty, bereavement experience and demographics were measured as wel. Findings: 104 participants joined the study, with 60 having had bereavement experiences. More than half of the participants showed a ful understanding towards the ireversibilty and non-functionality dimensions respectively. Around a third showed a ful understanding towards the universality and causality dimensions respectively. 31.7% of participants showed a ful understanding to the inevitabilty dimension. Gender and self-care abilty sems to have minimal efect in understanding the diferent dimension of conceptualization of death. Bereavement experiences were found to be corelated signifcantly with nearly al the dimensions (χ 2 ranged from 4.48 to 6.03, p < 0.05), except for ireversibilty. Conclusions: Though not al PWID can understand the concept of death, a signifcant group of participants, even asesed to be with moderate grade of intelectual disabilty, showed a ful understanding towards diferent dimensions of death conceptualization. It definitely refutes the hypothesis of persons with ID not understanding death.published_or_final_versio