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Press Conference to release research findings on
Elderly Financial Management

28 Jan 2013

 

The Elderly Financial Management project is a pioneering research conducted in Hong Kong related to elderly financial management. The objectives are to prevent elderly financial abuse crises and reduce unnecessary familial conflicts.

The Cadenza project: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors, supported by the Jockey Club Trust Fund, conducted the Elderly Financial Management research project together with Dr. Eric Chui from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong; and Professor Jean Woo from the Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong. It aims to explore the nature and prevalence of financial management of Hong Kong senior citizens by non-professional financial managers (e.g., family members), as well as to raise the awareness of formal financial management methods, so as to lower the occurrence of elderly financial abuse cases in Hong Kong.

Details of the press conference are as follows:
Date： January 31, 2013（Thursday）
Time： 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Venue： Social Sciences Chamber, 11/F, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Content： Research findings release and Q & A
Speakers：
Professor Jean Woo  Project Director, CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors
                                       Department of Medicine and Therapeutics,
                                       The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Eric Chui                Associate Dean,
                                       Faculty of Social Sciences,
                                       The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Rebecca Ong       Assistant Professor,
                                      School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

Media Contact: Dr. Eric Chui, Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences (Tel: 3917-2074/Email: ericchui@hku.hk ), or Mr. Tommy Fan, Faculty of Social Sciences (Tel: 3917 1204/Cell: 9658 5578)

"CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors" is a project launched by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust with a donation of HK$380 million in 2006. The project aims at nurturing academic leadership in social gerontology and changing the mindset and attitude of the general public through a range of training and public education programmes. Cross-sectional collaboration between organizations and the implementation of innovative elderly services and programmes are also encouraged in order to bring about a new mode of elderly care services to prepare for a rapidly ageing society. Details of CADENZA are available at www.cadenza.hk .