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2021-02-18 13:00
Last update date: 2021-02-18 13:00
The new crown pneumonia has greatly affected the lives of the elderly.
In order to avoid infection, the elderly reduce going out and stay at home for a long time, which will worsen their mobility, social skills and mood, and affect their physical and mental health. Elderly living alone feel helpless.
The Po Leung Kuk "Caring for the Elderly" District Elderly Service Project hopes that through the support of the public and businesses, the elderly will continue to receive flexible and caring services, including medical care, food assistance, home safety assessment, and support for elderly fitness and brain health. Able to live at home during the epidemic.
Stay Healthy, Stay Happy!
Food and medical support indispensable elements for the elderly at home
For grassroots elders to "age at home", both food and medical support are indispensable.
Po Leung Kuk distributes hot meals, food packs, and provides health care consultations, etc., to take care of the "medical and food" needs of the elderly.
Uncle Gu, 76, is one of the beneficiaries of the plan.
Uncle suffers from a long-term illness and lives on CSSA. The extra expenditure for purchasing anti-epidemic materials has brought him heavy financial pressure.
During the epidemic, the frail Uncle Gu reduced going out. On weekdays, he had to ask his neighbors to buy ingredients for a week and store them in the refrigerator. He ate food that lacked nutrients for a long time, which affected his recovery progress.
Po Leung Kuk continued to provide Uncle Gu with food aid packages and fresh ingredients to reduce his financial burden and maintain a healthy diet.
"The Po Leung Kuk Food Assistance Program arranged nutritious hot meals for me, which not only relieved my stress in life, but also helped me eat healthy."
The Po Leung Kuk Food Assistance Program provides food assistance packages for the elderly
The 77-year-old mother-in-law Chen has been suffering from waist and knee pain for many years.
Po Leung Kuk provided her with high-quality, convenient and affordable professional Chinese medicine services through mobile Chinese medicine vehicles.
"Po Leung Kuk's mobile Chinese medicine clinic saves me the pain of traveling long distances for medical treatment. The doctor's considerate treatment has helped me relieve my pain. Thank you for the considerate service of Po Leung Kuk!"
Po Leung Kuk Mobile Chinese Medicine Clinic serves more than 20 housing estates and communities in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories
Home safety inspection builds a safe and comfortable living environment for the elderly
Po Leung Kuk has been committed to providing home support services for the elderly in need, including the enhancement of home facilities, such as the installation of anti-fall handrails, the laying of anti-skid mats, and the modification of bathing facilities, to reduce the chance of accidents and make the elderly live safe and secure.
The 90-year-old mother-in-law Liu was admitted to the hospital with a foot injury and needs special care after she was discharged.
Mother-in-law Liu stayed at home for a long time, and she could only use a wheelchair as a seat on weekdays. Long-term use of an unsuitable seat made her feet edema, making it more difficult to heal the wound.
After the Po Leung Bureau arranged an occupational therapist to conduct a home safety inspection, he bought a back-leaning high-back chair with a calf pad and a movable table for Granny Liu to improve home safety.
"Thanks to Po Leung Kuk for providing tailor-made home furnishing solutions and subsidizing the purchase of a high-back chair, so that I can safely sit on the chair to eat and move, and my foot edema has been improved."
Po Leung Kuk occupational therapists provide home safety assessment and design improvement plans for the elderly
Enhance the awareness of preventing dementia, support the elderly to keep fit
The symptoms of early dementia may not be obvious. Funding suspected patients to receive medical evaluation and diagnosis as soon as possible can help delay brain decline.
In view of this, Po Leung Kuk has strengthened the elderly and carers' attention and prevention of dementia through community education, and arranged preliminary screening, early identification and treatment to delay the brain decline of patients.
Po Leung Kuk subsidizes elders to receive medical assessment for dementia, and provides fitness and brain training
We sincerely invite all walks of life and companies to participate in supporting and caring for the grassroots elders
Entering the new year, Po Leung Kuk continues the spirit of "Unlimited Love and Good Deeds in the Distance", and hopes to promote care through the District Elderly Plan, raise funds for the elderly services of Po Leung Kuk, and benefit the elderly.
Po Leung Kuk sincerely invites generous donations from all walks of life and companies to bring caring and personal support to the elderly.
Companies can sponsor plans and donate daily necessities and food to form a "good" with Po Leung Kuk.
After the epidemic eases, companies can even participate in volunteer activities, and work with Po Leung Kuk to enter the homes of grassroots elders to convey care to the elders through actions.
Enquiries: Po Leung Kuk Fundraising Department 2277 8289/2277 8437
Please lend a helping hand for grassroots elders "Aging"
is good at $ 3,800 per donation, you can make an elderly person to get a full range of support to take care of the required "aging":
a Chinese medicine quality and convenient service
one week nutritious hot meals
Four sessions of fitness and brain team training and
one home safety inspection. The
members of the board of directors of Baoliang Bureau have sponsored the administrative expenses of this program, and all the donations will be used to fund the elderly service funds of Baoliang Bureau.
However, due to space limitations, we are not able to record all the good names. I would like to express my sincere thanks to all circles.
(Information and photos provided by the customer)
Po Leung Kuk caring for the elderly feed