In tandem with the vision of the Institute to make Hong Kong an age-friendly city, the Institute has commenced the "Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project" in 2015, which is led by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust in partnership with Hong Kong's four gerontology research institutes – The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, The University of Hong Kong Sau Po Centre on Ageing, Lingnan University Asia–Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute of Active Ageing. Aiming at collaborating with various stakeholders to build an age-friendly Hong Kong, the project is being implemented in 18 districts of Hong Kong.
The Institute is responsible for five districts, namely Kwai Tsing, North, Sai Kung, Sha Tin and Tai Po. The Institute shall conduct baseline assessment in each district through questionnaire survey and focus group interviews based on a common framework of eight domains of age-friendly city set out by the World Health Organization to measure the age-friendliness of districts and identify areas of improvement. The eight domains of age-friendly city are:
The Institute shall work closely with the District Councils concerned and community partners to develop a three-year action plan and implement age-friendly initiatives through district-based programmes. On public education front, the Institute shall provide training to older people and other stakeholders in districts to enhance their understanding of age-friendly city concepts and encourage them to become Ambassadors to spread age-friendly messages in the community.
The Trust provides funding of $500,000 (a total of $1,500,000 for three years) in each district for district organizations to implement district-based programmes according to the action plan in each district drawn up by the Institute. The programmes will enhance one or more domains of age-friendly city identified by World Health Organization and build up momentum of age-friendly city at community level.
Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project Press Briefing
The press briefing of the Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project was held on 20 May 2016 at Happy Valley Racecourse to introduce the baseline assessment research piloting in eight districts and announce results of the research. For details, please clickhere.
Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project - Press Conference on "Elderly Employment" The press conference on "Elderly Employment" of the Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project was held on 11 July 2017 at Yasumoto International Academic Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. For more details, please click here (Chinese version only).
Ambassador Scheme
The objectives of Ambassador Scheme are:
To encourage the general public to acquire knowledge on age-friendly city and share the concepts of age-friendly city in the community
To encourage the general public to participate in and promote the Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project
Target
Residents who live in Sha Tin, Tai Po, Kwai Tsing, Sai Kung and North District. The Institute will provide training on Age-friendly City concept to the participants.
Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project ― public forum on Age-friendly Community Support and Health Services
To arouse public awareness on age-friendly city, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing held the second Public Forum on Age-friendly Community Support and Health Services on 10 November 2017 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong as part of the Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project. The forum provided a platform for speakers, stakeholders and members of the public to brainstorm ideas on how to improve and implement age-friendly Community Support and Health Services. At the forum, Professor Jean Woo, Director of The CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, shared the findings on community support and health services according to the baseline assessment studies conducted in eight pilot districts (Sha Tin, Tai Po, Central and Western, Wan Chai, Islands, Tsuen Wan, Kowloon City and Kwun Tong). Dr Lam Ching-choi, Chairman of the Elderly Commission, and Professor Yeoh Eng-kiong, Director of The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of CUHK, delivered keynote presentations on age-friendly elderly services and health services respectively. A panel discussion chaired by Professor Jean Woo was subsequently followed, where speakers and stakeholders had a lively and inspirational discussion on social-medical integration model in provision of primary care services.
Event Highlights
Speakers and public forum participants had brainstorm ideas on how to improve and implement age-friendly Community Support and Health Services.
Exhibition boards and booths are available, to promote age-friendly concept and health management.
