2016年5月29日 星期日
2016年5月25日 星期三
柯文哲:把50處老人活動據點升級,建立關懷訪視、電話問安、健康促進、社區共餐、日托服務
隨著醫療進步,國民平均壽命提高,台灣早已邁入高齡化社會。但是2015年台灣婦女總生育率平均只有1.17人,長者越來越多,新生命的誕生卻不斷減少,人口結構漸漸形成倒三角形,「安老」成了迫切需要面對的問題。
我不贊成老人照顧機構化,台灣的老人一般也不喜歡去住老人院。其實老人還是喜歡住在自己熟悉的地方,和自己熟悉的親友來往,因此在地化、社區化的老人照護系統比較適合台灣社會的需求。今天我到南港區久如社區發展協會和長者們共進午餐,他們平常有伴聊天、有志工照顧,看起來都很快樂,甚至有一位92歲的阿嬤說她這個年紀還可以爬山。
台北市一共有322處老人活動據點,今年我們投入6千多萬把50處據點升級,建立關懷訪視、電話問安、健康促進、社區共餐、日托服務。我們希望有限的資源能做最有效率的運用,106年爭取用1億元預算持續升級老人活動據點。日托服務讓長輩可以就近在熟悉的社區環境中獲得照顧,也減輕家屬的壓力和負擔,長者多多與人互動,能夠預防失智、減緩退化速度,大家聚在一起發揮鄰里效應,實踐「在地養老」。
2016年5月24日 星期二
美國學者:考古證明中國五千年前釀啤酒
[美國學者:考古證明中國五千年前釀啤酒] 美國斯坦福大學科學家說,在中國北方一處考古遺址發現的陶器中保存著大約5000年前的啤酒成分,而且在這個啤酒配方中同時含有東方和西方的元素。
BBC.IN
2016年5月19日 星期四
Andrew Wyeth's old age
He lost a lung, survived a near-fatal illness, and had a hip operation, but kept working, energized partly by disdain for his detractors. “I’m not going to let them disrupt my old age,” he said.
“I am an example of publicity — a great deal of it,” he also said. “I’m grateful because it gives me the freedom to go and try to do better. But I never had any great idea that these people are understanding what I’m doing. And they don’t.”
Wyeth added: “Let’s be sensible about this. I put a lot of things into my work which are very personal to me. So how can the public feel these things? I think most people get to my work through the back door. They’re attracted by the realism and they sense the emotion and the abstraction — and eventually, I hope, they get their own powerful emotion.”
“I am an example of publicity — a great deal of it,” he also said. “I’m grateful because it gives me the freedom to go and try to do better. But I never had any great idea that these people are understanding what I’m doing. And they don’t.”
Wyeth added: “Let’s be sensible about this. I put a lot of things into my work which are very personal to me. So how can the public feel these things? I think most people get to my work through the back door. They’re attracted by the realism and they sense the emotion and the abstraction — and eventually, I hope, they get their own powerful emotion.”
