Beirong Hsinchu Branch held the 13th Double Ninth Festival Respect for the Elderly and Healthy Carnival, inviting the elders to come out of their homes to celebrate the festival
Quick Look
- The Hsinchu branch of the Taipei Veterans Affairs Association held the 13th "Double Festival Respecting the Elderly and Healthy Aging" garden party at Zhudong Town Xiqu Park on October 4.
- Through singing and dancing performances, healthy breakthrough stalls and community performances, it combined preventive health care and dementia-friendly concepts, inviting the elderly to participate in interactive activities to promote physical and mental health and social participation.
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Why It Matters
The Taipei Rong Zong Hsinchu Branch holds the Double Ninth Festival Respect for the Elderly event every year, and this year is the 13th. It combines health promotion and community care, and enhances the health awareness and social connection of the elderly through interactive games and performances.
2026/10/04 13:03
Beirong Hsinchu Branch held the Double Ninth Festival Respect for the Elderly and Health Carnival today. (Provided by Beirong Hsinchu Branch)
[Reporter Huang Meizhu/Report from Hsinchu] The Hsinchu Branch of the Taipei General Hospital of Education held the 13th "Double Festival Respecting the Elderly and Healthy Aging" caring community garden party today at Zhongxing Hedao Plaza in Xiqu Park, Zhudong Town. Dean Chen Zengji led the entire hospital Colleagues, together with communities, long-term care institutions and health centers in Dazhudong area, used singing and dancing performances, healthy challenges, fun games and lottery to invite the elders to go out of their homes and into the community to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival with laughter and interaction.
A Double Ninth Festival garden party was also held on site, and relay performances of dance, taiko drums, singing, flower drums and rap arts were performed by communities and health centers in Dazhudong area. The elders of the community stepped onto the stage from the audience to demonstrate the life attitude of "young people with long hair and vitality at senior ages".
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Using "health promotion, preventive health care, delaying disability, and dementia-friendliness" as the core, the garden fair set up 11 health-themed check-in booths, turning the medical profession into fun games, leading the public to pay more attention to nutritional strength, joint health, kidney health, mental health, and dementia prevention. Among them, the "Healthy 888" booth also integrated the "Healthy Taiwan~Three Highs Prevention and Control 888 Project" into the garden party, allowing the public to learn about the Three Highs through games, understand their own health status through testing, and then initiate personal health management actions.
Open Questions
- How many people will participate in this event?
- What is the usage rate and follow-up of the Healthy Challenge booth?
- Is there a long-term evaluation mechanism to observe the impact of activities on the health behaviors of elders?
