“社居耆健医学堂”计划 为葵青区播下健康种子——香港医学会

来自：香港医学会 | 2021-11-04 13:59:08

由社区投资共享基金资助，香港医学会负责推行的三年社区服务计划“社居耆健医学堂”于日前(10月26日)举行网上“老友记健康大学结业礼暨老友记外展大使嘉许礼”(典礼)。在过去三年的服务期内，社居耆健医学堂集结社、医、福、校、房、商各界力量，为葵芳邨和葵翠邨的居民，推出“老友记健康大学”、“老友记外展大使队”及“医生单位一线通”三个项目，积极推动医学界参与社区服务，切实将“医社合作”的概念在社区实践，为葵青区播下健康的种子。

香港医学会会长蔡坚医生于典礼上致欢迎辞，除了祝贺56位积极学习的毕业生外，亦向57位杰出义工表达衷心的谢意。蔡医生提到去年2019冠状病毒疫情虽然令大家的生活和计划推行的服务有所影响，但有危便有机，服务模式也因此而发展出新元素，成功推动老友记参与网上学习。蔡医生感谢社区投资共享基金对本计划一直的支持，并向各参与计划的协作伙伴致谢! 2020年是香港医学会100周年，蔡医生坚定地表示百年过去，医学会“维护民康”、关心社区的初心始终不变。

主礼嘉宾社区投资共享基金委员会主席关则辉先生，MH, JP，于典礼致辞时表示很高兴见证“社居耆健医学堂”计划促进“社医合作”，推动葵涌区内的长者、居民、医生、医科学生和不同界别协作伙伴各展所长，凹凸互补，并能在疫情影响下将计划成功推行。关主席尤其欣赏计划于疫情期间上门派发抗疫物资、提供简单健康检查及与老友记进行健脑游戏，有效回应留守在家抗疫的长者之身心需要，巩固了邻里支援网络。最后，关主席感谢香港医学会为建立葵青区人情味所作出的每一份努力。

“社居耆健医学堂”计划为葵涌社区建立了一定的健康资本：共有90位老友记报读及出席老友记健康大学的“身心健康课程”的课堂，健康大学亦举办12节“认识‘认知障碍症’课程”，为企业和区内小商户的员工讲解基本的认知障碍症知识。另外，共有近230位义工成为老友记外展大使队成员，参与共97节义工训练课程。同时，外展大使为葵芳邨和葵翠邨的老友记提供共244次探访或电话关怀服务(特别是在疫情期间)。至于医生单位一线通则为区内老友记及少数族裔居民举办25次健康谘询日，并透过医生信箱为81位老友记解答健康疑问。

由于疫情关係，一众计划参加者透过网上平台出席典礼，互相分享学习所得和参与义务工作的经验和喜悦。不少参与计划的老友记均分享在管理自己健康状况时经常遇到难题，他们答谢参与计划的医生们所付出的时间和耐性，细心解说，让他们更明白如何照顾好自己! 这亦正正是医学会推行社区服务计划、支持发展社区基层医疗的原因，要令长者真正做到居家安老，加强他们对个人健康的认知及管理能力是重要的一环。在颁发各项证书后，老友记学员和义工们更与参与的医生一同合唱特别填词的《医社一心》一曲，将活动气氛带到高潮! (可参考下页“附加资料”上的典礼精华片段)

在过去的五年间，香港医学会已推行四个社区服务计划，而社区服务团队亦为市民制作了一系列的健康资源，包括：老友记健康大学《实用手册》、《常见老年疾病动画短片》、《2019冠状病毒病 – 抗疫资讯》等，有兴趣了解更多的市民，观迎到以下网页浏览相关资料。

二零二一年十月二十九日

Community Health Academy for Elderly: Planted the Seeds of Community Health Awareness in Kwai Tsing

