The first elderly home established by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs), the David Trench Home in Wong Chuk Hang, has been redeveloped into the TWGHs Jockey Club Sunshine Complex for the Elderly thanks to a donation of HK$123 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, offering more residential, day care and community support services for frail senior citizens.
The opening ceremony of the revitalised complex was held today (3 March), attended by the Club's Executive Director, Charities and Community, Leong Cheung; Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong SAR Matthew Cheung; and TWGHs Chairman Katherine Ma.
Mr Leong Cheung said the Club had been proactively responding to the challenges arising from the city's ageing population trend, and the redevelopment of the Complex was one good example. ''The Club hopes to promote positive ageing through a series of preventive support inititatives, thereby transforming the elderly's role from a passive one to an active one, so that they can continue to interact with the community,'' he explained.
The nine-storey TWGHs Jockey Club Sunshine Complex for the Elderly provides 410 residential places including 164 subsidised places and 243 self-financing places, as well as 20 self-financing day care places.
The Complex is equipped with a palliative care family room, a sensory training room, a nostalgia area, a physical and occupational rehabilitation centre and multi-purpose activity rooms. It also has ceiling hoists installed to help in the transfer of frail occupants, a cafe operated in a "social enterprise" mode and various other modernised facilities to meet the changing needs of the elderly. Value-added services offered include an end-of-life care service, Western and Chinese medicine services, a professional care service for people with dementia, nutritionist and pharmacist counselling services, physical and occupational rehabilitation therapy, art therapy, leisure activities and volunteer training. These facilities and services help ensure the elderly can live in a comfortable and healthy environment, and enjoy a happier life.
The Club has been a close partner of TWGHs since 1941, having donated more than HK$670 million for over 100 projects. Examples include funding the extension of the TWGHs Jockey Club Rehabilitation Complex in Aberdeen to provide more residential places for mentally handicapped people and training rehabilitation personnel; and the''i-Run – Hong Kong Jockey Club Special Marathon'' to encourage social inclusion.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Jockey Club is a not-for-profit enterprise dedicated to community betterment. Through its integrated business model of world-class racing, responsible sports wagering and lottery, and charity and community contribution, the Club generates substantial economic and social value and assists the Government in combatting illegal gambling. In 2015/16 the Club donated a record HK$3.9 billion to charity and paid a record HK$20.9 billion in tax. It is Hong Kong's largest single tax payer and one of the world's largest charity donors. Committed to global excellence and giving back to society, the Club is always ''riding high together for a better future'' with the people of Hong Kong.
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The Club's Executive Director, Charities and Community, Leong Cheung, says the Club has been proactively responding to the challenges arising from the city's ageing population trend and the redevelopment of the TWGHs Jockey Club Sunshine Complex for the Elderly is one goodexample.
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The Club's Executive Director, Charities and Community, Leong Cheung (7th left); Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong SAR Matthew Cheung (8th right); Secretary for Labour and Welfare Mr Stephen Sui (6th left); Director of Social Welfare Carol Yip (6th right); TWGHs Chairman Katherine Ma (7th right) and other guests unveil a plaque to mark the official opening of the TWGHs Jockey Club Sunshine Complex for the Elderly.
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Guests tour the TWGHs Jockey Club Sunshine Complex for the Elderly.
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