Chiayi City GovernmentChiayi City Government

We promote to establish medical schools and assist the hospitals within the city to become medical centers in order to provide better care services and healthcare environment. We aim to break the stereotype of the elderly being taken care of to realize the “3rd-phase Life Philosophy” and to create senior business opportunities towards the goal as an age-friendly city.

Link to Strong Age-friendly City

Who is stronger? My grandpa is the one. Who is braver? My grandma will teach you what bravery means. The dictionary of this city lacks a few words: grandpa, grandma, old lady or old sir. We call them big brothers or big sisters. One is young as long as they are young in mind. Life never declines, so relax!

• Spotlight 1: Healthy Environment Establishment

   

  Sports accessibility in every corner: Introducing workout instructors and facilities into parks and certain spots for the accessibility of the elderly. Integrating health management to provide exercise patterns suitable for the elderly. Setting up multiple senior training grounds, and creating senior fitness clubs.

   

  Age-friendly diet: Consulting stores in making repairs to accessible spaces and providing chewable and nutritional diets. Integrating accessible diets and hotels into the living network of Chiayi City. Promoting neighborhood education on nutrition as well as setting up senior cafeterias.

   

  Medical quality upgrade: Assisting universities to found medical departments and hospitals to become medical centers. Providing high-quality healthcare and training for professionals.

   

  Friendly transmission: Promoting senior and friendly tourist bus routes as well as for long-term caretakers. Making long-term care centers and medical institutes in the city bus stops to encourage the elderly to take public transports.

• Spotlight 2: Creating Senior Values

   

  Job positions for the elderly: Setting up service centers for senior talents to create employment opportunities and to provide employment matching. Encouraging employers to hire senior talents to pass down knowledge and experience to promote communications between generations, which allows the elderly to earn enough incomes.

   

  Subsidy to health industry: Providing subsidies for industrial innovation and innovative services to accelerate enhancement of health industry and competitiveness of medical industry.

   

  Health parks in the happy city: Integrating resources such as healthcare, social welfares, and smart technologies to create a living zone with residency, health and dignity. Planning life apartments to form a self-supplied settlement with the elderly.

• Spotlight 3: 3^rd-phase Life Philosophy

   

  Dream realization: Practicing communication and inclusion between generations through starting senior music bands and instructing autobiography writing. Initiating the momentum to realize dreams. Promoting the transformation from gray-haired generation to strong generation as the 3^rd-phase of life.

   

  Tech dream realization: Promoting age-friendly lessons on technology in communities. Guiding the elderly through technology to learn the fundamental knowledge of modern society. Promoting synchronization of the elderly with the trend to increase value of self-actualization.