2016年5月18日 星期三
劉克襄:不想成為下一代的負擔;李雅伶、 謝明海 回應
劉克襄新增了 3 張相片。
■■不想成為下一代的負擔
從能高越嶺國家步道下山,遇見一群六七十歲的登山人。
他們來自中部,各個肩著比我還重的背包,辛苦地緩慢前進。我問要去哪裡,他們露出疲憊卻滿足的微笑,回以南華山和奇萊南峰。講完後繼續低頭,一個緊跟一個,繼續邁向稜線。
那是至少三天兩夜的行程,今晚他們應該會下榻天池山莊。林務局目前在那兒搭建了一棟雅緻的綠建築。希望將來台灣的高山都有類似的木造山屋,讓山友住得舒服,一洗過往高山小屋簡陋的印象。
但我更在乎步道的良好存在,能高越嶺是高山環境少數較為平緩的。老人家若手持雙杖,緩慢步行,走上稜線之地,看到遼闊風景和綺麗山林,相信一定是晚年生活最好的情境。
跟他們擦肩而過後,回望一個個巨大的背包背影,不禁心生驚歏。對許多不常登山的人,這些長輩的裝備無疑是重裝。如今若有三天兩夜以上的高山縱走,年輕人都選擇輕量級的新穎裝備,輕鬆攀爬,避免長時肩負下,把身子壓壞了。我猜想,這些三四年級的,節儉習慣了,泰半仍使用舊式裝備。
他們未停腳休憩,我因而無法細看是否有綑綁護膝,或者做任何進一步的保護措施。但年紀這麼大,雙腳猶硬朗,肩負龐然的背包,光是這樣的身影,就足以讓人感動。
他們是遠離長照的人,多數同齡者能夠如此健行的恐怕不多。很快地,我也將成為這個族群。看到這群山友,勇健地走向高山,我也興發一股不想太早老化的願望。或許,未來不一定能如此重裝上陣,但總要學習這方面的志氣。
長照政策也是新政府未來的施政重點,將來勢必會成為一個艱鉅的繁複任務。面對龐大的財政赤字,未來的長照是否能夠周延,政府忐忑不安,周遭同齡的朋友亦是惶恐。
想來想去,延緩老化,或許是當下即可實踐的活動。政府應當提供更好的戶外環境,鼓勵老年人經常走到郊野,鍛鍊身心。老人家擁有更多歡樂和自信,才可能減少不必要的病痛和龐大的健保醫療支出。
而我更沒把握未來的長照,會讓自己有快樂的餘生。自己也不想,成為台灣的負擔。如是徬徨,只希望,十年後,自己是那排老人中的一位。生活周遭,還有很多平坦的山林步道,可以健康平安地散步。
但目前像能高這樣的國家步道並不多,也非多數人可抵達,更何況是老人。一般城郊適合的無障礙空間,恐怕還是得儘快規劃。一個行動不便的老人,或坐輪椅者,若能藉由大眾交通載具,快速地抵達綠色步道,絕對是這個城市最美麗的風景。
一條綠色步道的出現,無形中也會勝過諸多健保醫療系統的設計,更維護了生態環境。多條維修良好步道,環繞都市近郊,或穿插於裡,更是未來長照的必要搭配,值得政府大力推廣。
●詳見「蘋中信」http://www.appledaily.com.tw/…/…/headline/20160519/37223231/
李雅伶 前幾天去看一個關於老年的展覽,對話引導員林先生已經76歲,打太極拳又參加歌唱班還學二胡,平常還有宗親會。在芬蘭,老人從醫院臥病在床到上天堂的平均時間是2週,台灣則是7年。或許有未來能有更多自在開心活動自如的快樂老人,長照的問題也會少一點點吧!
謝明海 解救健保免於破產有很多不同的方法,
而最直接有效的卻是那些間接的路。
建保局傳統官僚的單向思維,只是一心的縮減藥費,壓低建保給付,相對的也降低了建保的醫療品質。
其實,有效的前端防制和運動以及健康教育,尤其是高齡保建這一塊,才是最能節省開銷的捷徑。
我為了替健保局省下醫療支出,我每天激勵自己出門散步一小時,已經持續努力了兩年,身體狀況尤其是膝蓋關節和心臟功能獲得大幅改善。
公民記者 謝明海
2016年5月17日 星期二
我愛生命的每一秒:113歲人瑞 Goldie Michelson
Goldie Michelson '24 is now the oldest person - and certainly the oldest Brown alum - in the U.S! Of her time at Brown, she says "I can’t remember what I did yesterday, but I remember from then...I was very happy being there. I loved every minute." (via Brown Alumni Association)
The oldest American is now a 113-year-old Jewish woman named Goldie.
FORWARD.COM
2016年5月16日 星期一
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.”
―THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
―THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
2016年5月14日 星期六
Farid Boulad
“It’s been twelve hours a day, six days a week, for the last thirty years. My goal during all these years was to help all I could help. I’ve given 200%. I’ve given transplants to over 1200 kids. I’ve published as many papers as I could. I’ve contributed to some major achievements here. I feel happy because I've done my part. But now I’m almost finished. It’s time for the young people out there to finish the job. They’re going to be smarter than us. They’ll know more. They’re going to unzip the DNA and find the typo. They’re going to invent targeted therapies so we don’t have to use all this radiation. Me? My goal for the remainder of my life is to not be useful. I want to learn Portuguese. I want to play the guitar. I want to eat, drink, and enjoy the company of my friends. I recognize these are selfish things. But at some point we must treat ourselves as well.”
