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Tenant four of the Housing Society's housing estate became the elder in Yiming Village as a pilot to set up a "toy bank" for elders and children to play together

2021-12-29T16:15:51.411Z


To cope with the problem of an aging population, the Housing Society will launch the "Let's Walk Together" inter-generational inclusive plan in the first quarter of next year, with Yi Ming Village in Sha Tin as the first pilot housing estate. Plans to introduce emerging sports, including the formation of a Finnish wooden chess team,


To cope with the problem of an aging population, the Housing Society will launch the "Let's Walk Together" inter-generational inclusive plan in the first quarter of next year, with Yi Ming Village in Sha Tin as the first pilot housing estate.

The plan is to introduce new sports, including the formation of a Finnish wooden chess team, and the use of open spaces in the housing estate to set up Nordic-style hiking trails to allow the elderly and children to communicate; at the same time, the establishment of a "toy bank" to allow the elderly and children to exchange different toy play methods, and Recycle old toys.


Yi Ming Village in Sha Tin will be the first pilot housing estate of the "Go Together" inter-generational inclusive project.

(Photo provided by the Housing Association)

The first inter-village Finnish wooden chess competition will be held in the first quarter of next year

Of the 20 existing rental housing estates of the Housing Society, four are elderly people over 60.

In order to promote inter-generational inclusiveness, the Housing Society will launch the "Let's Walk Together" inter-generational inclusive program in the first quarter of next year, with Yi Ming Village in Sha Tin as the first pilot housing estate.

It is planned to introduce two new sports, namely Finnish wooden chess and Nordic walking.

Finnish wooden chess requires participants to use a set of specific wooden posts to throw wooden chess to help train muscles and hand-eye coordination.

The Housing Association has established a Finnish Wooden Chess team in Yiming Village and 11 rental housing villages. It is composed of elderly and young residents. In the future, it will continue to encourage more housing estates to form teams, and the first session will be held in the first quarter of next year. Cross-village Finnish wooden chess game.

The Housing Association will also set up a Nordic-style hiking trail in the open space off Mingxin Building, Yiming Village. Residents can use two walking sticks for full-body aerobic exercise to help train balance and "anti-fall".

The Housing Association will set up the "Yu Mingjian Walking Support Club" in the first quarter of next year, and arrange coaches to teach residents of different ages to participate.

"Toy Bank" recycles used toys for disinfection before making them available to residents

In addition, the Housing Society will establish a "toy bank" in Ming Yiu House, which will not only allow the elderly and children to exchange different toy play methods, but will also recycle old toys, disinfect them and repair them for residents to use.

The Housing Association has recruited more than 10 senior ambassadors to hold regular toy exchange meetings for children in the village starting from November this year.

In order to strengthen the inclusive relationship between the elderly and young people, the Housing Association will also organize residents to become "play ambassadors" and participate in groups for different projects according to their interests and expertise.

The Housing Society’s elderly care facility "Jiankang Tiandi" in North Point’s Housing Project for the Elderly was awarded the "Best Home Care" in Singapore’s "9th Asia-Pacific Innovative Elderly Care Project Awards". Service Operator".

"Jiankang Tiandi" also launched the "Five Senses and Two Movements" theme training in July this year. Through the organization of choirs, Finnish wooden chess classes, and the introduction of companion robots, it is hoped that by attracting the elderly to participate in the activities, they can delay their physical and cognitive development. Degenerate.

The housing association builds special resettlement housing estates to be completed in phases in 2024, which can be used for renting or sale. Housing association research barrier-free units. Design sliding doors instead of covering doors. Wash basins can be adjusted to a higher degree. Housing Association Chairman Chen Jiale visits tenants in rental housing estates and hopes to continue to discuss solutions Housing Needs for Hong Kong People: Housing Association Chen Jiale: In the next few years, funds will be slightly tight. A task force will be set up to research and fund housing associations for elderly housing. Operating costs in the city will increase by 2.8% since June.

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Source: hk1

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