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工作人員提供線上學習的平台。 practical sessions of the training courses to
除了能夠減少社交接觸以防疫 a standstill for a few months. It has certainly
外，也更能方便各學員因減少舟 created the tremendous financial impact to the
車時間而更容易參與培訓課程。 Association. We are however fortunate to have
以上可以是在疫情的挑戰底下創 received financial and material support from
做了新的機遇，讓我們更能有效 various charitable funds to enable us to face the
地滿足安老服務各界員工的培訓 challenge on funding, sterilizing materials, web
需要。隨著社會經濟環境及服務 based education platforms. With the addition
行業進入寒冬，迎來不少中年轉 of the above facilities we are able to introduce
業的需求，我們也寄望學院能更 new courses on the web based manner to cater
針對這一羣急需轉業人士推出轉 for the rising needs of education and training
職培訓及就業輔導，讓他們可以 in the later months of the first half of 2020. The
盡快填補多年來香港安老服務行 new courses introduced with web based delivery
業人手不足的問題。香港老年學 are better adapted to busy professionals and
學院將會與各社會服務機構及私 frontline staff in Aged Care and reduced their
營安老服務機構合作推動人手的 need to travel to the training venue. With the
配對及訓練，也會透過本會的免 changes in the Economic Environment of Hong
費安老服務及醫療求職網去推動 Kong and increasing unemployment rate in
會長的話 失業人士的轉業資訊與機遇。 Hong Kong, there will be increasing number
of middle aged workforce with a need to new
employment opportunities. The Hong Kong
Institute of Gerontology will work out on new
ways to connect with employers in NGOs and
private aged care organizations to train, recruit
and support new workforce in Aged Care to fill
the long needed vacancies in Aged Care Sector
in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Association of
Gerontology free employment web will be further
enriched to enable job positions of Aged Sector
to match with new Jobseekers.

新冠肺炎疫情底下帶來各種醫療 COVID-19 in Hong Kong has stopped the visiting
設施及安老院舍的限探令，這也 arrangements in hospitals and aged homes
對我們香港賽馬會「安寧在院 in Hong Kong. It has placed an impact on the
舍」及「香港安老院舍評審計 JCESS End of Life in RCHES and also the
劃」在院舍探訪方面有所限制。 Residential Aged Care Accreditation Scheme as
不過因為醫院禁止探病，反而令 it restricted our regular visiting to Aged Homes
很多患上末期疾病的院友及家屬 in Hong Kong. However, with the restrictions in
不希望將親人送到醫院，因為他 visiting policy of hospitals, the request for not
們可能不知道何時會是離別的時 admitting to hospitals from terminal residents
刻；這更讓安寧在院舍發揮著積 in RCHES has increased instead. It placed
極的作用，使末期病患院友減少 the opportunity for the JCECC End of Life in
出入醫院及在院舍渡過他們的人 RCHEs project able to recruit more new cases
生最後一程，可能未來有更多院 to benefit from our service. With the completion
友及家屬會選取院舍離世作為選 of the Consultation Exercise of the Food and
擇。隨著食物衞生局去年十二月 Health Bureau on Advance Direction and

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