Adieu 2006

Adieu 2006
Our institute has done lots of works this year.
Inside, we have developed many programs for active aging and empowerment for older people such as Social Drama, Contents on Prevention of Elder Abuse and Re-designing Program for older person, informatization of the elderly, Dementia Support Program for Dementia Family, and Cyber Family Program which is really precious one for our wellaging.
Abroad, we held Active Aging Forum as well as introduced Namhae as a Healthy City in the 2nd General Assembly and Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities. Also, we visited SeniorNet in the USA and decided to cooperate for creative Senior Culture on the internet. Moreover, we are currently preparing 2007 Namhae Active Aging Conference in Asia Pacific as the Secretariat Office. We appreciate all your kind concern and continuous encouragement with all our heart. We wish great blessing from God on 2007 for all of our valuable supporters. We sincerely wish you a Happy New Year and promise to do our best for wellaging in this world.

2006 December 20th Yeonje Silver College

Yeonje Silver College in Gyeongsang National University reached the end of semester.
80 old people in Yeonje-gu and the Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly have had class in Yeonje Silver College through Senior Re-designing Program from March to December this year.
Senior Re-designing Program is the program to help the seniors to find information in the cyber space to find the way for them to engage in social participation actively.
Also, it aims to help the seniors to realize the old age is the second life time to try new challenge through the program and prepare themselves for their second life.
The program progress helps the elderly to change their negative concept of society, and family as well as the uneasiness of his or her intrinsic & extrinsic change.
Besides social issues, they are encouraged to discuss how they feel about Senior Culture, develop relationship with their family and neighbors, and have positive attitude and active thinking on the environments around them.
Also, they learned passionately in the fact that aging in the informatization era is not calamity but opportunity to have a chance for society participation.
Especially, some of them felt happy by sending their family greetings and congratulation card via e-mail, giving an advice to the adolescents on the bulletin board at our Wellageing website.
We hope for all of the students in Yeonje Silver College who put Active Aging in practice this program for the past year that the program has helped design a new lifestyle.

Research in Namhae

December. 12
Many officials in Namhae are putting their effort together on various training program and necessary arrangements to hold the 2007 ACAP successfully. Hence, Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly has conducted education meeting with them to let them know of the idea and strategy of Active Ageing.

December. 15
Health&Welfare Center in Namhae and Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly has arranged a research on a group of preliminary seniors(ranging from 40-64) who are about to enter legally senior age about their satisfaction level and attitude toward Namhae.
This survey will be a groundwork for more pratcical approach to making Namhae the best healthy city.

Press Release

[Namhae] Healthy City Namhae Project Fully Underway
[Yonhap News 2006-11-28 15:05]
- Namhae-gun held ‘active aging in Namhae’ symposium with national professionals
WHO Healthy City Namhae held ‘Making Namhae a Healthy City’ symposium in Namhae Culture & Health Center on 28th at 10 a.m. Governor of Namhae Youngje- Ha and Yeongtae-Kim, the speaker of Namhae County, along with health professionals and 300 villagers filled the center. This symposium was arranged to cope with the ageing society and promote health industry in Namhae as a longevity region. The theme of the symposium was ‘Active Aging in Namhae’ and there were lots of heated discussions, lectures, and presentations among the national professionals.
During the symposium, many scholars gave their lectures on the issue. Among them were Kwanguk-Ko, a professor of Kosin University, titled ‘Aging and Health’; Donghee-Han, a director of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly, titled ‘Vision and Project for Active Aging in Namhae’; Haesung-Nam, a professor of Chungnam University, titled ‘Effect of Health City’; Kunyeop-Kim, a professor of Konyang University, titled ‘Barometer of Healthy City’.
Also there were presentations by Jungdal-Park, a director of agriculture technology center, titled ‘Healthy City and Longevity Region Promotion in Villages’; Cheolho-Lee, a chairman of Health City Organizing Committee, titled ‘Medical Side on Ageing’; Jongpyeo-Lee, a congressman of Namhae, titled ‘Security and Independence for the Elderly’; Moonsan-Park, a president of silver university in Namhae, titled ‘Silver Participation’
Following the symposium, social drama was held in Namhae Culture&Health Center at 2 p.m. by the members of senior club from Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly. There was discussion time after the performance among the participants on the solution to the problem of dementia and dementia family.

Namhae was appointed WHO Healthy City in July, last year. It has promoted various Health Campaign to make ‘Health Barometer’ akin to the regional trait. One of them was ‘No Smoke Village Campaign’, which was favorably received nationally and internationally.
It also plans to hold ‘2007 Namhae Active Ageing Conference in Asia Pacific(ACAP)’ to make concrete policy for the ageing society and raise its international status next year.

