The Jockey Club Rheumatic Patient Rehabilitation and Education Programme was launched
With the support by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, Hong Kong Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation Limited is pleased to launch the Jockey Club Rheumatic Patient Rehabilitation and Education Programme (the Programme).
Through a series of evidence-proved training activities effective for rheumatic disease care, this programme will facilitate rheumatic patient participants to control their disease, overcome hardships and live with the diseases in a more relaxing and confident way.
Besides, community exhibitions and various e-learning platforms of the Programme will strengthen awareness among the public on arthritis and rheumatic diseases. It also helps to promote people with similar symptoms to have early identification and treatment so as to reduce possible complication.
Programme Objectives:
1. Empower rheumatic patients to master and engage in rehabilitation activities to improve the quality of life.
2. Establish peer coach support network and strengthen community resources and collaboration to increase supports to rheumatic patients.
3. Increase public awareness of arthritis and rheumatic diseases.
To echo the World Arthritis Day (12th Oct) as designated by the World Health Organisation, Hong Kong Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation partnered with RTHK to launch a series of radio interviews on rheumatic diseases. Rheumatologists were invited to share the information concerning the aetiology, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the disease; social workers talked about the information on community resources and disease self-help groups; patients shared their stories regarding how they fight against the disease and lived with a positive attitude. The five consecutive episodes were broadcasted every Wednesday at 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm from 4 September 2019 to 2 October 2019. You are welcome to listen to the program below. Read more
HKARF has published the second phase of Arthritis disease booklets covering the following topics. You could download the e-version by clicking the image below (Chinese version only).
Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Psoriatic arthritis
Scleroderma
Vasculitis
Sjogren’s syndrome