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Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - Health @ Community
District:Kwun Tong
Organisation:Hong Kong Christian Service
Key components:
AFC domains:
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.
AFC domains:
Number of direct beneficiaries:1,396 people
Approved funding:$299,433
Approved funding:$299,433
Activity Highlight Video (Chinese version only):
Snapshot of closing ceremony cum carnival of
“Health @ Community”
“Health @ Community”
Snapshot of programme activities of
“Health @ Community”
“Health @ Community”
The videos are provided by Hong Kong Christian Service
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