The online “Graduation Ceremony of Health Academy for the Elderly cum Recognition Ceremony of Outreach Ambassadors for the Elderly” (the Ceremony) of the 3-year project “Community Health Academy for Elderly” (the “Project”), funded by the Community Investment and Inclusion Fund (CIIF), and organized by the Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA), was held on 26 October. The Project adopted the multi-dimensional collaboration model by connecting social, medical, community, school, housing and commercial sectors to carry out 3 main programmes, namely “Health Academy for the Elderly”, “Outreach Team for the Elderly” and “Doctors-Units Instant Link Scheme”. The Project successfully drives the medical sector in active participation and the medical-social collaboration has been achieved in the community. Furthermore, the Project also planted the seeds of community health awareness for the Kwai Tsing district.

Dr. CHOI Kin, HKMA President was invited to give the welcoming remarks during the Ceremony on 26 October. He congratulated the 56 active learners and elderly graduates, at the same time, was touched by the selfless dedication of the 57 outstanding outreach ambassadors. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lifestyle as well as the services provided by the Project. New service model has been developed amid the facing challenges, i.e. to teaching the elderly learners to learn in taking our online classes. Nonetheless, Dr. CHOI took the opportunity to thank for the continuous support from CIIF and our devoted collaborating partners. Moreover, HKMA has stepped into its 100th year in 2020, Dr. CHOI Kin stressed that our mission “To safeguard the health of the people” shall never change in regard of our hundred years’ history.

Officiating at the Ceremony, Mr. KWAN Chuk Fai, MH, JP, Chairman of CIIF Committee, was glad to witness the Project’s success in fostering the social-medical collaboration and in promoting reciprocity among elderly, residents, medical doctors, medical students and cross-sectoral collaborators by leveraging on their strengths. Mr. KWAN was impressed that the Project was still able to implement successfully despite the threat of epidemic. Mr. KWAN also appreciated the Project’s efforts in addressing the physical and emotional needs of the elderly who were forced to stay home during the epidemic and strengthening their neighbourhood support network with various means such as distributing anti-epidemic items, providing simple health check-ups, and designing brain-teaser games. At last, Mr. KWAN thanked HKMA’s effort in building a caring society with a strong sense of human touch in Kwai Tsing District.

“Community Health Academy for Elderly” project has attained a number of achievements, especially the social capital of health resources. There were 90 elderly enrolled in the Wellness Course organized by the Health Academy for the Elderly. The Academy also conducted 12 sessions of the “Get to Know Dementia Course” for staff of corporates and small merchants, to highlight the basic knowledge on dementia. In addition, around 230 volunteers have joined Outreach Team for the Elderly as Outreach Ambassadors and they have attended a total of 97 volunteer training sessions. The outreach ambassadors provided 244 home visits and/caring calls to the elderly (especially during the pandemic period). Through “Doctors-Units Instant Link Scheme”, 25 health outreach days were organized for elderly and ethnic-minorities residents, and health queries of 81 elderly have been solved.

Due to the pandemic, guests, elderly, volunteers and other participants joined the online Ceremony to share their experiences and happiness in joining the Project. Many elderly expressed their frustration in dealing with their chronic diseases and thanked to the medical doctors who were always being patient in explaining the different diseases to them during health talks, outreach services or home visits, so that they become more confident in taking care of themselves. This is exactly one of the key visions for HKMA in organizing community health projects and in supporting primary care in the community because aging in place will only succeed if elderly living in the community are capable in managing their health. After presenting the certificates to the eligible students and volunteers at the Ceremony, the elderly students, volunteers and our participating doctors sang the song with special lyrics “Medical-Social as One Heart” together, bringing the spirit into full swing! (The summary of the Ceremony is included in the supplementary page)

During the past 5 years, the HKMA Community Service Team has carried out 4 community projects. A series of health resources have been produced, including the Practical Handbook of the Health Academy for the Elderly, the Animated Videos on Common Elderly Diseases, and the Combat COVID-19 Videos, etc. Please refer to the various electronic platforms if you are interested to learn more.

Encl.: Photos of the Closing Ceremony