I Can Teach (ICT) – Elderly Learning Program for Technology
Features:- To provide physiotherapy training to the elderly people with gerontechnology products;
- To provide virtual touring activities for the elderly people by facilitating them to explore the community through technologies;
- To assist the elderly people in using apps to produce personalised photos and videos and share with family and friends; and
- To use smart pets and robots to pacify the emotion of demented elderly.
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Phone: (852) 2194 6566
Email: icantech@tungwah.org.hk
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs) was founded in 1870 as Tung Wah Hospital. As the oldest charitable organisation in the territory, the Group has been witnessing the development of Hong Kong community. We adapt to the times and constantly develop appropriate and quality services in medical, educational, community and traditional domains, holding fast to our mission of “healing the sick and relieving the distressed, caring for the elderly and rehabilitating the disabled, promoting education and nurturing the youngsters, and raising the infant and guiding the youth”. Today, the Group has developed into a well-established charitable organisation in Hong Kong, with 380 service units, providing a comprehensive range of services. Among others, the Group manages 5 hospitals, 38 Chinese and Western medicine services units, 60 education services units, and 232 community services units that cover elderly, youth and family, rehabilitation, social enterprises and social innovation services, 3 transitional housing projects, 1 Geospatial Lab (Operating Partner), and 1 recycling store. We also operate 24 traditional service units providing funeral, temple and ritualistic services. In addition, the Tung Wah Museum and TWGHs Maisy Ho Archives and Relics Centre are responsible for preserving the archives of TWGHs. They also raise public awareness of the Group’s history and restoration work, with the responsibility to protect and preserve local traditional culture.
With 246 community service units, including 70 elderly service units, 86 youth and family service units, 60 rehabilitation service units, 30 social enterprises and social innovation service units. TWGHs provides a spectrum of social welfare services for families, children and youths, the elderly, and the disabled, in harmony with the Group’s commitment to “Quality Care, Holistic Development” for communities in Hong Kong.