Community Engagement Organisers: Positive Ageing Learners Programme (CEOs-PAL)

Introduction

Have you ever heard of “Positive Ageing”#? Being positive, engaging fully in life and keeping healthy is of utmost importance to people, especially at the old stage, to avoid depression, loneliness and illness. 

Community Engagement Organisers : Positive Ageing Learners Programme (CEOs-PAL), an elderly care programme (悟宿基金會「老」吾老計劃), was launched and sponsored by The Providence Foundation Limited since 2021. Students will become life-long learners with seniors and serve the seniors in need in our neighboring Wong Tai Sin community. It is hoped that cross-generational learning could develop students’ communication and problem-solving skills, and the responsibility to care for one another.
 

Objectives  

• Engage with seniors through a series of learning programmes on maintaining a positive ageing
• Join a senior-youth buddy team to reach out to seniors in social isolation to provide care and support on home improvement

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Related Key Sustainable Development Goals (SDG):

Duties

• Join a senior-youth buddy team with other student volunteers and elderly buddies
• Attend trainings and learn positive ageing with your peers and elderly buddies
• Join hands to show support and care to elderly buddies and seniors in social isolation
  (e.g. regular contact, home visit at least once a month, etc)
• Identify, propose and engage in home improvement of the seniors in social isolation
• Complete the Monthly Log Sheet by the end of each month (Oct 2023 – Mar 2024)
• Cumulate at least 20 service hours in the programme 
   

What you can gain

• Receive a certificate of completion of "CEOs Positive Ageing Learners Programme"
• Receive a certificate of completion of "Professional Anti-Slip Nano Coating for Elderly Bathroom"
• Obtain 2 CCL units
• Engage with elderly buddies and be a life-long learner together
• Reach out to seniors in social isolation in a senior-youth buddy team
• Free -of -charge training on communication and positive ageing.
• Free-of-charge social events to enrich exposure and engagement with the local community

Details

Service Targets:  Elderly buddies and frail elderly in the local community (communications with the service targets may mainly be in Cantonese)
Fee:  Free of charge (volunteers are fully sponsored to all training and workshops)
Recognition:  On successful completion, participants will receive 1) a certificate and 2) 2 CCL units
Eligibility:  Open to all Undergraduate students, with priority to 2023-24 UGH/NTT hall residents
Application Deadline:  19 September 2023 < extended deadline!>
Selection Interview (ZOOM):  20, 21 September 2023

Application

Schedule  

Enquiry  

Miss Cindy Chan
T: (852) 3411 2403
E: lqc@hkbu.edu.hk

CEOs PAL 2022/23 

Our Voices

Student Volunteers

"這兩次探訪讓我了解到老年人可能會面臨一些健康問題，但透過上門探訪可以為她們提供支持，減低他們的孤獨感和保障他們與社會的連結。"

“Meeting new people was exciting and uplifting and spending time with older volunteers was inspiring and heartwarming. These interactions helped me to learn new things, gain new perspectives, and feel more connected to the world. Overall, it' was wonderful to connect with others and share the joy of relationships.”

“This programme undoubtedly provided me with the opportunities to improve my communication skills when interacting with the elderly buddies.”

“It allows me to get to know more about the current situations of elderly people in Hong Kong and enables me to increase my further knowledge and skills in communication, civic engagement, and cultural diversity.”

"I learned a lot about positive ageing and other related topics. For example, the talk about dementia was very useful to my profession, and I can share the information with my family."

Elderly Buddy

“令我很開心，心境暢快，笑多咗，盡在不言中，謝謝。”

“疫情後很久沒有出外遊玩，多謝大家帶我們到山頂玩，很開心。”

“在這次活動裏，我認識了幾位大學生朋友，從而我們了解多些年青人的性格和興趣，有助彼此的溝通，相處上更加融洽。”

“我很多謝你們幫助我們預備了這麼多節目! 每個參加者都很歡喜，大家都很開心高興。”

Frail Elderly

“感謝同學幫忙帶領丈夫剪髮以及散步，因先生身體較差，未能自己行走，而自己亦難帶先生出街……十分感謝三位義工完成了丈夫的心願……”