05.08.01. Are there initiatives to improve the accessibility of the physical and social environment, including people with dementia? If so, which of these dimensions do they cover? | Hong Kong SAR

05.08.01. Are there initiatives to improve the accessibility of the physical and social environment, including people with dementia? If so, which of these dimensions do they cover? | Hong Kong SAR

19 Aug 2022

In view of the rapid population ageing in Hong Kong, a 5-year charity-funded project ‘The Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project’ was launched in 2015. Partnering with four academic institutions, the project visions to evolve Hong Kong as an age-friendly city through evaluating the territory-wide age-friendliness according to the age-friendly city domains identified by the World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2007) and suggesting a suitable framework for relevant stakeholders to follow and act upon. As the Jockey Club Age-friendly project is still ongoing, the actions derived from this project are yet to be confirmed. For details of the action plan and suggestions, please refer to its report on age-friendliness: https://www.jcafc.hk/uploads/docs/Cross-district-report-of-baseline-assessment-on-age-friendliness-(18-districts).pdf  (Jockey Club Institute of Ageing et al., 2019).

References:

Jockey Club Institute of Ageing, T. C. U. o. H. K., Sau Po Centre on Ageing, T. U. o. H. K., Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, L. U., & Institute of Active Ageing, T. H. K. P. U. (2019). Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project Cross-district Report of Baseline Assessment on Age-friendliness (18 Districts). Retrieved from https://www.jcafc.hk/uploads/docs/Cross-district-report-of-baseline-assessment-on-age-friendliness-(18-districts).pdf

World Health Organization. (2007). Global Age-Friendly Cities: a Guide Retrieved from https://www.who.int/ageing/publications/age_friendly_cities_guide/en/