2nd 1080 We’re Family Game Festival

Name : 1080 We’re Family Game Festival

Aim : To promote intimate relationship between grandparents and grandson/granddaughter by sharing an online culture and to open up a new digital leisure in which all family members, grandparents, parents and grandson/granddaughter alike, can participate and enjoy

Date : Oct, 25, Sat, 2008 13:00~17:00

Venue : Auditorium in Nam-gu City HallMain events

To promote an intergenerational model, the Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly(RISBLE) held the 2nd 1080 We're Family Game Festival in Namgu, Busan, Korea. Over 200 families gathered together and had time to share their love and enjoy memorable time. In the digital era, the family game festival opened up a new digital leisure that all family members can participate together.

The important facts learned through the festival can be summmarized as follows;

1. Development Opportunities of Digital Ageing for the Wellbeing of the Elderly : In the beginning, the possibility of online games as a new alternative for elder's leisure activities seemed to be highly unlikely. However, as the event took place and more and more elders present were enthusiastic about participating in the game, we discovered that online games can also point out a new direction for achieving Active Ageing for older persons, especially those with physical disabilities or residing in care facilities. It will greatly facilitate the pleasure as well as cheerfulness of the old people by preventing them from spending time idly in neglect.
2. Promotion of Intergenerational Activities : As digital leisure is emerging to be the new mode of pastime activities for increasingly many children and adolescents around the world, it becomes vitally important to promote cyberspace interaction between the youth and the older generation. In this respect, the online game can be a very powerful tool for intimately interactive communication.

Bearing the valuable lessons in mind, RISBLE promises to heighten our commitment and dedication to developing and disseminating Active Aging around the world.

4th ACAP in Shanghai

Host : China Shanghai
Theme : The development of old age programs
Subject : 1) Services for Elderly
2) Elderly participation in society
Date : Sept, 25- 28, 2008
Venue : Convention Center in Shanghai City
Main events : Welcome gala, Keynote speech, Workshop, Presentation of the Elderly Cultural Performance Team, Silver Product Exhibition, Exchange among representatives from 16 countries
Participating Countries : Australia, Denmark, France, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malta, Mongolia, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, US, China, etc.

The 4th Active Aging Consortium in Asia Pacific(ACAP) was held in Shanghai with many participants from around the world. The conference offered an opportunity for international scholars to share their ideas as a name of Active Aging. 35 delegates were sent from Korea; scholars, officers, older persons.

The new ACAP president was elected to be Dr. Kathryn Braun who is a professor of University of Hawaii. With the progress of Ageing society across the globe, the mission of Active Ageing is becoming more crucial and important. We, Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly(RISBLE), do our best to make the best practice of Active Aging for Korean society and the whole world.

The 3rd WEAAD in Korea

Korean Information Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (KINPEA) had ceremony the 3rd WEAAD in Busan Korea. In this year, there was also a big event by Ministry of Health Welfare and the National Elder Abuse Counseling Centers in Korea. It is very pleased that we all will be continually cerebrated every 15 June in every year in Korea.
The event that was hosted by KINPEA was special ceremony of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and the workshop with Dr. Verna Scolfield who is national president of New Zealand and Dr. Donghee Han who is national representative Korean INPEA. It was very meaningful time to compare situation of elder abuse issue both of societies. There were various audiences from police makers, reporters, researchers, practitioners, volunteers and older persons. There was participation, which includes not just the elderly but all members of other generations as well. There was declared right of human being for older person.
Meantime, Dr. Go Hyangshook who is KINPEA members took part in Ottawa WEAAD in 2008.

Education program for the elderly health promotion by ICT

RISBLE has conducted education program for the elderly health promotion by ICT with National Health Insurance Corporation. Particularly, the National Health Insurance Corporation has been leading role in promoting the 2008 Long-Term Care Insurance Service in Korea. Both of institution designed program to use of computer and to be empowered for older persons to get the right information by themselves at own their home. For 2 months, communication skill, exercise, information for health caring in late life, redesign later life, training ICT programs were main subject for older persons. RISBLE and NHIC will continually develop and deliver for older person to keep the healthy life in aging.

Internet Navigator

The mission of digital aging is constructed in Busan Korea. RISBLE organized Internet Navigator for older persons last Feb. They are also older person who can have various resources for their communities. They have trained for one month about IT skill and teaching method by RISBLE programs. They will teach skill how can use computer and IT culture for older person. Also they will a responsibility to keep the better life for older person in their communities. They will give a model what digital life is.

Developed Contents on the Active Ageing

The Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderly has developed the contents on the Active Ageing. This will provide the information how keeps active and positive attitutes for older person in late life. We have developed Contents of Elder Abuse, Information for Food Habits in Doumnara Content operating under the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO). We have used them as materials for education menuals for older persons. It is very heplful to show real cases to keep the active life and positive attitude in late life for lots of older persons.

Happy New Year !!!!

RISBLE was established on March 10, 1997 as purpose of making better life for seniors. It has done the mission of Wellageing for 10 years.

All we are very proud of ourselves to spread our mission for older persons in Korea. Even though it was not easy to come hear, we recognize that working with wellageing was great experience for us. Among our programs, Cyber Family, Cyber Neighbor, Elder abuse, KINPEA, Integration older person to the informational society, Woman elderly issue with redesign later life, Workforce for the elderly, Support program for dementia patients, Systemic approach learning center for using computer for ICT have been changing older person’s image little by little. While developing programs, we found our efforts were meaningful and creative for the better life for the elderly of the elderly and by the elderly.

All things are like yesterday. We will step again for next decade. We would like to express our deep thanks to many friends, administration and supporters who have encouraged to our institute; ACAP, INPEA, Seniornet, IBM, Busan Metro City and Busan Namgu administrations and Namhae gun. We never forget our older persons who are with us for long time. We will do promise to keep our efforts with Wellageing continually. We wish great blessing from God on 2008 for all of our valuable supporters. We sincerely wish you a Happy New Year!!!