Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - My Home My Reimagination! (2) (Sham Shui Po)
District:Sham Shui Po
Organisation:Institute of Active Ageing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Key components:
Enhance the home design mobile application (APP) developed in the previous batch to make it easier for elderly people to use.
Upload the home design mobile application to apps download platforms (App Store and Google Play) to enable the general public (including elderly people) to download the APP free of charge, and also to experience and share the age-friendly home design with others.
Further promote the home design mobile application and share home safety tips through various promotional channels such as leaflets, online social media platforms and community publicity, to foster age-friendly living environment and encourage wider use of gerontechnology among elderly people.
Produce community resources booklets and booklet of age-friendly design for home environment to consolidate the difficulties and concerns of elderly people in building ideal home environment, and also to provide a checklist of home modification services providers in Sham Shui Po and Yau Tsim Mong. The booklet will be distributed to relevant community stakeholders.