Personal Emergency Link
The Personal Emergency Link Service (PE Link; Chinese: 一線通平安鐘) was established by the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association to launch a 24-hour personal emergency link to help the needy in Hong Kong.[1][2]
Background
[edit]Amidst an unforeseen extended cold wave in February 1996, more than a hundred unattended elderly who lived alone died. In response, the Association were dedicated to render emergency relief and total care service to all elderly and chronic invalids by setting up the PE Link.[3] PE Link was created in 1996.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Chan, Emily Ying Yang (2019). Climate Change and Urban Health: The Case of Hong Kong as a Subtropical City. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-138-38513-9. Retrieved 4 May 2025 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lai, Claudia KY; Chung, Jenny CC; Leung, Natalie KL; Wong, Jimmy CT; Mak, Diana PS (24 September 2010). "A survey of older Hong Kong people's perceptions of telecommunication technologies and telecare devices". Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. Vol. 16, no. 8. doi:10.1258/jtt.2010.0909.
- ^ Feng, Chen; Yip, Paul SF (13 August 2015). "The influence of cold weather on the usage of emergency link calls: a case study in Hong Kong". BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 15. doi:10.1186/s12911-015-0191-1. PMC 4654920. PMID 26590158. ProQuest 1780138629.
- ^ Cheng, Albert (28 December 2012). "Opinion | Unscrupulous firms' substandard emergency services put elderly at risk". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
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