Caremunity

Creator

Lam, Yuen Ki 林婉棋

Title

Caremunity

Subject

Visual Communication -- Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2019-06-26

Relation

PolyU Design - Projects gallery

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2019BACDD29P001

ASSD2019BACDD29P002

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Communication Design

Description

Caremunity

One in six Hong Kong people suffers from mental illness. Family members often serve as caregivers, providing unpaid care and facing various difficulties. The current mental health situation in Hong Kong is that professional service and treatment is mostly provided to those people who have a mental illness. Caregivers receive little attention. To enhance the support for caregivers, we need to reduce the social stigma attached to mental illness, as well as raise awareness about mental health and properly inform caregivers.

The project exists of two distinct pillars. First of all, it has a long-term goal to provide a better environment for caregivers in their daily lives. It does this by arousing positive feelings towards mental health among the general public, starting from early childhood education. Key is to let children release their negative emotions when they are feeling stressed, which allows them to feel comfortable expressing their feelings with an eye on the future. Secondly, to make sure that caregivers do not turn into the next patient of mental illness, a short-term action plan aims at developing a one-stop online platform to build bridges between caregivers and professionals, breaking through caregivers’ hesitation to ask for help.

Collection

PolyU Design Annual Show 2019: beyond the surface = 二〇一九理大設計年展: 表裡以外