Category Archives: Social Welfare

The Hearts Café in Hsinbei City, Allowing the Caretakers to Take Time for Themselves

A place, for the caregivers to go, to breathe, to take time away, from the hardships of taking care of their demented elderly parents and loved ones, there should be more places like these everywhere these days, from the Newspapers, … Continue reading

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Don’t Call Us “Foreign Brides” Anymore

Because even though they weren’t originated from here, they still deserved our respects!!! Translated… For all of friends over age thirty, you may all have the memories of the few weird and “magical” T.V. stations toward the back of the … Continue reading

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The Five-Year-Old Child Was in Critical Condition, the Uncle Was Taken into Custody on Suspicions of Abuse

What happened to this five-year-old should’ve NEVER happened, but it had, being BRUTALIZED, by her caretakers, from the Front Page Sections, translated… A five-year-old young girl in Changwha started convulsing and throwing up, early in the morning hours yesterday, she … Continue reading

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She’d Looked After Foster Children for Eighteen Years on End, Even When She’d Fallen Ill, She’d Not Quitted on Them

photo courtesy of UDN.com… A love of a foster mom for her foster son, the care and concern this woman had shown is just, AMAZING!!! From the Newspapers, translated… The city of Hsinbei hosted the model mother of the year … Continue reading

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The Medical Services Provided at Home, the Ninety-Four Year-Old Elderly Woman Became Able to Shop Around in the Marketplace Again

A beneficial medical care program that benefitted the elderly in the population here, from the Front Page Sections, translated… The Ninety-Four Year-Old Grandma Wu was Bedridden Due to a Fracture Ten Years Ago, Because There’s No Elevator at Her Place, … Continue reading

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Those Diagnosed with Early Onset Dementia Served the Coffees, the Joys Found in the Cafés, Like in the Movie, the Village of Demented

A social welfare program, set up privately, by the Taiwanese Alzheimer’s Association, to help those who are diagnosed with early-onset dementia to stay active and keep on socializing, working, to contribute to this world! From the Front Page Sections, translated… … Continue reading

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The Preschool Children Became Volunteers, Accompanied the Elderly Who are Isolated

A great program, getting the elderly population together with the children to interact, to get the elderly to pass the things they knew to the younger generations through the interactions they shared, translated… like this???  Photo from online… As the … Continue reading

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Starting in the Mothers’ Wombs, the Fetuses Started Being Abused…Drug-Addicted Infants are Affected for Life

Having a BAD start in life, and it wasn’t even, the fetus’s fault!!! From the Front Page Sections, translated… The illegal substances had, slowly, turned into the primary of secondary causes of child abuse now! Eight of twenty children under … Continue reading

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The Companion Dogs Were in Kinmen for Charity Purposes, the Elders Fought to Pet Them

The benefits of having pets around the elderly people, from the Newspapers, translated… Nine retired narcotic and military service dogs were invited to the Datong Nursing Home in Kinmen to visit, the furry pets’ appeals were huge, the elderly had, … Continue reading

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Two Stories of Friendliness Toward Elderly with Dementia

Found on the Taiwan Alzheimer’s Disease Association newsletters, translated by me… The eighty-five year-old Grandma Chen would head to the SAME grocery store to buy soy sauce, she’d already accumulated over dozens of bottles of soy sauce at home, it’d, … Continue reading

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