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Hospice care is one of the most important kind of care in health service。 As health is integralto Ⅱfe,hospice care is therefOre bynecessity a continuous life long process。 This need is precipitated by a shift in the demographic structure,health care needs and expectation of the population。 Therefore, interchange ofideasis Ⅴital壬or us。

The girst group of nurses graduated from’ ·{CertiⅡ cate Training on Hospice Nursing" from Bradbury Hospice & IANS, have been meeting informally but regularly since 1995。 In ord℃ r to further the development of hospice nursing in】Hong Kong,and to promote the knOwledge, ski11s and interest of hospice nurses,the idea of for1ming a hospice nurses· association emerged。

In addition,with the growing number of trained hospice nurses each year,it is necessary to have an organization specially formed to take care of this group of nurses and to work towards professionalism。

After a consult缸 ion period,"Hong Kong Hospice Nurses口 Association" was foHma11y established and was registered in Hong Kong on25th June1997under Chapter151ofthe societies Ordinance。 |哪哪 our objective

1. To promote and enhance the knowledge and ski11s of and expertise in training and development of Hospice Nursing。

2. To promote the welfare and protect the interest of nurses engaged in Hospice Care。

3. To provide for the delivery and holding of educational activities related to Hospice Care。

4. To send representatives to attend and participate in conferences and other events in training and development in a11parts of the

world。

5. To grant scholarships and to make recoⅡ Ⅱnendations to any institution or organiz狨 ion whose o凵 ectives盯 e similar to those of the associauon。

6. To liaise between the association and the receptiⅤ e authorities, when necessa1γ 。

7. To coⅡ11nent on policies and enhance】 Hospice patient· s right。

8. To acquire knowledge and ski11s from oⅤ erseas experts,and transfer ortransform to Ⅱtthe local setting。

,2 Message from sister Mary GabrieI o· Mahony Patron of The HoⅡ g Kong Hospice Nurses· Association

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t酬山 J· 's△ Message from Ms Lucy Chung Honorary advIsor of The Hong1Kong Hospice Nurses· Association

HaⅤing wOrked with1uany nurses Over the years,I feel that thOse whO are interested in hospice、 vOrk share sOnle quaⅡ ties in cOn11uOn。 They are Often co1η passiOnate tO peOple whO are in pain and suffering,dedicated to nursing and have a deep cOlη n1itn1ent tO develOp the1TlselⅤ es persOna1ly and prOfessiOnaⅡ y。

TwO years agO,a grOup Of hOspice nurses tOld1η e thatthey wished tO fOrΠ 1a prOfessiOnal grOup an1ong nurses、 vOrking in palliative care sO thatthere wOuld be a jOined effOⅡ to develOp paⅡ ative n町si11g in HOng KOng。 I was fully suppOltive tO this idca。

In these two years,I haⅤ e seen hOw end1usiastically they、ⅤOrk tO111ake their drea1η s co1η e true。 You can alsO read1℃ On1this repOrt,、 Ⅴhat has bcen achieved by the new lHOspice Nurses· AssOciatiOn in such a th11e is an1azh1g。 This re∏ ect their dedicatiOn and cOn1Π 1it1η enttO nursing and tO thOsc thcy scrve∶ and gives us hOpe that pal1iatiⅤ e nursing wⅡ l cOntinue to dcvelOp and l11ature in HOng KOng。

As the flrst executive cOlulη ittee has cOn1pleted their tern1ofser`/ice and a new cOⅡunittee will be elected,I wish the AssOciatiOn allthe bestin cOntinuing its valuable service to the nursing prOfessiOn and the cOn11η unity。

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Message froⅡ1{Chairperson

It has always been Our beⅡ ef that Only through jOined effort of nurses that could we leaHa best,share with and care fOr Our staff and cOlleagues。 In June1997,we have taken a cOurageOus1η OvetO setup the Hong Kong Hospice Nurses’ AssOciation(HKHNA).

r During the part18mOnths,the HKHNA has carried Out Π1any activities。 ft獬 These included for1η ing subco1η lη ittees for Organizing training and

。 educatiOn,welfare and interest,promotiOnal actiⅤ ities,recruit1nent,and `礻 participation in variOus work groups and coInΠ 1ittees serⅤ ing si1nilar

ol(,1jectives as ours。 In fact,our s狨 isfactiOn derives from the feedback, a3hr1mation and encouragement frOm our cOlleagues and coΠ Ⅱnunity agenc1es。

As chairpersOn ofthe HOng KOng lHOspice Nurses· AssOciation,I share the honor with the{CouncⅡ 】members in prOviding all the services fOr professional interface。 On behalfofthe HKHNA,I wOuld like to extend Our gratitude tO our adⅤ isors, and all organizatiOns which have

generously and selflessly contributed tO our serⅤ ice。

Finally, may I call upon your continual support tO enhance better hospice nursing services。 Let· s join hands and keep hospice care

moⅤ 1ng。

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Recruit■ment Notes Up to January1999,there were72ordinary1nembers and72associate rnembers

registered。 E冫 istribution ofmembers as follow∶ 0)rdinary了 nember Associate1nember

