上午專題演講嘉賓
樓瑋群教授
香港大學秀圃老年研究中心總監
樓瑋群教授是香港大學秀圃老年研究中心的總監，同時也是香港大學社會工作及社會行政學系教授。樓博士的研究興趣集中於家庭老年學，特別關注照顧認知障礙症長者、中風長者、及處於生命晚期長者的家庭照顧者，以及華裔長者的社會適應和心理健康。她亦致力於與社區合作伙伴、社會企業和市場進行跨部門合作，積極推動提升老年人身心健康的循證介入研究。
樓教授被任命為香港特別行政區統計諮詢委員會、社區投資共享基金、耆樂警訊諮詢委員會和長者學苑發展基金的成員。她亦是美國老年學學會、香港老年學學會和亞洲區家庭研究聯盟的成員。樓教授亦被認定為2022年健康老齡化50位改變世界讓老年人更好地成長的領袖和2023年STEM領域的婦女變革者。
Professor Lou Vivian W. Q. is the Director of the Sau Po Centre on Ageing and a Professor at the Department of Social Work & Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on family gerontology, in particular family caregiving for dementia, stroke, end-of-life older adults, and social adaptation and mental health of Chinese older adults and family caregivers.
She has committed to cross-sector collaboration with community partners, social enterprises, and the market. Prof. Lou has been appointed as a member of the Statistics Advisory Board, Community Investment and Inclusion Fund, Senior Police Call Central Advisory Board, and Elderly Academy Development Foundation of the HKSAR Government.
She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a Council member of the Hong Kong Association of Gerontology and Consortium of Institutes of Family Limited (CIFA). Recently, Professor Lou is recognized as Healthy Ageing 50 leaders transforming the world to be a better place in which to grow older in 2022 and Woman Change Maker in STEM in 2023.
Ms. C. Grace Whiting, J.D.
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Executive Director
With over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector, C. Grace Juneau Whiting (“Grace,” she/hers) is a subject matter expert in long-term care and health policy.
Grace has served as a resource for Members of the U.S. Congress, national and global advisory boards, and major media such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal.
In her current role, Grace serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, a professional society of more than 4,000 attorneys with practices in elder law and special needs planning. Before NAELA, Grace served as the President and CEO for the National Alliance for Caregiving, successfully navigating the organization transition from NAC’s longtime founder.
Grace has also worked closely within the health policy community, including in director-level roles at Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease (LEAD Coalition) and the Alliance for Home Health Quality & Innovation (now the Research Institute for Home Care).
Grace earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. There, she helped launch an Alternative Spring Break program and received the Memphis Bar Association’s Irvin Bogatin Public Service Award in 2010. She completed undergraduate studies in communications and philosophy at Louisiana State University. Before law school, Grace started her nonprofit career with the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps, which led statewide hurricane recovery efforts after the 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She lives in Potomac, Maryland, with her brilliant husband, writer Geoffrey Whiting.
