Elderly Resources Centre
Most elderly people would like to spend the rest of their lives at home, yet home accidents are common among them. Age-related deterioration could be a reason making elderly more prone to home accidents, if the existing home design fails to meet the needs of elderly. In fact, the risk of accidents can be reduced through professional assessment and the modification of existing home environment.
The Elderly Resources Centre (ERC), the first of its kind in Hong Kong, was set up by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 2005. Through education, health screening, professional consultation and research by Occupational Therapist and Social Worker, ERC aims to promote the concept of “age-friendly home” so that “ageing in place” can be achieved.
In Dec 2021, the MIND-Friendly Home Exploration Centre was recognized as the “Innovation of the Year – Dementia Care Model Solution” at the 9th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards organised by Ageing Asia in Singapore, known as the “Oscars” in the eldercare sector.
Click here to access virtual tour.
“Age-friendly home” is a home suitable for the elderly in terms of environment, lifestyle and ageing process, ensuring a safe and comfortable living in their late years. As people grow old, they are faced with different challenges from deterioration. Adjustments made to the elderly lifestyle and home environment will help them meet their changing care needs and remain in their own homes as long as possible.
1. Environment:
It includes home and outdoor design and facilities as well as relevant home services that cater for different needs of the elderly.
2. Ageing Process:
In the natural ageing process, there are changes in senses, cognition, physical functioning and psychological condition.
3. Elderly Lifestyle:
The elderly people have their own preferences, habits and patterns of behaviour.
Service Target
- Service Target
- Family members and care-givers
- Students
- Professionals from other corporations or institutions
Q1. What changes do elderly face during ageing process?
Elderly face different levels of changes in physical body or sensation, including vision, hearing, smell, touch, mobility and cognitive function. All these are natural ageing processes.
Q2. How do elderly adjust their lifestyle to cope with the changes in ageing process?
To achieve healthy lifestyle, elderly can adjust their behaviors on various aspects, for example, having balance diets and regular sleep pattern, doing suitable exercises, quitting dangerous and bad habits. Dangerous habits include climbing up or squatting to get things frequently. These would increase the fall risks.
Q3. What are the examples of “safe, convenient and barrier-free” in an age-friendly home?
You can refer to our articles here
Q1. What challenges do people with dementia face in daily life?
They face challenges like: different levels of memory loss, confusion about what is real and unreal, difficulty in communicating with others etc. These issues adversely affect daily life, and these are not part of the normal stage of ageing.
Q2. What are the examples of “8 Principles of Mind-Friendly Home Design”?
You can also refer to our articles here
問:想為家中長者改裝家居,可以怎樣做?
答:本中心有職業治療師能提供免費的家居改裝諮詢服務,本服務只限提供針對性的家居改裝方案,不設實際的上門家居評估,亦不給予裝修服務或推介裝修工程公司的資料。 (可參考《銀髮家居 DIY》)
問:職業治療師若不會上門進行家居評估,怎能提供針對性改裝方案?
答:客方須預早將家居環境的相片或影片提供予本中心,再由職業治療師按長者情況,評估後作出針對性改裝方案。
問:中心的所有活動和服務,需要收費嗎?
答:中心的所有活動和服務,均費用全免。
問:我未夠60歲,可以參觀中心嗎?
答:中心設有的健康探索團,只為60歲或以上人士進行身體測試及評估。但中心其他的導賞團及體驗團,包括「樂齡家居睇真D」導賞團、「智醒家居睇真D」導賞團、「身歷耆境」體驗團及「智身耆境」體驗團,均為所有人而設。
問:長者安居資源中心是否會提供房屋申請?