∷Alice Ho Mh Ling Nethersole Hospital l

Bradbury Hospice 9 l C0ritas Medical Centre 3 10

DepartInent of Health 1

∷¤uchess ofKent ChⅡ dren Hospital 1 G}rantham Hospital 2 9 3 ∷HIven ofHope Hospital HK Buddhist Hospital ∷∷K0wloon Hospita1 2 854 Nam Long Hospital 1 ouF Lady ofMary Knoll Hospital 3 Pok Oi Hospital 2

∷ⅡPFince ofWales Hospital 1 Private ⅡQuoen Elizabeth Hospita1 2 Queen Mary Hosp1tal 7 RuttonJee Hosp1ta1 2 11 Shatin Hospital 8 3 ∷s。0iety for AIDs Care 1 6

Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care l ∷∷Tu0n Muh Hospital 10 9 United Christian Hospital 2 7 ∷Wong Tai sin Hospital 5 3 FinanciaI■ ⅡghⅡght

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TO pro1η Ote and enhance the knOwledge and skⅡ ls HOspice Nurse Specialists9Ms Cecilia Kwan,Ms OfhOspice nursing,a series OfeducatiOnal activities EⅡ en Yeung and Ms Anna Li shared their cⅡ nical has been Organized by The HOng KOng HOspice cxperiences with participants。 Over40nurses f1。 Oln Nurses△ ⒋ssOciatiOn。 diκerent hOspice and OncOlogy units attended the On Feb201998,the scientiflc prOgran1fOllOwing lecture(target at30)。 the flrst inauguratiOn lueeting Of The Hong KOng On Septe1η ber23,1998,we were delighted tO have HOspice Nurses· AssOciatiOn was held狨 RuttO犭 ee Ms Liu Fung Ming9Ph。 D。 (廖凰l明博士)臼 ving atalk HOspital。 It was Our honOrtO have Dr。 Peter W。 H。 on "The view of death froⅡ l different Lee9 Ph。 D。 and Ms Lucy Chung, EducatiOn perspectives" cOnsultant to give us lectures On "BereaVement (生 死 亡面面 care" and "Be There, Where it hurts" 度 觐)。 The se1n1nar was respectiⅤ ely。 Participants were all h11presscd by their case study and experience sharing。 very lntercst1ng and enhghtening, On June191998we cO-Organized with SOciety for which attracted

AlDS Care and SOciety fOr the Pro1ηotiOn Of 1η Ore than 100 Hospice Care to mn a workshOp On "Healing part1c1pants。 techniques for carers"。 Techniques included "Therapeutic tOuch,Heung Kung(香 功)and On March131999,the I-IKHNA co-organized with Reiki",were all Ⅴery new tO us and participants the SOciety OfPaⅡ iative Medicine for a seΠ 1inar On e犭 Oyed the demOnstratiOn very much。 "spiritual Care for the TerⅡ linaⅡy IⅡ Patients and their FaΠ liⅡ es"。 Reverend Tho1nas lKwan In Septe1nbe△ three workshOps were held by (CathOlic)and V3nerable Sik Hin Hung(Buddhist)

SOciety forthe Pro1nOtiOn ofHOspice Care and The were invited as speakers fOr the selη inar。 It was

HOng KOng HOspice Nurses· Association。 Mrs OⅤ erwhelrningly successful with n1ore than 70 Ruth Sulη mers frOm U。 K。 was inⅤited to run · participants(target at50)。 丨 wOrkshOps On· ’lHospice MaⅡ agement for Nurse Manager"and"(CIinical Audit"On4and16of The HOng KOng Hospice Nurses’ AssOciation alsO

Septe1Tlber respectively。 iⅤ · Chairpers。 n, Ms Ⅴ ian cO¨ Organized with Hong KOng Society OfPaⅡ iative Chan alsO present a talk On "Wound Medicine and Hospice COC, to aⅡ ange Bi■ management"On25Of September in· ·World of monthly acadeⅡ1ic meetings: Hospice Care PalIiative Care" wOrkshOp Organized by salη e Multi■discipⅡnary Clinical Meeting。 sOcieties。 The HOng KOng Hospice Nurses’ AssOciatiOn was On July3 1998,we organized a Π1ini lecture On alsO invited as cOⅡ abOratOr in Organizing the Asia ·’ CurreⅡ t Nursing Management on symptom PaciⅡ c Hospice Conference,which wiⅡ be heldin