Creating the senior IT club

There was a club which is senior IT volunteerism Wellageing Metro. It is from wellageing from LG Metrocity Apartment. The Wellageing IT center has tried to do informatization for older person. After learning how to use of computer, the member of senior IT members will do a lot of works for own their community by themselves. It will be a good culture for seniors to be participants and social integration in healthy city.

Date : 1, December, 2006

Visited Kohyun Middle School, We are Cyber Family.

The aged in wellaging of the Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly called at the Kohyun Middle School, the Cyber Family, which placed in Namhae gun of Gyeongsangnam do Province on 28, November, 2006.

Both the aged and the student of the Kohyun were looking forward to seeing each other.

All the students of the school, 59 persons, received visitors, 20 persons gleefully and they had a good time with the aged in their school library.

They embraced each other with tearful eyes because of glad meeting and engaged in animated conversation. It was so impressive!

It was so wonderful day, because of their love, not the online on the site but the offline meeting. Also, It was more meaningful in that they had strong solidarity.
We hope that everyone have a continuous talk that we couldn't have while on the internet.

We offer the student and teachers of the Kohyun Middle school my heart and felt thanks for your hearty welcome.

Performed Social Drama for the Dementia Family with invitation of Namhae gun

We had a good and healthy time through the program named social drama for the dementia family in Namhae gun culture & health center on 2p.m, 28, November, 2006.

The actor presented the social drama for the dementia family successfully as professional actors although they were tired due to long trip. The actor have been performing since 1999, and they are senior club members of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly.

Both elderly of Busan and Namhae had a precious time to understand family situation with dementia family. There were lots of discussions about family problem and family solidarity. There were no more different emotions between older person in rural and urban region. It was really meaningful time to introduce program about social drama in Namhae.

The 2nd Meeting of Dementia Family

We held the second meeting of dementia caregiving on 24, November, 2006.
We had the second round table to encourage dementia family. It started from last year. It has brought us a warm and full understanding as well as consciousness of dementia elderly and family.
This year, there were three speakers who talked about their own experience taking care of dementia parents who had already died. They all cried a lot while talking their experience with regret and missing their own parents. We know how difficult it is to care of own their parents at home. It was really great time to all.
We should have given a lot of understanding about not only dementia processes but also phenomena in regard to a variety of aging-related diseases. Thank you for all participants and especially three speakers for giving a precious chance.

The Notice of 2nd Meeting of Dementia Family

We will have the second meeting of dementia caregiving in this year. It was very supported and we shared information and emotional support from meeting of dementia family. In this year, we invited two caregivers who cared for dementia parents. We also invited community nurse for dementia patients. This program prepared for prevention of elder abuse and mistreatment without knowledge and information easily.

There will be discussion of gerontology among the older, middle ages and experts.

Date: November 24, 2006 (pm 2:00- 4:00)
Place: LG Metro APT Meeting Hall

Press 4

[u Clean] Silver Cyber Mentor
We’re living in Internet-③We’re Cyber Family
[Moneytoday 11.03 (Fri)]
“I realize the seniors who have a lot of experience in life can play a mentor role for the adolescents through the Cyber Family Program. Although Internet can have negative effect on the adolescents, I’ll create the cyber space with warm humanity.”
Says Dr. Donghee Han, a director of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly that runs the program ‘Cyber Family’
Dr. Han initiated ‘Cyber Neighbor’ Program in 2004 to defy the negative image of the senior by the communication with the adolescents when she directed Silver Informatization Training. The result fared well. With positive response and ardent interest from both the senior and the adolescent, ‘Cyber Family” Program was derived from ‘Cyber Neighbor’ Program to make new cyber family model for the intergeneration in the cyber space. National Youth Commission supported the program in accordance to hold the off-line Cyber Family Meeting Festival in 2006.
　 Currently, 15 silver instructor play a mentor role for the students from 7 schools. In addition, Japan Osaka Keonguk Middle School students also participated in the event. Also, the workers from National Health Insurance Corporation played “Cyber Father” role, and teachers from 7 schools took a role of “Cyber Teacher”. As a whole, Three generations were integrated by the online.
　Dr. Han says, “Internet is the useful source which allows the adolescents to share their problems honestly what they can’t tell their family, and for the seniors to post their encouraging reply with their experience in life thus creating the humanism in the digital world.” emphasizing that “Many adolescents are exposed to the side effect of the internet. But with this program, they can realize the valuable meaning of the family and use it as a positive tool for their lives.”
　 “Cyber Family’ Program attracts a great interest from abroad, too. It drew a positive reaction from America, Japan, and China.
　 Dr. Han remember the message posted by the college student saying that she visited site again a year after graduating from high school when she posted her problems on the bulletin board. Dr. Han hopes this program will become ‘the Resting Place’ for everyone participated on the website so they can visit the website even after a considerable span of time.

