PETVOLUTION: STAY PAWSITIVE @HK

    community participation, elderly, Impact Innovation Lab

    Providing animal-assisted wellness service for elderly with emigrant family members

     

     

    For elderly people whose family members have emigrated, their feelings of distress and loneliness may easily intensify. While PETVOLUTION has successfully worked on youth loneliness with the innovative framework of Animal-Assisted Wellness previously, and in light of the urge of the elder’s wellness need, the project STAY PAWSITIVE @HK is proposed. It aims to prevent the severe loneliness of the elders with emigrant family members from accumulating to cause mental health problems in the long run. With a dedicated six-month journey integrating animal-assisted service and mindfulness, it provides emotional support, alleviates elder’s loneliness and helps them re-establish social connections.


    Name of Organisation

    PETVOLUTION

    Approved Funding Amount

    HK$100,000

    Funding Period (Status)

    6 months (Active)

    Expected Impact

    • Provide 6 service journeys
    • 24 elders with emigrant family members join the journeys
    • Organise 1 session of public education
    • 24 members of the general public be engaged in the public education session

    Milestones/Progress

    (To be updated when available)

    Website

    petvolution.wixsite.com/pvhk

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