Controlin Ter】minaⅡ y IⅡ PatieⅡ t"。 Three June1999。

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Dunng these Rl· o vears。 our subcomΠ 11ttees strove shar1ng andpapers1n con1Ing years。 to gasp all oppormnities for introducing and 2. slogan competition promoting HKHNA to the pubhc, professionals This competitionwas held onNovember97。 All and nursing colleagues in pa⒒ icular。 To maintain members were invited to subⅡ 1it their creative good conⅡnun1cat1on network between1nstImt10ns entry,which could best re∏ ect the spirit of our and organizations which related to hospice care, association。 The champion was Ms Clare Lai· s · dogan,"共 皓貉 社 向大同 "。 both locaⅡ y and globally, are also our main 群 遇 精神

o凵 ect~es。 The outputs of our subcommittee盯 e 3. Foster inter-hospital coΠ l了nuniCation Ⅱsted as fOllows∶ Apart from elected council members, one member from each hospital was invited as representative to co-ordinate activities。 As a 1。 Newsletters (with the foIⅢ hg of ec1itorial result, conununications and connections board)

bet卩 v飞/een lΙ K】 :】「l、 ⅠA and frondine hospice nurses Four volumes of newsletter were pubⅡ shed in were enhanced。 Jan 98, June 98, Oct 98, and Feb 99。 Each

volume revealed the cuH:ent news, co∏ 1ing 4。 Making of membership card, constitution booklet andpamphlet events and activities ofHⅠ CH卜σA。 We hope that through the issuing of Caring the teIⅡ 且inaⅡy Ⅱl patients and their membership card members would have a families盯 eh盯djobs for us but our emp狨 Ⅱes stronger sense of be1ongings and idenJties。 and loves briη g hopes and haIⅡ 且0nies。 There are Each new member Ⅵ注11be given a constimtion spⅡes for members(含 员心鼙),md volunteers booklet once registered,while our pamphlets to ventilate their feeⅡ ngs and sharing their will be widely distributed to aⅡ related agencies, institutions, at conferences and concerns。 Updated hospice education exhib⒒ ions。 infomation and related world-wide web sites

were also introduced for1members to keep in 5。 Networkwith other agencies H【CHDσ A 1naintains good relationships touch with latest trend in hospice care aⅡ over Ⅵ注th sPHC,HKsPM,HK sooeo for AIDS C(111「 e, the world。 Of course, up-coⅡ 1ing workshops and a number of NGOs。 We also have and activhies as we⒒ as Fnembers· benefIt were ’· estabⅡ shed connections with the Macau also included。 NGO天 J也 "seⅣes to introduce Nurses· Association through pa⒒icipating and co∏Ⅱnunity resources provided by Non— presenting狨 the"雨 岸四地醭理荸衍交流含"in Govemmental organizations。 We say thanks heartⅡy for those who haⅤ e November1998。 Participants ofthe conference contributed to our news1etters。 We are looking were aⅡ interested in our presentations and fomardformore supports and more acadeⅡ uc appreciated aⅡ the efforts ofHK】 Hospice nurses Prol田10tion and PubIcity

haⅤ c n1ade in prOvidi11g hOspice carc tO Our 5.The⒒ rst h1anguratiOn OfHKHNA The flsti11anguratiOn Of HKHNA was held On cⅡ ents。 The presentatiOn alsO enhances Feb 21q 199:。 We gaⅤ e the invitees a better pro1η OtiOns Of hOspice care tO Macau and picture Of China。 HKHNA and intrOduced tO then1 our` o0jective and

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In Order tO promOte tea1m spirit, understanding and co1η n1unicatiOn among rneIη bers, several social activities has been Organized。

Visiting LOOkOut Three Ⅴisits were arranged fOr1uembers tO the in-patient units Of the SOciety fOr AIDS Care at LOOkOut,Tai PO On 14th March,6th June and lst OfAugust 1998。 There were all tOgether 30 participants。 Members were giⅤ en the chancc tO see the appⅡ cation Of hOspice care tO AIDS patientsq and tO brOaden

members’ perspectives in deflning and prOviding hOspice c a r e。

2. Members· SOcial Gathering On 27th Of 番 泔 刂:咚 NoⅤ e1nber 1998, 菡宝0 a dinner party was arranged for members as annual sOcial gathering。 There were arOund 100 peOple participated in the party and all

e刂 oyed a delightful even1ng。

3。 AssOciatiOn’ s Badge The badge was manufactured in Oct 98 with the design Originated

frOΠ1Logo Of the assOciatiOn。 The sylmbOⅡ c1η eaning ofthe lOgO is a hOspice nursing tea1t1based On tender lOving care。 Acknow1edge】Ⅱ1ents

The Hong Kong Hospice Nurses’ Association gratefu11y acknowledges the generosity of the followings whose fInancial supports haⅤ e greauy helped to the deⅤelopment of IIKHNA· s promotional actiⅤ ities in the year 1998/1999。

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