Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – Home Safety and Living Improvement Project (Islands, Kowloon City and Sai Kung)

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Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

Organisation：Hong Kong Family Welfare Society

Key components：

Recruit volunteers as AFC ambassadors and provide training on home visit skills and knowledge of home safety.
Conduct assessments on the physical fitness and home environment of the elderly people by social workers and occupational therapists / physiotherapists to identify cases in need in Islands, Kowloon City and Sai Kung.
Carry out home modification or improvement work for elderly people (e.g. installing anti-fall home devices, re-arranging / replacing / adding home furniture, pest control and tidy-up exercise) by technicians / volunteers to improve safety and cleanliness of their living environment.
Produce booklets to share the programme achievements and promote the importance of home safety and age-friendliness for distribution to community organisations and elderly people.

AFC domains：

Jan 2021 - Sep 2021

Dec 2020 - Sep 2021

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