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[Reporter Shi Xiaoguang/Taipei Report] Chen Xuesheng, the convener of the Education, Culture and Sports Group of the Kuomintang think tank, pointed out today that the growth trend of domestic medical expenses for the elderly is accelerating, highlighting that most of the domestic health insurance funds are spent on the back-end "treatment" part, and little investment is made on the front-end "health care, disease The “prevention” part has gradually left negative consequences, and there is still room for significant improvement in the government’s promotion of the exercise and health promotion plan for the elderly.

Chen Xuesheng pointed out that the government promotes the forward-looking 2.0 silver-haired fitness club, and only less than 1% of the elderly over the age of 65 can accept this service, and if the subsidy funds are withdrawn, the plan implementation unit will be unsustainable.

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He further pointed out that in the forward-looking 2.0 silver-haired fitness club plan, it is estimated that from 2021 to 2025, 288 silver-haired fitness clubs will be set up across Taiwan, with a total expenditure of about 288 million yuan, but the number of people served is only 17,280, accounting for only 10,000 elderly people over the age of 65. 0.45%, there are more than 3.682000 elderly people who cannot enjoy this service, and although the plan emphasizes sustainable management as the focus of review, an analysis of the approved bases from 2021 to 2022 reveals that the implementation units except township and district offices and national sports centers , medical institutions, and some implementation units rely on government subsidies, such as community development associations, social welfare organizations, community colleges, etc. According to past experience, as long as the bases and units involved in the promotion lose their subsidies, they will not be able to continue to promote the health promotion activities of the elderly.

Chen Xuesheng believes that regular exercise is an effective way to reduce and improve aging-related functional degeneration, and regular exercise more than 2 times a week can reduce the risk of dementia by 60%. The 2021 survey found that the elderly over 65 years old in China 6 4 have become regular exercise habits, and there are still 4 adults who lack regular exercise habits, which may be related to the failure of the government to regularly allocate funds for the exercise and health promotion plan for the elderly.

He appealed that the elderly's exercise health promotion plan should refer to the regular subsidy funds for senior education, and the funds should be increased, so as to systematically and steadily promote the elderly's exercise health promotion plan.