The organisation’s subsidiaries – Jockey Club Home for Hospice (賽馬會善寧之家) and Jesse and Thomas Tam Centre (譚雅士杜佩珍安家舍) – provide palliative patient care and bereavement support respectively.

The need for end-of-life care in Hong Kong was identified in 1984, when Sister Gabriel O’Mahoney, then medical superintendent of Ruttonjee Sanatorium, invited Professor James Hanrathy[1] of St Joseph's Hospice[2] in the United Kingdom to a local hospice care conference sponsored by the Keswick Foundation.

Active family participation will likely act as a future buffer against complicated grief and improve the quality of death.

SPHC uses education and training to promote and raise the standard of palliative care in Hong Kong.

In 2009, the 3G Quality Retirement Programme (3G 圓滿人生輔工課程) was initiated to promote healthy and productive aging among retirees.

SPHC is a self-financed organisation and does not receive government subventions or annual grants to support its administrative and operating expenses.

Jockey Club Home is funded entirely through service income and voluntary contributions from individuals, companies, and charitable foundations.

The event was first held in 2018 and aims to promote happy and healthy aging through technology, specifically in the form of a football e-tournament for elderly participants.