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漫步雲端之橘色善念—樂活銀髮族

Orange Beneficence --- The Lohas Elderly Ramble on The Cloud

摘要

　　在台灣高齡化的步調，正以極快的速度演化中，加上人口即將呈現負成長的影響，產業經濟結構、社會福利制度等機制，也將面臨調整與轉化期。古云：人生七十古來稀；在現代社會，拜先進醫學所賜，很多退休銀髮族，已屆七十有餘，卻仍身體健康。德國NRW於2000年開始的一項計畫中發現，加強銀髮族的｢社會參與力｣，能夠有效的延長老人健康壽命，而且社會參與力愈強的銀髮族，經濟力也愈強。這種自發性的消費力，相對於經濟的效益比政府投入大筆資金發展｢銀髮產業｣或是｢促進消費｣還要來得更有實質效果。預防醫學雜誌2008年的一項研究指出，社交能力愈好的老年人，身心機能均比同年齡的人來得健康。而能關心他人、參與社會或是學習成長的老年人，致病、致殘疾病產生的時間也較其他人來得慢。這些研究證實了，經常外出參與社會活動、關懷他人，並且常保學習與愉快的心境的銀髮長者，活得健康的時間比別人還要長，醫療與照顧的使用，也相對少。

　　針對這點，根據國立空中大學中區主任林連聰博士證實，該中心的進修推廣部統計，近年來，退休銀髮族的學習報名人次，的確有增加的趨勢。本研究以「橘色善念」為出發點，將整理出提供專屬於銀髮族的食、衣、住、行、育、樂等生活資訊與美學超連結的平台（類雲端系統），統整網路資訊，建置部落格，讓網路搜尋更加便利，以期能帶給銀髮族樂活的退休生活。

關鍵詞：銀髮族、銀髮產業、雲端系統

Abstract

In Taiwan, the industrial and economic structure, and social welfare system will face the adjustment and conversion period due to the evolution of aging at great speed and population negative growth. As an old saying goes, rare ancients live more than seventy. But today, many of the retired elderly are more than seventy, and still in good health due to the advanced medicine. A Germany NRW’s plan from 2000 found that it can effectively extend the healthy life of the elderly by enhancing the elderly s' community involvement, and the larger community involvement of the elderly, the better economic capacity they have. This spontaneous consumption contributes much more to the economic benefits, than the government invested large sums of money to develop silver industry or to promote consumption. Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2008, a study found that better social skills the elderly have, the better mental and physical function than people the same age. And the elderly who can care for others, participate community or learn more, time to fall severe ill is slower than others. These studies confirm that the elderly who often go out to participate in social activities, care for others, and always keep learning and being in a happy mood, live healthy much longer than others, and the use of medical care is relatively small.

On this point, the Midst District Director in the National Open University, Dr. Lin Lian-Chung, confirmed that statistics from the center's department of Continuing Education show a tendency to the increasing enrollment of the retired elderly to learn in recent years. In this study, a web blog based on the Orange Beneficence will be set to integrate the internet information to provide a platform (cloud-like concept) exclusive for the elderly. This platform will provide a complete arrangement of lifestyle information and hyperlinks for the food, clothing, shelter, education, entertainment and aesthetics, to let the internet search be more convenient, and bring the elderly a LOHAS retirement.

Key words : elderly, silver industry, the cloud system