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To serve the ageing population, the Housing Society had initiated the ఱɛɹϼʷਪᕚdג՘০࿁ʕପڗ٫પ̈
SEN targeting the middle income elderly. We will literally build on this ˜ڗ٫τ֢ᆀ™И܊ࠇྌfҢࡁਗ਼˸Ϥ຾᜕
experience by developing more similar projects as a core future މᔝ͉d೯࢝һεᗳЧධͦdЪމ͊Ըࣨ
business objective. The concept will be incorporated, where possible, ːุਕͦᅺfί̙Бઋرɨdࠠ͟ܔٙ̈
into our new development projects, ranging from the redevelopment ॡ܊㡼d˸Їމִ݁೯࢝૶װБਗϾܔٙ
of rental estates to development of Dedicated Rehousing Estates for ਖ਼͜τໄ܊㡼€Էνίอ೯࢝ਜٙධͦd
government development clearance exercises (such as those for the ҢࡁேึϽᅇਗ਼வࡈ฿ׂፄɝ຅ʕf
New Development Area (NDA) projects).

Concurrently, the Ageing-in-Place (AIP) Scheme, first piloted in Cho Yiu ၾϤΝࣛdג՘׵ɚཧɓɚϋίໟगख़గ
Chuen in Kwai Chung in 2012, has been extended to all the 20 rental 㡼༊Бٙ˜ᆀ੻ॾה™֢࢕τϼࠇྌdତʊ
estates catering for the housing, health and social needs of elderly ᓒ࢝Їג՘ᒍɨΌ௅ɚɤࡈ̈ॡ܊㡼d༆
residents. Not only has the Housing Society been taking care of its Ӕڗ٫֢͏࿁И܊eᔼᐕʿٟʹٙცࠅf
elderly residents, the concepts of ageing in place and age-friendly Ңࡁʔසᗫᚥג՘ٙڗ٫֢͏dԨІɚཧ
home have been promoted to the wider community via the Housing ཧʞϋৎீཀ˜ڗ٫τ֢༟๕ʕː™Σٟึ
Society Elderly Resource Centre since 2005. ɽ଺પᄿ˜֢࢕τϼ™ʿ˜ڗ٫ʾഛ࢕֢™ٙ
฿ׂf

To gauge the effectiveness of the AIP Scheme, a four-year longitudinal މ൙Ϙᆀ੻ॾה™ٙϓࣖdҢࡁ׵ɚཧ
study was commissioned in 2014. This study, conducted by The ɓ̬ϋ։ৄ࠰ಥɽኪӸࡹϼϋ޼Ӻʕːd
University of Hong Kong’s Sau Po Centre on Ageing, was completed in ආБމಂ̬ϋٙ৛ᔳ޼Ӻdሜݟ࿁൥൴ཀ
2017 with over 1,300 respondents. The results were very encouraging, 1,300 ɛf޼Ӻʊ׵ɚཧɓɖϋҁϓdഐ؈
citing reduced intervention for institutional care, less use of emergency ˿ɛ޴຅ོႀf޼ӺᜑͪdԴ͜৫ٸ๫ᚥe
services, a lower incidence of falls, an increase in social participation, as ܢस؂ਕʿൻࡀٙڗ٫ɛᅰίࠇྌྼ݄ܝ
well as improvements in mental well-being and cognition. ѩϞಯˇdϾڗ٫И˒ٟٙึਞၾܓۆϞ
ה౤ʺfΝࣛdࠇྌϞпҷഛڗ٫ٙːଣ
਄ੰձႩٝঐɢf

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