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Mar 2019 - Dec 2020

Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - Building and Enhancing Supportive Trend: Rural United Nations (BEST RUN) (Tuen Mun)

District:Tuen Mun

Organisation:Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University

Key components:
  • Train Rural Befrienders with the concept of age-friendly city and the knowledge of elderly health and nutrition.  
  • Set up a "Human Library" for the trained Rural Befrienders to share their rural life experience for enhancing the public awareness of age-friendliness in rural community.
  • Conduct home visits to rural elderly households and provide various home-based support services (e.g. purchase and delivery of daily necessities, assistance of making medical appointments, simple health check-ups, exercise coaching, dissemination of messages on home safety, fall prevention, health and community resources).
  • Launch STEM Scheme for secondary students to learn about the concept of age-friendliness, visit rural elderly and work with Rural Befrienders in groups to develop STEM products with age-friendly elements aiming at improving the quality of life of elderly people in the rural community.
  • Upon completion of the programme, recognise and appreciate the participation of various stakeholders (including co-organisers, schools, Rural Befrienders and volunteers) and share the achievements and experiences of this programme to the public.

AFC domains:
Outdoor Spaces & Buildings
Transportation
Communication & Information
Respect & Social Inclusion
Social Participation
Building and Enhancing Supportive Trend: Rural United Nations (BEST RUN) Booklet (Chinese version only): Click here

Rural Befrienders Handbook
(Chinese version only): Click here

Video
(Chinese version only):

Activity highlight of "Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - Building and Enhancing Supportive Trend: Rural United Nations (BEST RUN)"
Activity highlight of STEM design competition

The videos are provided by Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University.

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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