A Phone Reassurance Elderly Project (PREP) for Connecting Elders and Youth: Training, Communication, Health Knowledge Transfer

The project aims to implement a phone reassurance for elders with a group of inter-professional service-learning team to provide healthcare service.

 

Grantee

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Project Type

Research

Project Nature

Healthcare

Major Beneficiaries

Elderly

Approved Funding Amount

HK$400,000

Funding Period (months)

12

Status

Completed

Impact / Expected Impact

In this project, students will be given the opportunities to learn through practice in transferring accurate and valid health knowledge. Meanwhile, loneliness of elders will be reduced by creating deeper interactions in conversations. An age-friendly and cohesive community will be built to connect the two generations. Health knowledge for both youth and elderly will be enhanced.

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