Healthy Ageing in PRH Estates
The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) has been organising the “Healthy Ageing in Public Rental Housing Estates” programme for years to promote active ageing among elderly tenants.
Year 2025-26
This year, the Hong Kong Housing Authority(HA) is launching a new initiative, the “Silver Joy Dental Health Campaign”, in collaboration with the Prince Philip Dental Hospital (PPDH) and the Hong Kong Dental Association (HKDA). The campaign aims to raise awareness among elderly tenants about dental health and encourage them to maintain good daily oral hygiene. The campaign also promotes the importance of early treatment when dental problems arise.
The kick-off ceremony of the “Silver Joy Dental Health Campaign” was officially launched on 23 May 2025 at Domain, Yau Tong, with over 500 elderly tenants and community members in attendance. The event featured an dental health information exhibition, free dental consultations by registered dentists for elderly participants and interactive booth games.
During the year, a team comprising registered HKDA dentists and PPDH Dental Hygienist students will set up outreach booths in various public housing estates. They will provide free dental consultations and share knowledge on common oral diseases and oral care practices with elderly tenants and the public.
The kick-off ceremony of the “Silver Joy Dental Health Campaign |
|
Nancy Sit (second from right), Dental Health Ambassador of the “Silver Joy Dental Health Campaign”, pictured with officiating guests: Huen Wong (first from right), Chairman of the Board of the Prince Philip Dental Hospital; Ricky Yeung (second from left), Deputy Director (Estate Management), Housing Department; and Dr Spencer Chan (first from left), President of the Hong Kong Dental Association. |
Dental Health Ambassador Nancy Sit and Ricky Yeung, Deputy Director (Estate Management) of the Housing Department, join a booth game together. |
|
Information panels were displayed at the event to raise elderly tenants’ awareness of common dental issues and proper oral care practices. |
The first outreach booth at Kai Ching Estate. |
|
A professional dentist is providing free dental consultation for an elderly tenant. |
Dental Hygienist students from the Prince Philip Dental Hospital explain common oral diseases and oral tips to elderly tenants. |
Year 2024-25
The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) collaborated with the Department of Health (DH) again to introduce 12 nutritious and hydrating seasonal soups and drinks specially designed for the elderly. The 12 seasonal soups and drinks were crafted by the dietitians from the Elderly Health Service, Department of Health. Ingredients include protein-rich legumes, as well as fruits, vegetables and mushrooms which provide dietary fibre, making them ideal for those who are concerned about blood sugar and cholesterol.
To watch the videos of 12 soups and beverages, please browse HA’s YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1RUvmFUO6pHv3rTM7FTLAIh7m2JHe4KP
E-copy of the cookbook can be viewed at the link below:
Healthy Recipes for Elderly II – Soups & Beverages (PDF format)
Year 2021-23
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more than ever the elderly need to eat right to ensure sufficient intake of nutrients, in order to stay healthy and guard against all kinds of disease.
Therefore, the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) collaborated with the Department of Health (DH) to introduce a set of recipes specially designed for the elderly. With the selection of prime seasonal produce, all 12 daily dishes are healthy and tasty.
To watch the videos of 12 seasonal dishes, please browse HA’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1RUvmFUO6pGyZnBubEKEh3WOB6JYUZY1
E-copy of the cookbook can be viewed at the link below:
Healthy Recipes for Elderly – Seasonal Recipes (PDF format)
"Stay Active at Home" Home-based Video Series
Having been affected by the epidemic and inclement weather, the elderly may have spent more time at home and could be less physically active as a result. To encourage them to stay active and healthy, the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) has co-operated with the Department of Health (DH) to promote a series of exercise videos for elderly public housing tenants, enabling them to follow the videos and exercise at home at any convenient time.
Produced by the Elderly Health Service (EHS) of the DH, the "Stay Active at Home" home-based video series contains a total of seven episodes and is designed for the elderly to help strengthen their muscles as well as to improve their limb co-ordination, balance, heart and lung function, and posture. The exercises' contents were specially designed by physiotherapists of the DH, and are also suitable for elderly people who do not exercise regularly.
Department of Health「Stay Active at Home」Home-based Exercise Video
https://www.elderly.gov.hk/english/education_and_media_resources/fightvirus_physical_activity.html
The ‘Healthy Ageing in PRH Estates x Stay Active at Home’ promotion video (MP4 format)
|
Interesting computer graphics are used to produce the video promoting the ‘Healthy Ageing in PRH Estates x Stay Active at Home’ series and the message of ‘you can work out at home’. Deputy Director of Housing (Estate Management) Mr Ricky Yeung (front right) and Assistant Director of Department of Health (Elderly Health Service) Dr Anne Fung (front left) also take part in the shooting of the video.
|
Deputy Director of Housing (Estate Management) Mr Ricky Yeung (front 2nd right) and Assistant Director of Department of Health (Elderly Health Service) Dr Anne Fung (front 2nd left) are happily photographed with the elders who took part in the video promoting the ‘Healthy Ageing in PRH Estates x Stay Active at Home’ series.
|
Year 2019-21
In 2020, to encourage senior tenants to work out more and keep fit amid the pandemic, the HA has specially produced a set of videos "Fitness Exercise for the Elderly". The videos were broadcast on HA’s Housing Channel through TVs installed at lift lobbies of every public housing domestic block and uploaded to the HA’s Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, so that elderly tenants and their care-givers can watch and practice the exercises conveniently.
|
Deputy Director of Housing (Estate Management), Mr Ricky Yeung (centre front) and Assistant Director (Estate Management) 1, Mr Ian Luk (second row second left) exercise with elderly tenants at Kai Ching Estate, Kowloon City on the day when the "Fitness Exercise for the Elderly" videos were shot (10 November 2020). |
Deputy Director of Housing (Estate Management), Mr Ricky Yeung (second left), elbow shakes with elderly tenants to say “Hi”. |
|
Deputy Director of Housing (Estate Management), Mr Ricky Yeung (second right) and Assistant Director (Estate Management) 1, Mr Ian Luk (first right) chat with elderly tenants about their daily life under the pandemic. |
To remind elderly tenants to stay alert to the virus and send them HA's warm regards, we also partnered with the Oral Health Education Division of the Department of Health to bring them 'fortune bags' with epidemic protective material and oral health products before Chinese New Year. |
The「Fitness Exercise for Elderly」videos
Estate Locator
