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Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - Pearl Link Door Stopper Installation Programme 2017


District:Kowloon City

Organisation:Pearl Link Society Service Association Limited 

Key components:
  • Train volunteers on home safety knowledge and the home visit skills.
  • Conduct home visits to elderly households in the district by volunteers and plumbers and electricians to install a door stopper for each household in need, as well as to illustrate home safety knowledge and distribute pamphlets on safety tips to the elderly.

AFC domains:
Housing
Community Support & Health Services
Communication & Information
Social Participation
Number of direct beneficiaries:1,020 people

Approved funding:$143,300

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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