2014 THE AM POST: 1st Issue

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2 GA Theme3 PreGA Workshop Age of the Aged

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7 Daytime activities 8 Social Program /Post GA

AM in Taiwan 1st Issue 2014 August 06 THE AM POST

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Sustainable DevelopmentGroup E: Jack, Rui-Wen, Kent

Humanity now stands at a defi ning mo-ment in history. Over 7 billion people live on earth, our only dwelling planet in the universe so far with an estimat-

ed increase of at least a billion people in the following decades. Enormous human popu-lation leads to perpetual hardships including food shortage, water scarcity and a worsening of poverty between and within nations. Con-fronted with an extremely challenging future, humans introduced the idea of sustainability. Sustainable development, which aims to meet the needs of the present without compromis-ing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, shall ensure humanity’s chances for survival as well as a more prosper-ous future.In 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden. The industrialized and developing

nations were brought together in an eff ort to determine the rights of the human family to a healthy and productive environment. Their en-suing eff ort led to the adoption of Agenda 21 at the fi rst UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1972. This agenda became a signifi cant landmark in the history of human development. Twenty years later, after the third Earth Summit Rio+20, the sustain-able development has become the doctrine of almost every system and organization.Having recognized the increasing risk from the developing society, we carry the responsibility to prepare Mother Nature for the challenges in the future. The theme of AM 2014 is “Sustain-able Development for the New Era”, and the two topics covered are “Sustainable Health-care” and “Sustainable Environment.” In the spirit of global partnership, we are inviting you to join us in building a more sustainable soci-ety at AM2014.

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1. Rights and Discrimination

In 2002, Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging(MIPAA), a report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, proposed three direc-tions : developing long-term care systems, advancing health and well-being into old age, and ensuring supportive environments, which led the course of thinking and action on ageing into a new era.Even though people around the world have put much eff ort on the rights of the aged, there are still several challenges, including the discrimination against the elderly. Ageism, a

term which describes the stereotypic and neg-ative bias against older adults, was fi rst coined by Robert Neil Butler in 1969. Any attitude, ac-tions, or institutional structures which subordi-nate people according to their age will impair the full range of human rights. Nevertheless, ageism truly exists, no matter being noticed or not.

2. What did our governments do?

There are a variety of elder policies proposed in each country. For example, the legislation of Long-term Care Service Bill in 2014 was a milestone in the Taiwan-ese caring sys-tem. Besides Taiwan, Japan launched the Gold Plan in 1989, which was revised with raising

target levels in 1994, shifting institutionalized care to community-based care. Health is not the only aspect in elder welfare. Elders should be able to work without discrimination. In the United States, with the legislation of Age Dis-crimination Elimination Act in 1967, the work-ing rights of the elders is protected. The Act forbids age limitation in the processes of re-cruiting employees, making its environment friendly for the elders.

3. On the other Hand ‒The Dilemma We Face

The promotion of the right of the elderly has raised economic and fi nancial concerns. On the economic side, the fast aging popularity causes the dependency ratio to soar rapidly. Moreover, the lowering consumer’s purchas-ing power caused by aging has a negative ef-fect on macroeconomic. On the fi nancial side, the fast aging rate has made the welfare pol-icies much more diffi cult to be implemented and sustained. The “Funded pension” system can decrease government spending, helping fi nancial and capital markets grow. However, there could be political and economic risks lurking behind, and hence there is still room for improvement.

“Age of the Aged”

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Sustainable Development: From domestic to global view

Prof. Chien-Te Fan“General concepts of sus-tainability”

Professor, Institute of Law for Science & Technology, National

Tsing Hua UniversitySpecialty: Technology law, International Envi-ronment Law

“Business and Sustain-able Development”

General Manager of KPMG Sustain-ability Consulting Co., Ltd.Specialty: CSR, sustainability reporting, SRI, corporate sustainability strategy and carbon management.