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“The caretakers play a crucial role, but there’s no way to predict how a parent will react to this. Sometimes they are the best helpers. They come in wanting to win. They say, ‘We’re going to beat the crap out of this thing.’ And that positive attitude flows down to the child. ‘I can’ becomes ‘we can.’ But sometimes the parents give up before treatment begins. You see it in their eyes. The battle is lost before we start. They say ‘I can’t,’ and that becomes ‘we can’t.’ The child becomes defeated and that hurts us. Because the child is the captain of this team and we need our captain to be strong. But I’m not judging these parents. They are experiencing the toughest thing a human can go through. On a scale of zero to death, this experience is right next to death. So it’s not fair to judge a person’s response. And there’s very little we can do about it. It’s almost impossible to change someone’s attitude. Because there’s never one reason that a person feels defeated. There are twenty or thirty reasons. People bring their entire lives with them into this hospital. We can provide encouragement. We can say, ‘Things will get better soon.’ But we can’t change someone’s entire life.”
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“The caretakers play a crucial role, but there’s no way to predict how a parent will react to this. Sometimes they are the best helpers. They come in wanting to win. They say, ‘We’re going to beat the crap out of this thing.’ And that positive attitude flows down to the child. ‘I can’ becomes ‘we can.’ But sometimes the parents give up before treatment begins. You see it in their eyes. The battle is lost before we start. They say ‘I can’t,’ and that becomes ‘we can’t.’ The child becomes defeated and that hurts us. Because the child is the captain of this team and we need our captain to be strong. But I’m not judging these parents. They are experiencing the toughest thing a human can go through. On a scale of zero to death, this experience is right next to death. So it’s not fair to judge a person’s response. And there’s very little we can do about it. It’s almost impossible to change someone’s attitude. Because there’s never one reason that a person feels defeated. There are twenty or thirty reasons. People bring their entire lives with them into this hospital. We can provide encouragement. We can say, ‘Things will get better soon.’ But we can’t change someone’s entire life.”
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2016年5月11日 星期三
吳鳴《素描的留白 ‧ 遠路不須愁日暮 》
吳鳴《素描的留白 ‧ 遠路不須愁日暮 》
有一天,在一張書籤上讀到胡適的題字:「遠路不須愁日暮,老年終自望河清」。一筆瘦瘦清清的胡體,帶點兒落寞書生的況味,年少的心情,竟有看些許的感懷,莫不是「可憐未老頭先白」?---- 22. 遠路不須愁日暮,收入:吳鳴,《素描的留白》,臺北:漢藝色研文化公司,1990。全文 http://blog.wuming-nongtong.com/liter/sl22.html
有一天,在一張書籤上讀到胡適的題字:「遠路不須愁日暮,老年終自望河清」。一筆瘦瘦清清的胡體,帶點兒落寞書生的況味,年少的心情,竟有看些許的感懷,莫不是「可憐未老頭先白」?---- 22. 遠路不須愁日暮,收入:吳鳴,《素描的留白》,臺北:漢藝色研文化公司,1990。全文 http://blog.wuming-nongtong.com/liter/sl22.html
川端康成著 {「眠れる美女」} 歌劇
川端の原作を、演出のギー・カシアスと作曲のクリス・デフォートが1年半かけて台本に。
ベルギー出身の世界的振付家、ラルビ・シェルカウイが振り付けを担当。東京芸大生によるオーケストラも出演します。
2016年5月10日 星期二
What happens when a nursing home and a day care center share a roof?
"These children bring life and vibrancy and normalcy. It's a gift. It's a gift in exposing young families to positive aspects of aging, and it's a gift of also having children seeing frailty, normalcy and that's part of that full circle of life."
