Community Care and Support Services for the Elderly

We provide support in household duties, personal care, nursing care, rehabilitation, day care, carers’ support, health promotion, and community support services to the elderly or families in need and persons with disability. These services enable elders to stay at home of their choice, while the carers are supported to perform their caring role.

Elderly Community Support Service provides different services for the elderly to facilitate them to live healthy, positive, active and happy lives. Integrated Home Care Services provides a wide spectrum of home care and support services by 8 Integrated Home Care (IHC) teams, e.g. nursing care, rehabilitation service, home safety and advice, home modification, personal care, escorting service, day respite, child care, laundry, meal delivery service, purchase of daily necessities, house cleaning, psycho-social intervention and referral service, etc. Day Care Service includes day care centre, home based rehabilitation and care, home care and care-giver support.

Smiley Activation Project – Emotional Health Support Service

Introduction

The mental wellbeing of elderly has long been a main concern of our society. Since 2015, ‘Smiley Activation Project’ (SAP) aimed at providing supportive service to improve emotional wellbeing for those elders suffering from depressive mood. With 2-year sponsorship of Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme starting from April 2022, our project has been renamed as ‘Smiley Activation Project – Emotional Health Support Service’, serving users aged 50 or above in need of emotional support and their carers.

Objectives

To promote public concerns and individual emotional wellbeing for older persons and carers, who suffer from depressive mood, through strengthening connection to community resources, engagement with pleasure activities, and problem solving ability.

Service Content

Smiley Activation ‘Emotional Health Management Programme’

Aim: Enhancement on emotional management ability & positive carer-care receiver’s  relationship

Targeted user: Older persons and carers, aged 50 or above, suffering from depressive mood

Service content:

1) Exploring and practicing adaptive coping and problem solving

2) Counseling, pleasure activity scheduling, connection to community resources

Service format: 1) Home visit, video call or phone contact (by social worker & volunteer)

1)  Group / programme

2)  Daily life practice

3) Service referral

Number of session: 10

Smiley Activation ‘Emotional Health Care Line’  2793 2922

  • Answering enquiries by older persons & carers by trained volunteers
  • Providing emotional support and information on community resources

The line is available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Other Activities

Aim: Enhance public concern on emotional wellbeing for older persons and carers

Target: General Public

               

  •                 Psycho-social programme
  •                 Educational activity
  •                 Volunteer recruitment and service
  •                 Educational material
 
 
 
 

Service Hours

Monday – Friday  : 9:00am – 1:00pm / 2:00pm - 5:30pm
Saturday                : 9:00am – 1:00pm

 

Fee

Free of charge

 

Service Hotline

Enquiries: 2793 2922

Emotional Health Care Line: 2793 2822

 

Coordinating center

Oi Tung Service Centre

Service Leaflet

 

Useful Materials for Emotional Health

 

A.      印刷品類 (Printing Materials)

心寬解鬱
簡介:長者分享他們經歷情緒困擾的故事,以圖像和文字闡述他們的心路歷程

身心啟「晴」小錦囊

 

B.      短片類 (Video)

【沙畫影片】

微光前行因有你 — 了解長者抑鬱

 

【精神健康猜、情、尋之長者抑鬱解碼】

(講者:臨床心理學家 蕭皓而女士)

(一)成因及支援 

(二)自助錦囊 

(三)正向思維

 

長者抑鬱知多少?

(講者:精神科醫生 黃美彰醫生)

 

長者失眠怎麼辦?

(講者:精神科醫生 何浩賢醫生)

 

長者自殺多面睇

(講者:社會工作顧問 黃愛球姑娘)

 

【運動類】

橡根帶運動 第一部份

橡根帶運動 第二部份

橡根帶運動 第三部份

簡單家居伸展運動 1 頸、肩膊

簡單家居伸展運動 2 背、 腰、 腿

 

【家居愉快活動】

擺盤

種植

 

家居小手工 用牙刷 棉花棒 畫畫!

家居小手工 紙玫瑰

家居摺紙 摺心心

家居摺紙 小狗

 

 

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