Issue Date：July 16, 2024
Elderly Smile
With Taiwan becoming an aged society, the demand for care for the elderly has increased. However, resources have not caught up with the demand and taking care of the vulnerable elderly has become an urgent societal problem to be resolved. To that end, Coretronic focused on the resource, dietary and health needs of the elderly to devise three key Elderly Smile initiatives, namely, Warm Delivery, Warm Telehealth, and Warm Restaurant, in an effort to work with various social enterprises and NPOs to resolve the issues of elderly living alone, bridge the healthcare gap for rural areas through technology, and provide a remedy to lack of human and resources of welfare institutions. The elderly would thus have physical and psychological warmth and fulfilment, maintain a good state of health, and achieve the beautiful vision of aging in place.
By June 30, 2024
DonatedNTD 6.41 million
95,785 personsgot benefits
607 volunteersjoined
7,851 hoursvoluntary service
Warm Delivery
- Since 2019, we have sponsored the “Reunion with Love” program hosted by the Huashan Social Welfare Association for 5 consecutive years, and the Firefly Volunteer Team was tasked with delivering the Lunar New Year dishes and customized supplies kits to a total of 145 vulnerable seniors in Jianshi Township, Qionglin Township, Hengshan Township and Beipu Township, Hsinchu County before Lunar New Year.
- Since 2021, we have been conducting regular visits through the Huashan Foundation to understand the needs of the elderly beneficiaries. Based on this, we prepare customized care packages for each senior, including daily necessities, durable food items, small appliances, cooking ingredients, and warm clothing, among other essentials. Moreover, the volunteers also helped seniors hang up Spring Couplets, measured their body temperature and blood pressure, kept track of their medication status, and provided haircut, so that each senior can receive substantial help and enjoy a warm Lunar New Year celebration.
- In 2023, in addition to helping the elderly put up spring couplets, measuring their body temperature and blood pressure, and inquiring about their medication use, we also arranged free haircuts and presented them with Lunar New Year cards featuring their Polaroid photos, allowing them to keep the memories.
Warm Telehealth
In an effort to increase the health care capacity for rural areas in Miaoli County and enhance the professional capabilities of nursing aides at culture and welfare stations, Coretronic, alongside the "Digital Humanitarian Association," provided customized online health courses and one-on-one or group medical consultation for seniors in remote Miaoli and conduct training programs for nursing aides in collaboration with various experts including doctors, nurses, nutritionists, psychologists, and physical therapies, in hopes of overcoming distance in reality with digital technology.
- We exclusively sponsored health promotion and medical consultation services at six culture and welfare stations in Miaoli County (i.e., the Miaoli Mountaintown Culture and Welfare Station, the P’nux Tribal Culture and Welfare Station, the Siang Bi Community Culture and Welfare Station, the B’anux Tribal Culture and Welfare Station, the Saisiyat Tribal Culture and Welfare Station, and the Maronagrong Tribal Culture and Welfare Station). The nursing aides at each station will also guide and assist seniors in explaining their health and medical problems so that professional doctors can help them address their concerns.
- We also sponsored public health promotion classes so that elderly welfare organizations in remote areas (e.g., Matsu, Taitung, Yilan, and Nantou) can raise health awareness among seniors through free online classes while our employees and family members can also have the flexibility to attend these health promotion classes to look after their health as well.
Warm Restaurant
In order to overcome the shortage of manpower and resources for meal delivery to solitary seniors in Miaoli County and expand the service capacity of meal delivery units, we collaborated with social enterprises “Silver Gate for Elders” and “Buy Nearby” to render stable meal delivery service for solitary seniors, guide meal delivery units through digital transformation, as well as purchase local white and brown rice and donate them to community elderly canteens in Hsinchu and Miaoli.
- Meal delivery service: Hiring 17 part-time unemployed individuals as meal ambassadors to deliver 10,499 meal boxes that have been evaluated by nutritionists as meeting the health needs of the elderly. At the same time, they care for the physical and living conditions of the elderly and report back to the system for real-time tracking.
- White/brown rice and organic vegetables: In cooperation with the social enterprise "Buy Nearby", donating white/brown rice and organic vegetables to elderly dining halls, addressing the issue of insufficient variety of vegetables in many dining halls.
- Friendly fishing: In cooperation with the social enterprise "Fish Bar", providing a variety of fish meat to elderly dining halls, solving the pain point of being unable to purchase good fish due to cost considerations, allowing the elderly to have a healthier diet.
- Nutritional food for the elderly: In collaboration with Chi Mei Hospital, providing liquid nutritional products for the elderly who are unable to chew, or if the elderly have the ability to cook, providing microwaveable liquid food.
- Meal delivery care system: Allowing for real-time viewing of meal ambassadors' delivery logs, tracking and keeping track of their delivery status and the physical and mental condition of the elderly.
