Yang Junyu, the president of the High Medical University, held the dragon ball as the leader, and led the heads of the 1st and 5th hospitals of the High Medical University system wearing white robes to dance a 14-meter-long golden dragon, symbolizing the official launch of the one-stop service of the talent cultivation base.

(Photo by reporter Xu Lijuan)

[Reporter Xu Lijuan/Kaohsiung Report] The "Great Southern Mastication and Swallowing Health Industry Talents Training Base" was officially launched at Kaohsiung Medical University today. It connects 12 medical schools in Taipei, Central, South, East and outlying islands, and will cultivate future chewing and swallowing in a one-stop manner. To achieve the goal of "live well while living old".

Taiwan is one of the countries with the fastest aging population in the world today. It will enter a super-aged society in 2025 and reach its peak in 2050.

According to statistics, 8% of the elderly in Taiwan suffer from mastication and swallowing disorders. What is more noteworthy is that currently 50-60% of the elderly have symptoms of oral weakness. If they are not properly evaluated and treated early, they will become mastication and swallowing disorders in the future.

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In order to solve the problem of mastication and swallowing disorders in the elderly, Kaohsiung Medical University received a subsidy of 70 million yuan from the Ministry of Education. Today, it officially launched the first one-stop "Great Southern Mastication and Swallowing Health Industry Talents Training Base Project" in Taiwan, hoping to help chewing and swallowing Disabled patients get rid of swallowing nightmares, delay disability or restore original functions, improve the quality of life of patients, and achieve holistic care of body, mind and spirit.

The "Great Southern Masticating and Swallowing Health Industry Talents Training Base" was officially launched today.

(Photo by reporter Xu Lijuan)

In his speech, Chen Jianzhi, chairman of Gao Medical University, pointed out that people who live old should also live well without burdening the family and society. Chewing and swallowing care requires cross-team integration and mutual support. Gao Medical University is the leader in chewing and swallowing. status, together with all partner schools, will promote, implement and jointly improve the territory of talent cultivation in the chewing and swallowing health industry.

Yang Junyu, the president of Gao Medical University, said that Gao Medical University has established a special project office, integrated resources inside and outside the school, and established a talent training base for the chewing and swallowing health industry in the South. "Cultivating chewing and swallowing care talents" and "building a chewing and swallowing health industry integration platform" are the two cores, which will be matched with real estate industry settlements to expand industry-university cooperation.

Wu Dengqiang, the vice president of High Medical University, is also the director of this talent cultivation base. Wu Dengqiang said that the main task of this project is to cooperate with 12 partners including Beijing Nursing University, Ping University of Science and Technology, Yuying Medical College, Hongguang University of Science and Technology, Shuren Medical College, and Minhui Medical College. School cooperation, from learning, curriculum design, license acquisition to workplace employment, cultivates talents in the chewing and swallowing health industry in a one-stop manner.

"Great Southern Masticating and Swallowing Health Industry Talents Cultivation Base" is led by Gao Medical University, and cooperates with 12 partner schools including Beijing Nursing University, Ping University of Science and Technology, Yuying Medical College, Hongguang University of Science and Technology, Shuren Medical College, and Minhui Medical College to cultivate relevant talents .

(Photo by reporter Xu Lijuan)

"Old age is not scary, the most important thing is to let the elderly live happily and with dignity." After Taiwan becomes a super-aged society, the population of people over 65 years old will increase to 20%. Therefore, an international seminar is also held today, inviting Taiwan More than 20 outstanding international experts and scholars from Japan and South Korea in mastication and swallowing disorders and related fields will give speeches and experience inheritance, and share cross-border and transnational experience from nutrition supply, rehabilitation training and oral care issues.

Guo Zhaohong, president of Xiaogang Hospital, said that the most important concept of this base is to transform education from clinical needs. In the past, Xiaogang Hospital used to conduct oral function screening, treatment and follow-up in the community when patients were hospitalized. The elementary school has a mastication and swallowing training base, from scientific screening, oral health protection, precise rehabilitation, interdisciplinary medical care, with one-stop service, overturning the care of chewing and swallowing disorders in Taiwan.

Yang Junyu, the president of the High Medical University, held the dragon ball as the leader, and led the heads of the 1st and 5th hospitals of the High Medical University system wearing white robes to dance a 14-meter-long golden dragon, symbolizing the official launch of the one-stop service of the talent cultivation base.

(Photo by reporter Xu Lijuan)

Chen Jianzhi, chairman of Gao Medical University, emphasized in his speech that people should live well and live well, without causing a burden to the family and society.

(Photo by reporter Xu Lijuan)

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