Staff Profile

Biography

Dr Veronica Lai is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing and Health Sciences of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University. She serves as the Associate Program Leader for the Higher Diploma in Nursing Studies (General Health Care). She is a Specialty Nurse trained in Gastrointestinal and Endoscopy nursing. Veronica obtained her Doctorate degree in Nursing from The University of Hong Kong. She is a Fellow of The Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (Education & Research).

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Gastrointestinal and Endoscopy nursing
• Women studies and health promotion
• Nursing education
• Aromatherapy / complementary and alternative medicine

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

• Yau, S.Y., Lee, Y.K., Li, S.Y., Lai, S.K., Law, S.P., & Huang, S. (2022). The social construction of “dirty work” for working in residential care homes for the elderly. In V.T.S. Law & B.Y.F. Fong (Eds.), Quality of Life in Asia: Ageing with Dignity in Hong Kong and Asia (pp.53-64). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3061-4_5
• Yau, S.Y., Lee, Y.K., Li, S.Y., Huang, S., Lai, S.K., Law, S.P., & Wong S.L. (2023). Experiences in Working at Residential Care Home for the Elderly: Voices from Health Care Workers. In: Fong, B.Y.F., Wong, W.C.W. (eds) Gaps and Actions in Health Improvement from Hong Kong and Beyond. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4491-0_31

Journal Articles

• Lai, V.S.K., Fong, D.Y.T. The effects of infant abdominal massage on the parental stress level among Chinese parents in Hong Kong – A mixed clustered RCT. BMC Complement Med Ther24, 342 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-024-04636-6
• Yau, S.Y., Lee, Y.K.L., Li, S.Y.B., Law, S.S.-P., Lai, V.S.-K., Huang, S (2024). Health care workers' self-perceived meaning of residential care work. BMC Health Serv Res 24, 766. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11218-2
• Lai, V.S.-K., Yau, S.-Y., Lee, L.Y.-K., Li, B.S.-Y., Law, S.S.-P., Huang, S. (2022). Caring for older people during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of residential health care workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(22): 15287. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215287
• Law, S., Yau, S., Li, S., Lee, Y., Lee, L., Lai, S., & Huang. S. (2022). From dirty work to meaningful work: A photovoice study of residential aged care in Hong Kong. Age and Aging, 51(Suppl. 2), ii8. doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac126.020
• Yau, I. S. Y., Huang, S., Lee, L., Lee, Y., Li, S., Lai, S., & Law, S. (2022). “We care!”: Care workers' self-perceived meaning of residential aged care work. Age and Aging, 51(Suppl. 2), ii1. doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac124.006

Modified Date: 17 Jun, 2025
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