Press 3

[u Clean]Seventeens to Seventies, “Now you’re talking”
[ We’re living in Internet-③We’re Cyber Family]
[Moneytoday2006.11.02 (Thu)]

"Hello. I’m a Seongji high school student and I’ve attended high school for a year.I like music so I’ve began piano lesson since last year. And the thing is that there’s very smaller time to play the piano after going to high school. I want to go to music school but my parents oppose the idea and my school environment is far from music. I did think about quitting school to study music only to find it too impractical. What should I do now?"(Seongji high school student, Da-hyeop, Kim)




　" Da-hyeop, you seem to have pretty big problem. I could understand how much you liked the piano through your writing. I’d support your idea if you had special talent and many years of experience. But, it seems to me that you started piano lesson too late. I want you to think about your talent in piano as well as your passion. Furthermore, your parents’ support and teacher’s counseling have to be considered before you make your own decision. I hope you can be clear and objective on this matter. "( Cyber Grandfa Jung-soo, Lee)




This is the conversation between grandfa in Busan and a student in Seongji high school in Gyeonggi Province. Although they don’t even know their faces, their conversation is more warm and serious than the one between a real grandfa and grandson.



　 ‘Cyber Family Bulletin Board’(http://www.wellageing.com) run by the Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly is the space for true intergeneration between old people in sixties or seventies and the adolescents.






　 ‘Cyber Family’ Program aims to make warmer digital world through the dialogue among the adolescents and the elderly with silver members in sixties to seventies as well as the students from 7 middle&high school nationwide. Students post their problems or stories to share with the seniors who kindly post their message in response.



◇" We’re Family through the internet"
　 Are seventeen can talk with seventies even though they don’t even know their faces? The answer is yes. Rather, if we take a closer look at the dialogue between the seniors and the adolescents we can find it more intimate than that between friends.



"Dear.In-Young and Byeol in Hwasan Middle School
You two are quite good friends for each other. Talk with your friend whenever there’s something uncomfortable otherwise the misunderstanding estranges you. Friendship can be undermined with time. Good friend is invaluable. Even if you can’t see what it means now, you shall when you get into the world. I hope you two can be friends forever." (Cyber Grandfa Kyuyeol-Kim)




" Reading your message, I think I gotta sort out all the misunderstanding. I’ll be friend with Byeol forever. Thank you. " (In-Young, Roh, Hwasan Middle School)




" Thank you for your concern. We sometimes make
a mistake and hate each other, but we’re still friends. Don’t worry about us. I’ll keep your advice in mind. Thanks. " (Seo-Byeol, Hwasan Middle School)




　 Seniors even play a role of life counselor which cannot be played by a teacher or the parents. As a result, students posted over 1min messages on the board ranging from study problem to interest in the other sex. Sang-an Park in Seongji High School says "At first, it felt awkward to talk with the old people in the cyber space. But I started to like very thoughtful replies from them so I visit website frequently beside myself. "




　 Once in a while, computer counseling is also conducted since many silver members working on the board have background in computer-related job. So, when a student asked about how to create a homepage, they replied with professional knowledge.



◇ Cyber Humanism on-line and off-line




　 This summer, the elderly and the adolescents gathered together off-line. The ‘Cyber Family Camp’ was held in Busan for 3 days in August with 60 students including those from Japan and 30 silver members. It was memorable time for both the seniors and the adolescents. For the students, they wiped out their prejudice against the elderly. For the seniors, they understood the new trend among teenagers and found their part in them.



　 Dr. Donghee Han, a director of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly says, “We created Cyber Family Program to generate humanism in cyber space through communication among the various generations rather than emphasizing the side effect of the internet. Adding. “I hope all the generations can spread warm digital world through this program.”

Press 2

Namhae’s `No Smoke Village’ Campaign Went Abroad

[Yonhapnews 2006.11.01 (Wed)]
Governor Yongje-Ha’s presentation in the `2nd General Assembly and Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities’ was well received
Namhae-gun participated in the `2nd General Assembly and Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities’ and presented the ‘No Smoke Village’ Campaign which was received favorably.

