Funded Projects

Marigot Smart Living

Providing preventive home assessment and home improvement solution for low-income elderly, to enhance their home safety and promote ageing in place.

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Less than 1% of Hong Kong’s population benefits from existing aging-in-place services, despite over 5.25% of community-living elderly requiring long-term care, highlighting a critical gap in support for independent living.
Less than 10% of elderly access home assessment and improvement services, leaving most vulnerable to home injuries that are often addressed only after accidents occur.
Elderly with limited financial means and knowledge struggle to access resources for home environment upgrades, increasing their risk of debilitating injuries.
Elderly living alone or in pairs often lack social connections and timely assistance, exacerbating risks from rapidly deteriorating health conditions in later life.

Prototyping of elderly-friendly furniture integrating occupational therapy features is developed as a scalable solution for addressing the needs of the elderly while maintaining the quality of elderly-centric design.
prototypes become more affordable for the senior market
Technology-Enabled Design Solutions: Incorporates instant visualized 3D virtual tours, streamlining design processes by 2–3 months and reducing costs to make solutions accessible to low-income elderly.
Innovative Safety and Tele-Healthcare: Offers a home safety management service with IoT-based safety detectors and automatic alerts, providing long-term care solutions that support caregivers and enable future tele-healthcare development.
Outcome-Based Financing (OBF): Utilizes OBF to engage philanthropists, enhancing accessibility to high-quality home improvement services for elderly in poverty, surpassing the limitations of traditional funding models.

Organize 3 seminars for 100 low-income elderly
Conduct home assessment for 60 elderly with living conditions at higher risk
Provide home improvement services for 40 elderly, including grab bar installation, bathroom anti-slip works and IoT sensors
Provide home organization service and elderly-friendly furniture for 20 elderly