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

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Mar 2019 - Dec 2020

District：Yuen Long

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：

Mar 2019 - Dec 2020

Dec 2018 - Aug 2021

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