Governor Yongje-Ha made a presentation of the campaign and Dr. Donghee han, a director of Research of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly promoted the 2007 Namhae Active Ageing Conference in Asia Pacific to be held in Namhae next year.

And Eunju-Cho, a professor of Kosin university presented her research on stress surveyed among the officials in Namhae-gun.

Especially, ‘No Smoke Village’ Campaign drew high interest and evaluation as it distinguished itself from those of the other healthy cities.

Besides, Namhae raised its international stance by promoting its ‘Visiting Hangul Education’ and ‘Garlic Festival’. 17 national healthy cities including Namhae participated in this conference with 40 international healthy cities in West Pacific region to promote their healthy campaign and share academic exchange.

Namhae joined the international healthy cities approved by WHO in July, 2005. Namhae-gun has been promoting its ‘No Smoke Village’ Campaign in 10 villages since January, this year.

Press 1

KADO, Doumnara Content Demonstration
[Digital Times 2006. 10.31 (Tue)]
Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion(KADO) held a demonstration ceremony on the 30th of October. During the ceremony, KADO(CEO Yeonki-Son, www.kado.or.kr) demonstrated its Doumnara Content(www.itall.or.kr) development and pledged for the customer satisfaction.
The content includes; △ Leisure Culture △ Social Work Promotion-9 contents related to the challenged people, △ Elder Abuse △ Medical Encyclopedia △ Family-7 contents related to the elderly, and transportation system(Both) which account to 17 in total(new 5 contents, complementary 12 contents). Those contents will be available through Doumnara from the 6th of November.
During the “Customer Satisfaction Pledge”, 10 related organizations will join the ceremony. Namely, Korea Association for the Mentally Retarded(CEO Yeonchang-Bae), Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly(Director. Donghee Han).
`Doumnara’ is a special portal site for the challenged and the elderly which was initiated in November, 2002 to provide practical information online freely without local, economical, physical limitation.

2007 Namhae ACAP Brochure(front)

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2007 Namhae ACAP Brochure(back)

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Cyber Neighbor & Cyber Family

•Objectives

•To create the new filial piety culture suitable for the digital age as
a concept of humanity and family love lost by the dysfunction of cyber space and the changed
social identity with the elder and the adolescent
• To make the adolescent learn the true meaning of cyber family through the various programs
of off-line gathering with seniors and the middle generation which supports them to healthily
grow into a fine member of a society
• To distribute practices of healthy lifestyle throughout society by all members participated in
these off-line events and continue to support each other as well as find means to active aging
in old age. It will be a new image of senior
in Digital era

•Cyber Family Model

R&D Projects

•The Family Support Program for Dementia Patients

Organized Family Support Program for Dementia Patients: This network was created to deliver lots of information to support the family who care about dementia patients. Without understanding dementia, most family make mistreatment on their parent with this disease. We developed social drama to educate family and the elderly to further comprehend the situation generated by dementia.




•The Prevention of Elder Abuse


Organized the Korea Information Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse: This network contains all necessary information to prevent elder abuse. It's also in connection with International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse so that it can gauge the international trend and offer information on elder abuse intervention. This has organized activities such as international symposium, international report and program exchange.

A w a r d

President Rewards by the Korean Government for providing information & culture to older person in Korea (2005)

Summary of Institute's activities

Aims of Institute

-To develop and design various programs for seniors
- To help old person find out what's available and where
to get more information
- To study and counsel in order for the elderly to lead active
life for the aged who are alienated from family &
community, who are impaired in physical and mental
health
- To educate practical assistant program for the elderly to
improve their quality of life
- To disseminate knowledge & information,
provide advisory service in cooperation with local health,
social services agencies and the other related agencies
- To prevent seniors isolation, loneliness, helplessness through
the informatization and empower them to create the new positive
image of the elderly

Major Activity

-Mission of Cyber Neighbor/ Cyber Family
-Developing & Information for Family Support Program
for Dementia Patients
-Constructing Korean Information Network for the Prevention
of Elder Abuse
-Design & Developing Program for Older Person by
Digital Technology

-Education Programs for the Redesign Employment, Prevention
of Elder Abuse, Successful Aging & Digital Aging
-Constructing New Model of Filial Piety

-Symposium and Workshop about the Issues of the Elderly held

-Exchange of International Elderly Culture & Issues

History

•History of 2008

12. the 4th Meeting of Dementia Family
12. Opening of the Wellageing Center in Busan Metropolitan Namgue Library
10. Intergenerational Program the “2nd 1080 We are all family"
09. the 4th Active Aging Conference in Asia Pacific held in Shanghai
06. Workshop and the 3rd Ceremony of WEAAD
03~12. Launching of “Internet Navigate” Program
03. Visit to AABC Center in Japan