答:本中心沒有任何房屋申請服務,但我們可以提供房屋申請部的相關電話及地址予以閣下。
問:貴中心是否有任何長者輔助器具出售或租借?
答:本中心沒有出售或租借任何長者輔助器具,但本中心設有長者模擬家居的展館,展示各類的長者輔助器具及樂齡科技產品,可供閣下預約參觀。此外,閣下如有需要購買及查詢任何長者輔助器具或樂齡科技產品,本中心能提供相關產品的供應商資料,以供參考。
問:我有興趣加入成為你們的中心服務大使,可以怎樣做?
答:本中心很歡迎任何人士加入成為我們的服務大使,你可以致電2839 2882查詢。
Tel:2839 2882
Fax:2385 2136
Email:erc@hkhs.com
Address: Shop A-C, G/F., Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon (Opposite to Cinematheque Broadway) View Larger Map
Opening hours: Mondays – Saturdays: 9:00am to 12:30pm & 1:30pm to 6:00pm, Sundays and public holidays: Closed
Direction
Turn to Man Ming Lane from Yau Ma Tei Station Exit C and walk for three minutes to the end of the lane where you will see Wanchai Church Kei To Primary School. Cross the road to Prosperous Garden and you will see a covered entrance to ERC on the right side of the housing estate.
For wheelchair users: view the direction(From Yau Ma Tei Station Exit B)
Service Target: elderly or retired people, family members and care-givers, students, professionals from other corporations or institutions
Services: health screening, guided tours and experiential activities, education and training, professional consultation, ambassador services, research, online resources
中心致力在社區層面推廣「長者友善家居」,以協助長者「居家安老」,並設計了不同主題的參觀,包括Health Exploration Tours,Guided Tours,Experiential Tours,由專人帶領參觀及講解,敬請預約。
地址:九龍油麻地眾坊街3號駿發花園地下 A-C鋪 (百老匯電影中心對面) 地圖
For enquiries, please call 2839 2882.
按此下載「團體參觀申請表」
Latest Pandemic Measures of ERC
In view of the COVID-19 threat, ERC will be temporarily closed until further notice.
Under HKSAR’s “vaccine bubble” arrangement, all centre visitors must have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, starting from 24 February 2022.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused. For enquiries, please call us on 2839 2882.
3 December
- 「得悉原來家居生活上可以有很多體貼長者的心思,大至家居裝修,小至善用高科技產品…… 房協此舉,不僅長者受惠,對身為中年子女的我們,也幫助不少,因為家中大B (家中長者) 安居樂活、聽話健康,我們才可安心工作和生活。」—利嘉敏博士(香港中文大學新聞及傳播學院副教授)
- 「從參觀得悉樂齡科技最新發展並受到啟發,深感滿意。」—楊婉蘭博士(香港城市大學社會及行為科學系副教授)
- 「在房協製作的VR(虛擬實景)遊戲中,我模擬一隻小貓。我覺得這一個方法,令我對長者友善友這件事更加有深刻印象。」—張文惠(香港專業教育學院(葵涌)視力保健護理高級文憑課程學生)
問:想為家中長者改裝家居,可以怎樣做?
答:本中心有職業治療師能提供免費的家居改裝諮詢服務,本服務只限提供針對性的家居改裝方案,不設實際的上門家居評估,亦不給予裝修服務或推介裝修工程公司的資料。(可參考《銀髮家居DIY》)
問:職業治療師若不會上門進行家居評估,怎能提供針對性改裝方案?
答:客方須預早將家居環境的相片或影片提供予本中心,再由職業治療師按長者情況,評估後作出針對性改裝方案。
問:中心的所有活動和服務,需要收費嗎?
答:中心的所有活動和服務,均費用全免。
問:我未夠60歲,可以參觀中心嗎?
答:中心設有的健康探索團,只為60歲或以上人士進行身體測試及評估。但中心其他的導賞團及體驗團,包括「樂齡家居睇真D」導賞團、「智醒家居睇真D」導賞團、「身歷耆境」體驗團及「智身耆境」體驗團,均為所有人而設。
問:長者安居資源中心是否會提供房屋申請?
答:本中心沒有任何房屋申請服務,但我們可以提供房屋申請部的相關電話及地址予以閣下。
問:貴中心是否有任何長者輔助器具出售或租借?
答:本中心沒有出售或租借任何長者輔助器具,但本中心設有長者模擬家居的展館,展示各類的長者輔助器具及樂齡科技產品,可供閣下預約參觀。此外,閣下如有需要購買及查詢任何長者輔助器具或樂齡科技產品,本中心能提供相關產品的供應商資料,以供參考。
問:我有興趣加入成為你們的中心服務大使,可以怎樣做?
答:本中心很歡迎任何人士加入成為我們的服務大使,你可以致電2839 2882查詢。
Click to download申請表
Health Exploration Tours
To raise health awareness in elderly people, five thematic tours are designed to screen their body functions, including: healthy ageing, brain health, visual health, joint health, sarcopenia and fall prevention.
Read More
InnovAge Home Guided Tour and ExporAge Tour
As a result of age-related deterioration, the existing home design may fail to meet the needs of the elderly. We set up two age-friendly show flats for elderly with different needs, showcasing the latest gerontech products and assistive devices.
Read More
Mind-friendly Home Guided Tour and Mind-Friendly Home Experiential Tour
In their daily living, people with dementia are facing many challenges, especially in their home environment. We set up Mind-Friendly Home Exploration Centre, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, to showcase the Mind-Friendly home design and aids.
Read More

