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BUSINESS OVERVIEW 業務概覽
Home visits and group activities are arranged to
encourage active ageing among our elderly residents.
ீཀஞʿྠݺਗོᎸڗ٫֢͏ጐᆀϋf
The AIP Scheme was first piloted in 2012 at Cho Yiu Chuen and now ᆀॾהࠇྌɚཧɓɚϋଟίख़గ
extends across all 20 Housing Society rental estates. It is effectively a 㡼༊Бdତʊᓒ࢝ЇגᒍɨΌɚɤࡈ
platform for the Housing Society to partner with government ̈ॡ܊㡼dԨʊϓމגྫשִ݁ژe
departments, welfare organisations, healthcare service providers and ٟ၅ዚeᔼᐕਕʿኪஔዚ̨̻ٙd
academics, lining up social capital within the community and making it Ϟࣖήਗ਼ٟਜ༟๕ஹᖩৎԸdਕ֢͏f
available to tenants.
Through these partnerships we are able to provide a wide range of ίவ၇ၡٙΥЪᗫڷɨdҢࡁ˸މڗ
support services to elderly tenants, within their own existing ٫ॡ˒ίՉਜʫԶႊeੰee
communities, across five domains, namely Home Safety, Healthiness, ᆀe౽ʞࡈᇍᖚٙᄿع˕౪ਕf
Autonomy, Happiness and Abled Brain.
With 280 collaborating organisations in Hong Kong, the AIP Scheme ீཀၾɚϵɞɤගዚΥЪdᆀॾה
has served over 28,500 elderly tenants to date. The Housing Society ࠇྌԙʦʊਕགྷ28,500Τڗ٫֢͏fג
complements its partners’ services by supporting the provision of ீཀԶቇʲ֢ٙᐑྤdၾΥЪྫМ
adequate home environments for ageing residents. In 2017/18, we ႾϓdΌɢਕਜʫڗ٫֢͏fɚཧ
carried out 713 home modifications. ɓɖŊɓɞϋܓdҢࡁɓආБə 713ධ
֢ҷༀධͦf
To gauge the effectiveness of the AIP Scheme, a four-year Longitudinal މ൙ПᆀॾהࠇྌٙϓࣖdҢࡁɚ
Study was commissioned in 2014. This study, conducted by the Sau Po ཧɓ̬ϋ։ৄ࠰ಥɽኪӸࡹϼϋӺʕː
Centre on Ageing of The University of Hong Kong, was completed in ආБމಂ̬ϋٙᔳӺfϞᗫӺʊ
this period under review with over 1,300 respondents in 2017. The ɚཧɓɖϋϤజѓಂʫҁϓdӺ࿁
results were very encouraging, citing reduced intention for institutional ൴ཀ 1,300 ɛfӺഐ؈˿ɛོႀdᜑͪί
care, reduced use of accident and emergency services, a lowered rate ࠇྌપБܝdϞจ͡ሗ৫ٸᚥeԴ͜ܢ
of falls, an increase in social participation, as well as improvements in सਕʿൻࡀٙɛᅰѩϞಯˇdމڗ٫ॡ
mental well-being and cognition. ˒ٟٙึਞၾܓۆϞהᄣ̋fΝࣛdࠇྌ
Ϟпҷഛڗ٫ٙːଣੰձႩٝঐɢf
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