International Conference on “Elderly Care Excellence through Innovation and Entrepreneurship”
I
am honored and extremely delighted to have the privilege of delivering an
important message at the opening of the International Conference on “Elderly
Care Excellence through Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. On behalf of
Christian University of Thailand and delegates at this international gathering,
I would like to express my gratitude to every one of you for taking your busy
schedule to attend this conference.
Distinguished
delegates, ladies and gentlemen, you have gathered here today to share your knowledge
and experiences on the extremely important focus of the conference.I would like
to spend some minutes sharing with you about the importance of the elderly
care.
As generally known, an individual will be in
the transition of an old age or elderly when he/she is surpassing
the life expectancy, it generally is around 60-65 years old. As the World Health
Organization reported that in 2050, the world’s population of aged older than
60 years will be 22% of the whole population because life expectancy of many
countries is considerably expanded. It is estimated that the proportion of
older people over 60 years in the South-East Asia grows three times faster than
global population. The
aging trends will undoubtedly affect almost every aspects of our life such as
economic growth, saving, investment, consumption, labor markets, pensions,
taxation and etc. It will also influences living arrangement, intergenerational
transfers, housing demand, migration trends and the need for health-care
services, old-age policy, quality and adequacy of long-term care will indeed become a pivotal
concern.
We
are aware that old people often have limited regenerative abilities and are
more likely to be vulnerable and susceptible to many diseases, particularly for
Non-Communicable Diseases or NCD. WHO reported that 55% of all deaths in the
ASEAN are due to NCDs. Among those persons, there are 66% of NCD deaths in the
Region occurring among older people above 60 years of age. Paradoxical responses occur when people
could live life longer; and meanwhile they unavoidably face many psychological
and social issues around natural ageism, such as loneliness and loss of
self-identity.
To
achieve two main objectives as reported by Associate Professor, Dr. Nongluk
Chintanadilok, productive and informative participation are required of various
professionals from each country, both governmental and private sectors, as well
as involved sectors to find all innovative ways and possibility to start up
entrepreneurial service for elderly care. To achieve these goals, May I invite
you to use this assembly to derive at new approaches of higher standards of
long-term care for the elderly, who are valuable resources of the next generations and the society.
I
am positive that all of you would have productive experiences from
participation and sharing. I also wish
you enable yourself to find times to enjoy the various heritage sites to visit,
such as the Royal Palace, Royal Temple, Pimarnmek Palace, and also precious
temples along the Chao Phraya River. Please find some of your spare time to get
an acquaintance among the attendees and have a joyful time and pleasant stay in
Thailand.
The
auspicious time has now come for me to welcome all distinguished delegates,
ladies and gentlemen to the opening of this conference on the theme of “Elderly
Care Excellence through Innovation and Entrepreneurship”.
May God bless us all.
Assistant
Professor Dr. Janjira Wongkhomthong
President of Christian University of Thailand
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