Joint Health Tour (In-venue)
Date: 28 September 2023 (Thursday)
Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Online registration:https://forms.gle/dwyWLNuSa4ZfCrzX6
Date: to be confirmed
Time: to be confirmed
Online registration: to be confirmed

InnovAge Home Guided Tour and Mind-friendly Home Guided Tour (In-venue)
Date: 6 September 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Online registration:https://forms.gle/ms77R5Y8YrH7t9VB7
Date: 23 September 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Online registration:https://forms.gle/3BzM4vDGJUzRQhWG7

ERC provides trainings to ambassadors of all ages, so that they could serve the elderly by participating in voluntary service in their leisure time. To promote the concept of Age-friendly Home to help the elderly age in place, ambassadors equipped with knowledge of age-friendly living environment, healthy ageing and lifestyle to have safe and convenient living.
Through continuing training sessions and activities, the ambassadors enrich their knowledge, serve the community and expand social network.
11/2022

房協長者安居資源中心獲頒「2022長者友善措施致意行動」最高榮譽的「金星奬」,以表揚中心在社區積極推廣「長者友善社區」,並關顧長者的需要。活動由香港社會服務聯會主辦。
09/2022

HKHS was conferred the "SilverEco and Ageing Well International Awards 2022" by France's SilverEco, as a recognition of our retirement housing projects in providing holistic support for quality living to the elderly. We are the first in Hong Kong being awarded and the only international awardees from Asia this year.
12/2021

The MIND-Friendly Home Exploration Centre of ERC received the award "Innovation of the Year – Dementia Care Model Solution" at the 9th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards 2021 organised by Ageing Asia in Singapore, recognising ERC's outstanding achievements in elderly care services. The award is known as the "Oscars" in the eldercare sector.
05/2021

ERC won the Silver Award for Volunteer Service (Organization), for the contribution of our ambassadors' service to the community in 2020, even under the pandemic.
04/2021

ERC website and WES received the "Tripe Gold Award" and "Gold Award" respectively in the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2020-2021, which adopts web accessibility design to facilitate easy access to online information. The Scheme is co-organized by HKIRC and OGCIO.
03/2021

ERC was presented with "Golden Star Award", the highest honour in the Age-Friendly Appreciation Scheme 2020-2021, for its commitment to and outstanding performance in promoting "Age-friendly City" message and caring for the elderly. The Scheme is organized by HKCSS.
07/2020

ERC won the Gold Award for Volunteer Service (Organization) for 15 years in a row, and Award of 10,000 hours for Volunteer Service for the fourth time.
Established in 2022, the Living Lab in Gerontechnology for Age-Friendly Home (Age-Friendly Home Living Lab) of the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) is Hong Kong’s first Living Lab registered under the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). The Age-Friendly Home Living Lab advocates age-friendly home concept with the application of user-driven and experience-based innovations, and promotes better adoption of the growing universality of smart technologies, to enable elderly to age-in-place.
Dr Carmen Ng Ka-man, Social and Elderly Wellness Director of the HKHS cum Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Age-Friendly Home Living Lab remarked during the General Assembly of ENoLL (Open Living Lab Days 2022) in Italy, “the Age-Friendly Home Living Lab” aims to serve as an engagement platform, which gathers different stakeholders, from users such as seniors and caregivers, academia, professionals to corporates, to co-create various age-friendly home designs riding on the fast development of gerontechnology. Being accredited by the membership of ENoLL, not only motivate the Age-Friendly Home Living Lab to keep up with its work, but also foster international collaborations, and maximize the potential of its continuous development.
Know more about:https://erc.hkhselderly.com/erc/en/content.php?pid=42
Joyous Circle
Joyous Circle is a renowned elderly facility owned and operated by Hong Kong Housing Society. The facility strives to provide quality residential care home service, day care and rehabilitation service to the senior citizens especially those dementia members in our community.

Cheerful Court Care Home
Located in Ngau Tau Kok, Cheerful Court Care Home is a private residential care home for the elderly operated by the Hong Kong Housing Society (HS). The care home is situated in Cheerful Court, which is an elderly estate under HS's "Senior Citizen Residences Scheme".

Jolly Place Care Home
Located in Tseung Kwan O, the Jolly Place Care Home is a private residential care home for the elderly operated by the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS). The care home is set up inside the Jolly Place, an elderly estate under HKHS’s “Senior Citizen Residences Scheme”. Apart from receiving personalised nursing and care services, residents of the care home can as well take pleasure from clubhouse facilities, and enjoy themselves with an independent and rewarding lifestyle.

Elderly Resources Centre
The Elderly Resources Centre (ERC), the first of its kind in Hong Kong, was set up by the Hong Kong Housing Society in 2005. Through education, health screening, professional consultation and research by Occupational Therapist and Social Worker, ERC aims to promote the concept of “age-friendly home” so that “ageing in place” can be achieved.

Caring Engaging Smart
Housing Society Community was founded in 2003, while service of registered social workers was introduced in 2010, and Ageing-in-Place Scheme as from 2012 to facilitate elders of rental housing estates to live in the estates at ease while ageing. All these aiming at promoting mutual helping neighborhood and building harmonic community. In early 2021, upholding the three pillars of ‘caring’, ‘engaging’ and ‘smart’, we have formed a new team named “CES”.
