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Sep 2017 - Feb 2018

Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - "Elderly Ideal Sky V" Kwun Tong East Age-friendly Community



District:Kwun Tong

Organisation:Po Leung Kuk Lau Chan Siu Po District Elderly Community Centre

Key components:
  • Establish the Kwun Tong East age-friendly community committee of “Elderly Ideal Sky V”, where the elderly committee members will regularly collect opinions of local residents on housing and community environment, and report them in the committee meetings.
  • Conduct “Age-friendly Community” trainings and “Age-friendly Home” tour for the elderly committee members to deepen their understanding on age-friendly city, and also organise talks on “Together We Build An Age-friendly Community” to promote the concept of age-friendliness and collect opinions of residents on housing.
  • Conduct community site visits and home visits to elderly singletons and doubletons by the elderly committee members to promote the messages of age-friendly home and provide information on home maintenance services, and also to provide home safety assessment, assisting the elderly in need to install age-friendly equipment, including anti-slip mats, telephones with high volume and large fonts, handrails and other household products.
  • Organise a press conference to showcase the programme achievements and recognise the contribution and participation of the elderly committee members.

AFC domains:
Housing
Community Support & Health Services
Communication & Information
Respect & Social Inclusion
Number of direct beneficiaries:888 people

Approved funding:$250,000

Initiated and funded by:

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Project partners:

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • Lingnan University
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
  • Sau Po Centre on Ageing
  • Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies
  • Research Centre for Gerontology and Family Studies
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