Professor HO Hok Man, KenAssistant Professor

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Tel(852) 3943 9762
Emailkenho@cuhk.edu.hk
Education &?Qualifications
BN, RN, MSc, PhD
Research InterestsLoneliness, migrant domestic workers, older adult home care, phenomenology, qualitative methodologies, mixed-methods design

Researcher ID/ Publons IDAAQ-1883-2021
ORCID0000-0003-4934-2450
Scopus ID55222546700



BiographyDr. Ken Ho graduated from the Nethersole School of Nursing at the Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and obtained his Registered Nurse License in Hong Kong. He received his Master of Science in Clinical Gerontology degree from CUHK. He completed his PhD studies in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2017 and was awarded the Faculty Distinguished Thesis Award. He was also awarded the Early Career Researcher Award by the Tung Wah College.
His research areas include migrant care workers, older adult loneliness and care of older adults. His clinical experience includes geriatric nursing and emergency nursing. He is dedicated to serving the nursing community. He has been serving as an editorial board member or a reviewer for various journals, and as a member of many local and international professional bodies.


Awards, Honours, and Achievements


Research Awards
Early Career Researcher Award, Tung Wah College (2019-2020)
Faculty Distinguished Thesis Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2017) (PhD thesis: The lived experience of foreign domestic helpers in caring for older people in the community: A hermeneutic phenomenological study)
Other Award
Suggestion Award, Tung Wah College (2018-2019)

External Service


Honorary Appointment
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, College of Nursing and Midwifery, Charles Darwin University (2021 – 2024)
Member Scholar Academic, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (2019 – present)
Nominated Member (Community Leader), Pi Iota Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2012 – present)
Editorship
Reviewer Board Member, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021 – present)
Editorial Board Member, Nursing Open (2018 - present)
Associate Editor, Nursing Open (Oct 2021 – present)
Professional Service
Honorary Advisor, Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association (Jan 2022 – Dec 2022)
Committee Member, Cross-Straits Medicine Exchange Association (2018 – present)
External Examiner, Caritas Institute of Community Education (2015-2019)
External Advisor, Quality assurance committee, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (2011-2013)

Selected Grants


(in the capacity of Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator)
Funding BodyProject Title
Tung Wah College Adaptation and validation of the Chinese loneliness literacy scale (LLS-C) for screening loneliness literacy in the Chinese older adults
Wellcome Trust Limited (UK) Peer support and the mental health of migrant domestic workers: A scoping review
Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff The development and validation of the Simulation-based Learning Immersion Questionnaire (SLIQ) for healthcare simulation
Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living A stand-alone therapeutic music-with-movement programme for people with cognitive impairment
Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grants Council The loneliness of older adults being cared for by live-in migrant workers and their dyadic relationship: A mixed methods study
College Research Grant, Tung Wah College Developing a measurement instrument for the evaluation of nursing students’ experience and satisfaction with online learning: An exploratory sequential mixed methods study
Tung Wah College Substituting simulated ward practice for clinical practice during COVID-19 pandemic: Action research
Tung Wah College The loneliness among older adults in residential care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A hermeneutic phenomenological study
Wofoo Foundation Limited and Wofoo Social Enterprises Limited Investigation of happiness index and its explanatory model in Hong Kong: Repeated cross-sectional studies
Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education Good dyadic relationship between older couples with one having mild cognitive impairment: A Q-methodology
Faculty Collaborative Research Scheme, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Individualised music playlist based on ISO-Principle for de-escalating agitation of people living with dementia: A randomised controlled feasibility study
Tung Wah College Is living with foreign domestic helpers protecting older people against loneliness? A cross sectional survey
Tung Wah College Life story work for promoting relationship between older adults and live-in migrant caregivers: A randomised controlled feasibility trial
Tung Wah College The meaning of master education to registered nurses at positions of advanced nursing practice and its implications to the development of nursing profession


Selected Publications


Publications
Ho, K. H. M., Mak, A. K. P., Chung, R. M. W., Leung, D., Chiang, V. C. L., & Cheung, D. S. K. (2021). Implications of COVID-19 on the loneliness of older adults in residential care homes. Qualitative Health Research, 0(0), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/10910
Smith, G. D., Ho, K. H. M., Poon, S., Chan, S. (2021). Beyond the tip of the iceberg; health literacy in older people. Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16109
Ho, K. H. M., Cheung, D. S. K., Lee, P. H., Lam, S. C., & Kwan, R. Y. C. (2021). Co-living with migrant domestic workers is associated with a lower level of loneliness among community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study. Health and Social Care in the Community, 00. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13520
Cheung, D. S. K., Tang, S. K., Ho, K. H. M., Jones, C., Tse, M. M. Y., Kwan, R. Y. C., Chan, K. Y., & Chiang, V. C. L. (2021). Strategies to engage people with dementia and their informal caregivers in dyadic intervention: A scoping review. Geriatric Nursing, 42, 412-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.02.002
Ho, K. H. M., & Smith, G. D. (2020). A discursive paper on the importance of health literacy among foreign domestic workers during outbreaks of communicable diseases.Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29, 4827-4833.https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15495
Liu, T. W., Lam, S. C., Chung, M. H., &Ho, K. H. M.(2020).Adaptation and psychometric testing of the Hoarding Rating Scale (HRS): A self-administered screening scale for epidemiological study in Chinese population. BMC Psychiatry, chttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02539-7
Ho, K. H. M., Chiang, V. C. L., Leung, D., & Cheung, D. S. K. (2019). The emotional labor and morality of live-in migrant care workers in elder homecare: A feminist phenomenological study. BMC Geriatrics, 19, 314. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1352-3
Ho, K. H. M., Chow, S. K. Y., Chiang, V. C. L., Wong, J. S. W., & Chow, M. C. M. (2019). The technology implications of master’s level education in the professionalisation of nursing: A narrative inquiry.Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75, 1966-1975. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14044
Cheung, D. S. K.,Ho, K. H. M.,Cheung, T. F., Lam, S. C., & Tse, M. M. Y. (2018). Anticipatory grief of spousal and adult children caregivers of people with dementia. BMC Palliative Care, 17, 124. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-018-0376-3
Ho, K. H. M., Chiang, V. C. L., Leung, D., & Ku, B. H. B. (2018). When foreign domestic helpers care for and about older people in their homes: I am a maid or a friend. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 5, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393617753906
Ho, K. H. M., Chiang, V. C. L., & Leung, D. (2017). Hermeneutic phenomenological analysis: The ‘possibility’ beyond ‘actuality’ in thematic analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(7), 1757-1766. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13255
Ho, K. H. M, & Chiang, V. C. L. (2015). The acculturation and socialisation experiences of migrant care workers: A meta-ethnography. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(2), 237-254. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12506
Ho, K. H. M. (2012). Analysis of the concept of quality of health care: The Rodgers evolutionary approach. Journal of Nursing Interventions, 18 (supp. 1), 89.
Ho, K. H. M., & Cheung, D. S. K. (2012). Guidelines on timing in replacing peripheral intravenous catheters. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 1499






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