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Direct linkWong, Chi Wai – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
The aim of this study was to describe the health status profile and identify the healthcare needs of adults with intellectual disability (ID) residing in 18 of Hong Kong's residential care facilities. The author employed a cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire survey to collect data on 811 persons with ID (432 males, 53.3%, and…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Heart Disorders, Incidence, Dementia
Chiu, Patricia Pok-kwan – History of Education, 2008
Girls' education has been considered a site of struggle where ideals of femininity and domesticity are translated into curricula and practices that seek to shape and regulate. In colonial Hong Kong, British mission societies had a significant share in providing girls' education, which was predominantly in the hands of European missionaries in the…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Sexual Identity, Womens Education
Cheong-Clinch, Carmen – Youth Studies Australia, 2009
Two music programs were developed specifically to meet therapeutic objectives for newly arrived immigrant and refugee students and for adolescent boys in a residential care facility. The author's observations justify further research to establish whether music can support and nurture the social, physical and mental wellbeing of young people,…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Music, Young Adults, Refugees
Peer reviewedTam, Tony S. K.; Ho, Mary K. W. – Child Welfare, 1996
Draws on information collected from 877 subjects in Hong Kong using structured questionnaires to highlight the importance of parental involvement in the child's prospects of returning home from residential care. Challenges decisions in discharge planning that do not take into account an overall view of the child's needs. (MOK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Welfare, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHo, Mary K. W.; Tam, Tony S. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Studied the first comprehensive research on residential child care in Hong Kong. Found that substantial numbers of children in care had been transferred from one residential facility to another, and that their parents suffered from more health, economic, and social maladjustment. Comparison of children involved in four types of movement found…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCheung, Jacky Chau Kiu; Kwan, Alex Yui Huen; Chan, Sophia Siu Chee; Ngan, Raymond Man Hung; Ng, Sik Hung; Leung, Edward Man Fuk; Lau, Anna – Social Indicators Research, 2005
Many older adults are in need of care. Therefore, older people would generally benefit from the use of caring services, notably including home care, residential care, nursing, and medical services. The contributory factors underlying caring services tend to be a caring perspective that aspires to sustain older people's social relationships and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Services, Residential Care, Quality of Life
Peer reviewedHo, Mary K. W.; Tam, Tony S. K. – Early Child Development and Care, 1994
Surveyed the social workers responsible for 877 children in Hong Kong who had been placed in residential care and interviewed 205 parents of these children to determine the reasons for institutionalization. Found that most children were placed in residential care because the parents lacked the tangible resources necessary for them to bring up the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Family Financial Resources, Foreign Countries
