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Age-friendly City
A number of guidelines and toolkits are available for different stakeholders to co-create an age-friendly community.
Age-friendly City Guidebook
This Guidebook consolidates the experience of the Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project in building an age-friendly city in Hong Kong, which provides practical guidance and useful resources for policy makers, public sector and other community stakeholders in taking forward the age-friendly city campaign in the long-run in respect of design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of age-friendly strategies and initiatives.
(developed by CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing under “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project”)
Booklet and videos | Happy Ageing – Eight domains of an Age-friendly City
The booklet and videos introduce the eight domains of an age-friendly city and share age-friendly good practices by domains, aiming to promote the implementation and development of age-friendly initiatives, encourage community participation and cultivate age-friendly culture in building a sustainable age-friendly city.
(developed by CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing under “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project”)
Age-friendly District Profiles (18 districts of Hong Kong) (Chinese version only)
Central and Western
Eastern
Southern
Wan Chai
Kowloon City
Kwun Tong
Sham Shui Po
Yau Tsim Mong
Wong Tai Sin
Islands
Kwai Tsing
North
Sai Kung
Sha Tin
Tai Po
Tsuen Wan
Tuen Mun
Yuen Long
Policy Brief – Building an Age-friendly Community in Hong Kong
The Policy Brief aims to provide policy suggestions based on the eight domains of an age-friendly city as suggested by the WHO. Local and global examples are recommended to different stakeholders for reference.
(developed by The University of Hong Kong Sau Po Centre on Ageing under “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project”)
Guidelines for Hong Kong’s Members of WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities (Chinese version only)
The Guidelines aim to provide step-by-step instructions for sustaining the membership of the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities in order to fulfil the Network’s mandatory membership requirements.
(developed by The University of Hong Kong Sau Po Centre on Ageing under “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project”)
Age-friendly City Ambassadors Training Manual (Updated Version) (Chinese version only)
This Manual summarises the experience of the four university partners of Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project on training Age-friendly City (“AFC”) ambassadors in the community, aiming to enlighten the future development of training and engagement of AFC ambassadors.
(developed by Lingnan University Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies under “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project”)
Health Ambassador Training Manuals – Dementia, Frailty and Depression (Chinese version only)
Health Ambassador Training Manual – Dementia
Health Ambassador Training Manual – Frailty
Health Ambassador Training Manual – Depression
E-book《Easy guide on use of digital technology》 (Chinese version only)
This e-book is produced for people of all ages. Through simple and easy instructions, it introduces digital technology relating to social media, transportation, consumption and health care.
(produced by media partner, CTgoodjobs under the territory-wide publicity campaign “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – The New Olds”)
E-book《Continuing education courses at a glance》 (Chinese version only)
This e-book introduces the courses for the elderly provided by Continuing Education Fund, Elder Academy, and Employees Retraining Board, as well as free online learning platforms.
(produced by online media, CTgoodjobs under the territory-wide publicity campaign “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – The New Olds”)
E-book《Elderly rejoining the labour market, easy go!》 (Chinese version only)
This e-book introduces the benefits and challenges of hiring elderly employees, measures promoting age-friendly workplace, and tips for older adults to rejoin the labour market.
(produced by online media, CTgoodjobs under the territory-wide publicity campaign “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – The New Olds”)
E-book《Be age-friendly ‧ A guidebook for HR & employers》 (Chinese version only)
This e-book aims to assist human resource (HR) practitioners and employers to formulate age-friendly measures and work arrangements for persons of different ages (including elderly employees), with a view to co-creating an age-friendly workplace.
(produced by online media, CTgoodjobs under the territory-wide publicity campaign “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – The New Olds”)
E-book《 Active participation in volunteering to become “The New Olds” 》 (Chinese version only)
This e-book introduces the information about participation in social and volunteering activities and the points to note.
(produced by online media, CTgoodjobs under the territory-wide publicity campaign “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – The New Olds”)
Elderly-friendly Design Guidelines
The Guidelines aim to raise awareness among designers and project proponents on how design decisions can contribute to the building of an elderly-friendly environment that supports active ageing. The design recommendations in the Guidelines serve as reference for the industry to help enhance the quality of life of the elderly in the communities.
(published by Architectural Services Department)
The Toolkit for Age-friendly Community Kitchen
It is a practical guide to provide feasible design advice to improve the working conditions of community kitchen staff, bringing inspirations to the catering industry to cope with the challenges of ageing workers.
(published by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation)