Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - Health @ Community

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Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

District：Kwun Tong

Organisation：Hong Kong Christian Service

Key components：

Provide health talks and body check-ups to 400 older people in the district to enhance their understanding on chronic diseases and the ways of identification.
Train young-olds to become volunteers to conduct visits and increase the awareness on prevention of chronic diseases among the high-risk elderly and enhance their skill on self-management of health.
Provide exchange and cooperation opportunities for elder volunteers and younger generation, including organising workshops on exercises, diets and information technology application; designing fitness exercises and healthy diets for the elderly in preventing and managing chronic diseases; and teaching older people and their caregivers to use mobile applications on health management and information. The programme achievements will be consolidated and published in a healthy lifestyle magazine for distributing to the elderly/caregivers’ centres in the district.
Provide home visits and tele-health consultation services for the elderly people with chronic diseases who are living alone, frail or residing in hilly areas and their caregivers on prevention and management of chronic diseases.
Organise carnival and distribute healthy lifestyle magazines to promote the prevention of chronic diseases and healthy lifestyle to the community.

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Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

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