As climate change becomes more and more serious, extreme weather including typhoon, drought, and bliz-zard have been ap-proved occurring not only more frequently but more intensive. Consequently, sustainability has become a big issue nowadays. The objective of this session is how to achieve sustainable development through diff erent aspects including NGOs, government and business industry.

Dr. Niven Huang

Dr. Ying-Shih Hsieh“NGO & sustainability”

President, Environmental Quality Protection Foundation

Specialty: Intellectual property infringement lawsuits, Administrative litiga-tion, Liability for national torts, Civil, criminal, commercial litigation

Dr. Hui Chen Chien“The 3rd alternative to Sustainable Development from government aspect”

Executive Director of Greenhouse Gas Reduc-tion Management Offi ceSpecialty: laws in GHS reduction, climate change impact assessment

Taiwan’ s National Health Insurance (NHI) covers amo n g 9 9 . 5% o f t h e populat ion . Ta iwanese e n j o y t h e f i r s t c l a s s medicine performance, with a surpris ingly low expenditure . However , t h e o v e r - u t i l i z a t i o n and growing demands of heal th benef i ts , the declining reimbursements to healthcare workers and longer working hours have put the healthcare system into crisis . In response, the second generat ion NHI was carr ied out in 2013. Nevertheless, it’ s stil l a long road toward a sustainable healthcare system.

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Andrew T. Huang“Taiwan Experience: A Path to Sustainable Health Care”

President of Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer CenterSpecialty: Internal medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology

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Theme Event

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Dr. Hui Chen Chien Tsung-Mei Cheng

Chin-Chuan Yeh

"LTC Policy & the Universal LTC Insurance Scheme in Taiwan"

Consultant General of the Long-Term Care Insurance Preparatory Task Force of Ministry of Health and WelfareProfessor, Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University

Specialty Payment System, Health Insurance and Health Care Policy Evaluation, Economic and quality evaluation

“The inspirations that Taiwan gives the world: National Health Insurance”

Current position: Vice President of Taiwan Red Cross SocietySpecialty: Health insurance, Health administration, Health policy

As global warming becomes a more serious issue, focusing on disaster response and recovery is fairly not enough; furthermore, reinforcement

of community resilience through disaster reduction and mitigation is what we have to put into consideration. In this session, we will focus on how disaster risk management will evolve in the Eastern-Asia region, and discuss diff erent prospectives from diff erent countries, and learn local experience from the Taiwan Red Cross. We invite you to join us and learn the connection between health sectors and disasters, and redefi ne the role doctors should play in disaster risk management.

Disaster risk management and sustainable development

Shinichi Nakayama

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Fuh-Yuan Hsih

Disaster risk management for the new era: experience from Japan

Director, Hyogo Emergency Medical Center Specialty: Disaster management, Emergency medicine, Disaster medicineevaluation

Disaster risk management for the new era: experience from Taiwan

Physician, Department of Emergency medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, TaiwanDirector, Occupational Safety and Health Office, National Taiwan University Hospital, TaiwanAdjunct assistant professor, Department of Emer-gency medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, TaiwanDirector, Emergency Operations Center (Taipei) Specialty Emergency medicine, Disaster medicine, Disaster management

Hsiao-Tzu HsuA sustainable approach towards disaster management: experience

from Red Cross Taiwan

Director, Department of Communications and Development Specialty: Journalism, Public relations, Disaster relief

Theme Event

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In recent years, world populations of the elderly has been steadily rising, and as demand soars, the prevention of Long Term Care (LTC) system overload wil l become pressing concerns for any aging society. However, LTC is not merely a medical concern. Other problems of lawmaking, fairness, accessibility, manpower distribution, social insurance, and caregiver rights all pose poignant questions with no defi nite answers. For this Theme Event, we have invited two Taiwanese experts of LTC to share their knowledge, experience, and insight.