•History of 2007

10: Opening Wellageing Center
07-12:Developing Contents of "Active Aging" 06-12: New program for Discussion in Online among Cyber Family"06: Workshop and the 2nd Ceremony of WEAAD
06: Conference for Survey for Digital Leisure for Older Person05: Intergenerational Program "1080 We are all family"
05: Organized International Conference 3rd Active aging Conference in Asia Pacific in Namhae
03-12: Education for Older person in Yenji Community Senior Collage
03- 04: Education for older person " Silver Game in Cyber Spaces"
01-12: Program of Infomatizational Education : Program of Supporting for the Dementia Patients
01: Published "Cyber Family"

Activities of International Relationship
- Participation and Presentation at the 2nd WEAAD in Geneva WHO as committee member - Presentation at the Symposium of Active Aging Network In 8th Asia Oceania Gerontology Association in Beijing China
- Presentation at the University Osaka Industry and Lecture for graduated students of Dongjisa University in Kyoto

•History of 2006
08. The Offline Event of Cyber Family held
06. The Declaration of The 1st Annual World Elder
Abuse Awareness Day held
05.~12. Cyber Family opened
05.~10. Bravo-silver re-designing programs for work forces
for older persons developed
04.~10. The contents for the underprivileged informatization
strata(prevention of elder abuse) designed & developed
04.~09. The gender effect of finding the job for elder women
monitored
02. The community and technology learning center for the
seniors established

History of 2005
10. Participation in Shanghai International Festival of the Old Age Culture
10. Held The Grand Forum of three generations
09.~12. The Underprivileged Senior Education Program
06. Awarded The 17th Best Rewards from Government for efforts to develop informationaization for older persons
05.~10. Planned the contents for the underprivileged
04.~11. Information Sharing Exercise Campaign
03.~present. Cooperation with "Yeonje Silver University"
03. Visited Japan Municipal College Faculty Research Institute and Held the seminar
01.~present. Aid for Dementia Family Program

History of 1997~2004
2004.12 The 1st Korea International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Symposium
2004.06 Held "The Digital Silver Speech Platform"
2003.12 Published the book titled "You're sixty, We're twenty"
2003.11 Participation in Shanghai Wellageing Festival
2003.10 e-Clean Korea Campaign
2003.06 The Grand Forum of three generations for the cleanup of Harmful Internet Sites
2002.10 Paticipation in 2002 Shanghai Wellageing Festival
2002.04~2003.12 Touring Education Program for the improvement of sociality of seniors
2001.11 Held 2001 Busan Wellageing Festival
2000.10~present Senior Informationization Training
1999.10 Held Busan International Symposium in commemoration of The Year of World Elder
1998.06.24~25 Held International Study Seminar of Korea, China, Japan
1997.03 Research Institute of Science for Better Living for the Elderly opened

What's Wellageing?

It is my honor to introduce our Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly. Our Institute pursues to improve the quality of the life of the elderly in rapidly changing social transitions of informatization and ageing.
We've announced various thesis and theories as well as nationally and internationally conducted practical researches. Especially, we have designed Prevention Programs for Elder Abuse, Cyber Neighbor Program for the active informatization of the elderly, Cyber Family Program showing practices concrete intergeneration, Re-Designing of the Elderly Program, Longlife Education Program are our main practices for designing for the elderly. These have attracted interests of the U.S.A, China, Japan and we interchanged information with those nations. In 2005, we were awarded the 17th President Rewards from Government for efforts to develop informatization for old persons and we work hard for the dissemination of the new digital filial piety culture, the social unity of the elderly, the R&D and exercise in the consolidation of capability of the elderly against any elder seclusion and abuse.
We developed Cyber Family as the space to truly understand the elderly. It is creating a new intergeneration program to create social filial piety and the positive image of old people. We seek to turn our society into the space for love and sympathy toward the seniors through the contents on the seniors and the family, the seniors and the adolescents, the seniors themselves.
We're creating a new ageing with digital technology, so that the cyber space will be filled with humanism through warm communication between the adolescents and the seniors. We’ll not leave the seniors in isolation, loneliness and helplessness anymore. Digital technology will help the old people to be empowered to adjust themselves in later life.
Also, we're developing more concrete programs to improve the quality of life in old age.

Please continue your valuable participation as well as keen interest in creating the Wellageing World. Thank you.

Han, Dong-Hee(Ph. D).
-Director, Research Institute of Science for Better Living of the Elderly