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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1988

MAINTAINING THF WELL-BEING OF ELDERLY PEOPLE

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SIGNIFICANT

QUESTIONS

MUST

ADDRESSED NOW

REHABILITATION

IN TO

THE CONTEXT

OF

ELDERLY PEOPLE

AND

OF DIRECTOR

BE ASKED AND IMPORTANT ISSUES

THE EXTENDING

ΤΟ ATTAIN

PRINCIPLES

OF

THE

SOCIAL

GOAL WELFARE,

OF MRS

MAINTAINING THEIR WELL-BEING, THE ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

PRINCIPLES OF

SECTORAL SESSION IN TOKYO,

SHE WAS SPEAKING ON THE TOPIC OF "EXTENDING THE REHABILITATION IN SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE" AT A OF THE 16TH WORLD CONGRESS OF REHABILITATION INTERNATIONAL JAPAN.

"GENERALLY,

UNDER

THE ΤΟ THE

PRINCIPLES ELDERLY PEOPLE AND EDUCATION;

OF

REHABILITATION,

THE

HAVE REGARD ECONOMIC,

то THE SOCIAL AND ENABLE AN ELDERLY

DELIVERY OF SERVICES PROMOTION OF HEALTH, TRAINING CULTURAL PROVISION; SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY CARE TO PERSON TO FEEL VALUED, SAFE AND WANTED," SHE SAID.

ON THE PROMOTION OF GERIATRIC HEALTH SERVICES,

TO IMPORTANCE THAT IT WAS OF

PROVISION OF

PARAMOUNT

DIAGNOSIS TO FACILITATE THE

REHABILITATIVE CARE.

"IN

THIS

THE RESPECT,

TRAINING

MRS WONG SAID EARLY STAGES

CURATIVE AND

OF

INCLUDE PREVENTIVE,

OF MEDICAL, PARA-MEDICAL,

IMPORTANT SUBJECT,

VOLUNTEERS, AND THE ELDERLY THEMSELVES IS A VERY SHE SAID.

THE

"PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN

SECTORS INVOLVES THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTH FOR THE ELDERLY.

"

ALL FORMS FROM BOTH

OF PROMOTION

GENERAL

MOTIVATION OF

AND EDUCATION

SELF SHE ADDED.

PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE CAN BE DONE THROUGH THE

LIFE AND FAMILY PUBLIC THROUGH MEDIA, PREPARATION BY THE ELDERLY WHEN ENTERING OLD AGE,

THE

AND

BOTH

POINTED OUT THAT AN ELDERLY ON TRAINING AND EDUCATION, SHE PERSON HAD TO BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING THAT EVERY EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO RENDER ACCESS TO INFORMATION EASY AND UNDERSTANDABLE.

WILLING AND AT THE SAME TIME SHE BELIEVED THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE

THE ABLE TO REMAIN ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE SHOULD BE ASSISTED IN TRAINING

THROUGH THEIR YOUNGER GENERATION, USING THE EXPERTISE GAINED BY THEM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

SAID

AS

FAR ELDERLY

WONG

THAT AS MRS SUPPORT, COMMUNITY AS FOR

SYSTEM

ACCOMMODATE SHOULD SECURITY POSSIBLE, THE SOCIAL PEOPLE, HAVING REGARD TO THEIR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ABILITY TO WORK.

"IT RESTS