Elder Abuse Content Development

The Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly has developed the contents on the Elder Abuse. This will provide the information on the elder abuse for those suffering from a disease and their family. The content is included in Doumnara Content operating under the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO).

KADO, Doumnara Content Demonstration
[Digital Times 2006.October 31]
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- namely the Korea Association for the Mentally Retarded (CEO Yeonchang-Bae) and Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly (Director. Donghee Han) - joined the ceremony.
`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.
[Hwa Young Sim]

"Second World Elder Abuse Awareness Day"

International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse will hold the Second World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Geneva, Switzerland. As the Korean Representative of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, our institute will join the event by commemorating the day in cooperation with the Busan Metropolitan City on June 15.
The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day celebrated "The First World Elder Abuse Awareness Day" on June 15, 2006 at UN Headquarters, New York. The institute joined the event by holding the ceremony titled “My World, Your World, Our World- Free of Elder Abuse” on the same day at KT Building in Busan, Korea.

" The 100th anniversary of Alzheimer’s disease "

2007 marks the 100th anniversary of Alzheimer’s disease. Many works have been done to cure this disease, but it was not enough to support for those daunting number of the Baby Boom Generation.
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics have issued the statement on Alzheimer’s disease to raise awareness on the issue as well as assess what have been done and have to be done in face of the aged society. In light of this movement, the Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly will promote its Social Drama which describes the affect of dementia on the patient and her family caused by Alzheimer’s disease. 2007 is the turning point for our institute, too. The 2007 Namhae Active Aging Conference in Asia Pacific is to be held from May 16(Wed) to 18(Fri) and we’re happy to hold our conference at this important time.