What can a 5-year-old learn from a 95-year-old? At Seattle’s Providence…
PBS.ORG
2016年5月9日 星期一
《灣與灣群像》:溫肇東、曾銘輝、蘇錦坤
《灣與灣群像》:溫肇東、曾銘輝、蘇錦坤
《世界日報‧灣區群像》讓我想寫《灣與灣群像》。
說明:"灣與灣"是80年代中台灣的工研院電子所所長胡定華博士所提的"美台合作:科技-創業"觀念。它可以應用在人事方面。
--曾銘輝、蘇錦坤
蘇錦坤 to HC:曾銘輝是我小學、初中、高中的同學,也是初中到大學的玩伴,他在高中組了一個足球隊,一直延續到大學三年級,我是這球隊的唯一的守門員。
同學,一起溫習功課、準備月考、聯考;一起在彰化辦社團活動, 一起參加足球比賽,12年來卻從來不曾同班。
我記得彰中還有一位學長叫朱辛為(維?), 他弟弟和我高中同學叫朱辛龍。朱辛為比曾銘輝在東海 IE 高一屆或兩屆,問曾銘輝,他記得這個人。
我說:大家都市英才,起碼應該在網路相見。
錦坤兄Yifertw Ken 的BLOG (台語與佛典)最能說明其才情:http://yifertw.blogspot.tw/
曾銘輝回信:
想當年老朋友 心情還是年輕的。
老不休 相勉之
------溫肇東、曾銘輝
數月前,我參加15屆溫肇東教授退休展(是17屆,1975級代表,他的建中校刊編輯同學也來數位)。溫教授的世界寫在他2015-2016年出的4本書;他還在續寫專欄。
當年還碰到溫教授的兩位同學IE同學,我的學長。
今天他們15屆的通信錄說,《灣區群像》有"曾銘輝 用小錢遊大世界" 的訪談、報導。
請參考曾先生的英姿:
今天他們15屆的通信錄說,《灣區群像》有"曾銘輝 用小錢遊大世界" 的訪談、報導。
請參考曾先生的英姿:
《灣區群像》曾銘輝用小錢遊大世界| 世界新聞網
2016年5月8日 星期日
Study of exceptionally healthy old people fails to trace their well-being to specific genes
Weekend Reads: Nonie Hickle is 91. She ought to have cardiovascular disease, cancer, or at least gray hair. Yet she doesn’t have any of those things. Why not? The answer remains elusive despite one of the largest genetic studies to date of exceptionally healthy old people.
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Many biotechnologists still think we might push death even further away, as these stories from the MIT Technology Review archives illustrate.
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Many biotechnologists still think we might push death even further away, as these stories from the MIT Technology Review archives illustrate.
Study of exceptionally healthy old people fails to trace their well-being to specific genes.
TECHNOLOGYREVIEW.COM
2016年5月7日 星期六
老大亨SUMNER M. REDSTONE穿著Manuela 買的衣服出庭說"I want Manuela out of my life."
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I want Manuela out of my life."
SUMNER M. REDSTONE, the 92-year-old media mogul, on the first day of testimony in a suit brought by his ex-girlfriend, Manuela Herzer, challenging his mental capacity.
