Under the commission of the Pingtung County Public Health Bureau, the Pingtung Nurses Association joined up with National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) to hold a \u201cHealthy and Active Ageing\u201d professional training workshop on April 29 (2024). Bringing together resources from industry, government, and academia, the participants discussed and shared on the challenges faced by an aging society. Chairman of the Pingtung Nurses Association, Pei-fang Chia, held a course on \u201cInterventional Services and Management for Abnormal Community ICOPE Screenings\u201d, and Pingtung County Assistive Devices Center Director Ming-chin Yang shared information on applying for assistive devices and conducting safety assessments of household environments. Other topics included \u201cEvidence-Based Prevention of Dementia\u201d, \u201cNutrition and Cognitive Disorders\u201d and \u201cPractical Experience in Rehabilitation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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