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Affiliated Academics and Researchers
Research Associate (honorary)
Professor Chung Yat Nork, Roger
Research Fellow (by courtesy)
Professor Suzanne Ho
Senior Research Fellow (honorary)
Professor Lee Tze Fan, Diana
Senior Research Fellow (honorary)
Dr. Lo See Kit, Raymond
Senior Research Fellow (honorary)
Senior Research Fellow (by courtesy)
Research Associate (by courtesy)
Research Associate (by courtesy)
Dr. Suey Yeung
Research Associate (honorary)
Researcher Profile
Collaboration Network
City/Country | Institute | Area/Theme |
Australia |
University of Adelaide |
Impact of Environment on Health |
China |
Department of Neurobiology, Geriatrics, and Neurology, Capital Medical University |
Frailty and neurological diseases / cognitive impairment |
China | The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics | Sarcopenia |
China | The Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology | Gerontechnology |
Japan | Department of Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University | Sarcopenia |
Japan | Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo | Ageing well |
Japan | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo Institute of Technology | Gerontechnology |
Korea | Institution of Aging, Ajou University | Health behavioral research, sarcopenia |
Korea | Seoul National University | Active Ageing Index |
Korea | The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) | |
Malaysia | Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya | Frailty and sarcopenia |
Singapore | Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore | Ageing well |
Singapore | National University of Singapore | Sarcopenia |
Taiwan | National Cheng Kung University | Age-friendly City |
Thailand | Siriraj Hospital, Division of Geriatric, Faculty of Medicine | Frailty and sarcopenia |
United Kingdom | Ageing Research at King’s, King’s College London |
Brain ageing and mental wellness |
United Kingdom | Alzheimer's Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice, The University of the Western Scotland | Long-term care, dementia and other later life conditions |
United Kingdom | Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow | Ageing well indicators and contributory factors |
United Kingdom | International Longevity Centre UK | Ageing Well |
United Kingdom | MRC Lifecourse Epidemiological Unit, University of Southampton | Sarcopenia |
United Kingdom | University of Stirling | Dementia |
United States | Boston University | Public Health |
United States | Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care | End-of-Life Care |
United States | Oregon Health & Science University | Osteoporosis |
United States | Saint Louis University Medical Center, Division of Geriatric Medicine | Frailty, comorbidities, and dementia research |
United States | The Hastings Center | Health and long-term care systems |
Sweden | University of Gothenburg | Bone health |
JC Age-friendly City Project - introduction
Age-friendly Community and the Decade of Healthy Ageing
Introduction
The WHO released the action plan for a Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030, which targets for a 10-year sustained and transformative multisectoral collaboration among governments, organizations and agencies, professionals and scholars, and private sectors, with older people at the core of the plan. The Decade emphasizes a life-long approach to healthy ageing to achieve both longer and healthies lives, using a human rights approach observing universality and equity. It also aligns well with the all sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations, addressing growing concerns over the sustainability of the age-friendly movements. The Decade calls for four areas of action, including ageism, age-friendly community, integrated primary care and long-term care.
Among these areas, the age-friend community directly addresses the importance of creating an age-friendly environment to foster active and healthy ageing. The area recognizes that building age-friendly environments, both urban and rural, is crucial to the intrinsic capacity of older people, as well as maintaining their autonomy, dignity and well-being. Specific actions, including supporting the inclusion of the voices of older people, promoting territory-wide programmes in age-friendly communities, taking evidence-based actions to facilitate intrinsic capacity, and evaluating the outcomes of these actions, are listed under this area of action. Another action area highly relevant to an age-friendly community is ageism, which is the perceived stereotypes and discrimination directed towards others or oneself based on age. Indeed, both ageing and age-friendly community are considered under the same monitoring and evaluation framework of the Decade, implying their close linkage in fostering older people’s well-being. The IOA has been involved in working in all these areas since inception. And the details of our works have been found in our latest book publication “Strategies for creating an age-friendly city: Hong Kong as a case study”.
Research Themes and Publications
Collaboration Networks
City/Country | Institute | Area/Theme |
Australia |
University of Adelaide |
Impact of Environment on Health |
China |
Department of Neurobiology, Geriatrics, and Neurology, Capital Medical University |
Frailty and neurological diseases / cognitive impairment |
China | The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Institute of Geriatrics | Sarcopenia |
China | The Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology | Gerontechnology |
Japan | Department of Human Health Sciences, Kyoto University | Sarcopenia |
Japan | Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo | Ageing well |
Japan | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo Institute of Technology | Gerontechnology |
Korea | Institution of Aging, Ajou University | Health behavioral research, sarcopenia |
Korea | The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) | |
Malaysia | Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya | Frailty and sarcopenia |
Singapore | Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore | Ageing well |
Singapore | National University of Singapore | Sarcopenia |
Taiwan | National Cheng Kung University | Age-friendly City |
Thailand | Siriraj Hospital, Division of Geriatric, Faculty of Medicine | Frailty and sarcopenia |
United Kingdom | Alzheimer's Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice, The University of the Western Scotland | Long-term care, dementia and other later life conditions |
United Kingdom | Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow | Ageing well indicators and contributory factors |
United Kingdom | MRC Lifecourse Epidemiological Unit, University of Southampton | Sarcopenia |
United Kingdom |
University of Southampton | Active Ageing Index |
United Kingdom |
University of Stirling | Dementia |
United States | Boston University | Public Health |
United States | Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care | End-of-Life Care |
United States | Oregon Health & Science University | Osteoporosis |
United States | Saint Louis University Medical Center, Division of Geriatric Medicine | Frailty, comorbidities, and dementia research |
United States | The Hastings Center | Health and long-term care systems |
Sweden | University of Gothenburg | Bone health |