2016年5月6日 星期五
「老人家非社會負擔」-開發新商機
裡面的這一段,「老人家非社會負擔」-所謂的「安泰社會」的成本,負擔,利潤----是世界各國很重要的課題
開發新商機 老人家非社會負擔
現在德國每五個人就有一個是65歲以上老人家,被戲稱「歐洲老人院」,香港呢,15年後每三個香港人就有一個老人家,而2034年的全港人口年齡中位數,將由2014年的43.7歲上升至50歲,再上升到2064年的53.5歲。主流社會一直為全民退休保障、社區照顧券、醫療架構負擔等問題憂心,講到前景灰暗。但其實換個想法就有新機,ZipZip:「好多國際品牌早睇到呢個社會變化,開發銀髮族產品,係好大商機。」這一代老人家,子女大了,人生包袱少了,趁身體健康,會好想做幾十年來想試又不敢試的事,如88歲名模Daphne Selfe開辦老人家模特兒學校;紐約博客Ari Seth Cohen透過blog和snap shot記錄紐約街頭自信有型的長者,這對ZipZip來說是很大啟發。至今,被ZipZip發掘的長者都開心入行,「佢哋都會諗係咪騙案嚟㗎,六十幾歲先叫我做模特兒?但可以化妝着得靚靚,喺鎂光燈下擺pose,又覺新鮮。」老人家的人生歷煉都刻在臉上,舉手投足都有獨特韻味,「每個銀髮族企出嚟都已經係一個故事,老咗,都可以有好好玩嘅事等住你,對社會嚟講都係一件好事。」
現在德國每五個人就有一個是65歲以上老人家,被戲稱「歐洲老人院」,香港呢,15年後每三個香港人就有一個老人家,而2034年的全港人口年齡中位數,將由2014年的43.7歲上升至50歲,再上升到2064年的53.5歲。主流社會一直為全民退休保障、社區照顧券、醫療架構負擔等問題憂心,講到前景灰暗。但其實換個想法就有新機,ZipZip:「好多國際品牌早睇到呢個社會變化,開發銀髮族產品,係好大商機。」這一代老人家,子女大了,人生包袱少了,趁身體健康,會好想做幾十年來想試又不敢試的事,如88歲名模Daphne Selfe開辦老人家模特兒學校;紐約博客Ari Seth Cohen透過blog和snap shot記錄紐約街頭自信有型的長者,這對ZipZip來說是很大啟發。至今,被ZipZip發掘的長者都開心入行,「佢哋都會諗係咪騙案嚟㗎,六十幾歲先叫我做模特兒?但可以化妝着得靚靚,喺鎂光燈下擺pose,又覺新鮮。」老人家的人生歷煉都刻在臉上,舉手投足都有獨特韻味,「每個銀髮族企出嚟都已經係一個故事,老咗,都可以有好好玩嘅事等住你,對社會嚟講都係一件好事。」
沈政男:為阿公阿嬤舉辦母親節慶祝活動,請了一團布袋戲來到病房表演!
我們的老年日間病房,
今天為阿公阿嬤舉辦母親節慶祝活動,
破天荒,不惜巨資,
請了一團布袋戲來到病房表演!
今天為阿公阿嬤舉辦母親節慶祝活動,
破天荒,不惜巨資,
請了一團布袋戲來到病房表演!
感謝護理長與同仁辛苦籌辦活動,
讓老人家有機會回到年輕時代,
在媽祖廟口,戲棚下看布袋戲的日子,
彼時,人人仰頭嘴巴開開看著台上,
史艷文大戰藏鏡人,
人群旁邊是一攤攤的小吃,
賣著麥芽糕、鳥梨仔與土豆糖,
每一攤都想吃,
但口袋裡只有一塊錢,
不曉得該選哪一攤。
讓老人家有機會回到年輕時代,
在媽祖廟口,戲棚下看布袋戲的日子,
彼時,人人仰頭嘴巴開開看著台上,
史艷文大戰藏鏡人,
人群旁邊是一攤攤的小吃,
賣著麥芽糕、鳥梨仔與土豆糖,
每一攤都想吃,
但口袋裡只有一塊錢,
不曉得該選哪一攤。
天那麼藍,風那麼輕,
歲月那麼無憂,
午後陽光白花花篩下菩提樹稍,
在柏油路面銀閃閃跳動,
看完戲回到家,
一桌年節豐盛等著慰勞老小辛勞,
吃飽休息,睡個好覺,
明天還要到田裡忙一整天!
歲月那麼無憂,
午後陽光白花花篩下菩提樹稍,
在柏油路面銀閃閃跳動,
看完戲回到家,
一桌年節豐盛等著慰勞老小辛勞,
吃飽休息,睡個好覺,
明天還要到田裡忙一整天!
2016年5月5日 星期四
從老年人消費的現狀,解讀日本超老齡社會
當今日本很多產業都將最多消費群體慢慢鎖定為60歲以上老年人。
從老年人消費的現狀,解讀日本超老齡社會|http://www.nippon.com/hk/in-depth/a04902/
從老年人消費的現狀,解讀日本超老齡社會|http://www.nippon.com/hk/in-depth/a04902/
2016年5月3日 星期二
抗老化藥劑都胡說: Anti-aging supplements make big promises based on little science
Can we treat aging? Anti-aging supplements make big promises based on little science
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