Funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, JCECC End-of-Life Care in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (RCHEs) programme aims to provide quality hospice care service for end stage / terminally ill residents, enabling to fulfil their aspirations in the last journey of their lives.
Through this programme, a professional end-of-life care team (EOLT) is established to provide support and assistance to the participating subvented RCHEs, working with the centres to promote the palliative care and EoL care services, and developing a service model that allows the participating residents access to appropriate holistic care services in their last journeys.
Residents of subvented RCHEs in Kowloon East District
To be referred by the participating RCHEs
About “Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project”
Hong Kong is facing a rapidly ageing population, with the number of elderly suffering from terminal illnesses increasing correspondingly. In view of the growing demand for end-of-life care services in the community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has approved approximately HK$623 million to initiate and fund the “Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project” (JCECC). Launched in 2016, the project aims to improve the quality of end-of-life care, enhance the capacity of service providers, as well as raise public awareness.
JCECC is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional and cross-sectoral collaboration to help enhance end-of-life care in Hong Kong with special emphasis on the interface between social and medical systems. Service models are being developed and shaped to provide holistic support to terminally-ill elders in the community and elderly homes. The goal is to enable the city’s older people to make informed choices about their care and to have an improved quality of life.
The Trust’s partners in JCECC are The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Social Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, Hong Kong Association of Gerontology, Haven of Hope Christian Service, The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, St James’ Settlement, S.K.H. Holy Carpenter Church District Elderly Community Centre, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council Limited and The Salvation Army. For details, please visit http://www.JCECC.hk/