The sustainability of long term care system

Yue-Chune, Lee

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Frank T.Y. Wang

"LTC Policy & the Universal LTC Insurance Scheme in Taiwan"

Consultant General of the Long-Term Care Insurance Preparatory Task Force of Ministry of Health and WelfareProfessor, Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University

Specialty: Payment System, Health Insurance and Health Care Policy Evaluation, Economic and quality evaluation

When Family Meets Citizen: Issue of Family Carein Taiwan

Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Social Work, NCCU , R.O.C

Specialty: Qualitative Research Methods, Elderly Care, Long Term Care, Aboriginal Social Work

C u r r e n t l y , p e o p l e i n the whole world str ive to put more emphas i s on e l im inat ing hea l th inequity, advocating health p r omo t i on a c t i v i t i e s , a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g s o c i a l d e t e rm i n a n t s o f hea l th . A s med i ca l students, we need to learn how t o c ommun i c a t e

and cooperate with public health experts, governments, and public. We should no longer rely solely on medical treatment to cure disease, but to be advocators of health promotion. Besides, basing on the professional field of hospitals, we should promote value-adding healthcare － not only cure the disease, but also prevent, protect and elevate people’ s health!

The essential role of health promotion in achieving sustainable healthcare

Joyce R. Gaufi n

Shu-Ti Chiou

"Keys to successful collaboration between medicine and public

health"President of American Public Health Association (APHA), U.S.A.Consultant, Great Basin Public Health Leadership Institute (GBPHLI)

Specialty: Management and leadership training, Organization development and consultation, Quality improvement, Creating new programs and collaborative eff orts

When Family Meets Citizen: Issue of Family Carein Taiwan

Director-General, Health Promotion Administra-tion, Ministry of Health and WelfarePresident, International Network of Health Pro-moting Hospitals and Health Services (initiated by WHO)Specialty : Preventive Medicine, Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases, Health Policy and ManagementManagementManagementManagementManagementManagementManagementManagementManagementManagementManagement

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The social program that will ROCK YOUR LIFE! Come enjoy Taiwan cuisines and take part in local folk games with others. Besides, there are traditional ‘’lion and dragon dance’’ and tem-ple parade performance. What’s more, you get to experience the glove puppetry!

A TAIWANESE EXPERIENCE

This is an all in one tour perfect for friends who want to experience various cultures in Taiwan. You would have fun getting familiar with Taiwan’s culture while doing some DIYs( rice noodle DIY, oyster pick-ing). Photo some historical sites to pre-serve memories while walking in Lukang, which is one of the oldest towns in Tai-wan. Authentic Taiwanese and aboriginal cuisine are no doubt an important part of our tour too. The best of all, we will go inside the mountains to visit those beau-tiful scenery and the legendary sun moon lake. A sun moon lake cruise and bicycle ride around the lake is also included in our itinerary. If you are interested in these activities just come and join us now!!!!

Far from the congested cities lining west-ern Taiwan, the island’s East Coast boasts a rugged beauty, a land of strong aborigi-nal heritage where mountains and valleys meet the sea. Dramatic coastline dotted with striking rock formations connects the area’s two main cities, the laid-back marble city of Hualien to the north and Taitung, which are the highlights of our eastern tour. On top of the spectacular scenery of nature, we also provide you with the intimate contact of the culture of our aboriginal ancestors and the thrilling whitewater rafting experience. Hesitate no more! Come and join us in the East!

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Taiwanese Food StoreUse “voucher for snacks” to treat yourself to some tradi-tional Taiwanese food!

Chinese Medicine Exhibition Acupuncture, pulse measurement, gua sha treatment, cupping therapy, Qigong… come to learn more about traditional Chinese medicine, the wisdom of 4000 years of history!

Taiwanese Folklore Exhibition What toys did the early Taiwan-

ese children play with? Enjoy the dazzling array of Taiwanese

artifacts and vividly colored toys on display.

Currency Exchange

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