Obstructive sleep apnea may directly cause early cognitive decline Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a potentially dangerous condition. During sleep, the throat muscles of people with OSA relax and block the airflow into the lungs, so that they repeatedly stop
How to Distinguish AI from Evil? Exclusive Interview with a Distinguished Research Fellow from the Institute of Law at Academia Sinica From image-based license plate recognition in parking lots to real-time chatbots for online Q&A, from smart healthcare systems that
What’s so smart about smart cities? The term ‘smart’ is used interchangeably for anything from our daily-use smart televisions and smartphones to curious concepts of smart health and smart living. Another notion which perplexes most of us is about designing
Stroke Getting Younger! 5 Key Dietary Tips from Medical Experts for Prevention. In the past, it was believed that strokes mostly occurred after the age of 65. However, with modern diets and lifestyles, people tend to overlook their physical warning
Establishing a medical-nursing integrated field: Wan Fang Hospital community service station with three-in-one services. The disconnect between medical care and long-term care has long been a problem and pain point for healthcare professionals and patients. From the perspective of hospitals,
The Era of Elderly Care Has Arrived, How Should We Face It? Recently, a relative of mine attended an elderly care course and is planning to work in the field of long-term care 2.0. She told me that there was
Fire in Dangerous Old Building Highlights the “Double Elderly Crisis” of Elderly People Living in Old Houses High-rise fire in Kaohsiung City highlights the “double elderly crisis” faced by elderly residents living in old houses. Due to the high rental
Tragedy of Elderly Care: Elderly Woman Bludgeons Ill Husband to Death A 79-year-old woman surnamed Chen, suspected of being unable to cope with the long-term care of her husband who received dialysis for 30 years and her grandson, used a
81-year-old living alone, Tsai Zheng Bao Yu, resides deep in the hills and rarely goes out, taking each day as it comes. Rewinding the clock back sixty years, Bao Yu, a twenty-year-old girl living in Taichung, chose her husband among many matchmaking candidates, settling on one who worked in Keelung, with dreams of heading north. Little did she know that fate would seem to be playing a joke on her, with one challenge after another.
Young caregivers: handing over their lives to long-term care before they have a chance to grow up. The first bus at 5 o’clock in the morning is always empty. A fifth-grade elementary school student, A-Tai (pseudonym), got on the bus
