Healthy Ageing in Asia: Culture, Prevention and Wellness

345 Pages·2022·8.318 MB·English

by  Goh Cheng Soon, Gerard Bodeker, Kishan Kariippanon

Healthy Ageing in Asia

Healthy Ageing in Asia
Culture, Prevention and Wellness
Edited by
Goh Cheng Soon
Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM) Division,
Ministry of Health (MOH), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Gerard Bodeker
Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
Kishan Kariippanon
University of Wollongong, Australia
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Names: Goh, Cheng Soon, editor. | Bodeker, Gerard, editor. | Kariippanon, Kishan, editor.
Title: Healthy ageing in Asia : culture and tradition in prevention and wellness /
edited by Goh Cheng Soon, Gerard Bodeker, Kishan Kariippanon.
Other titles: Healthy aging in Asia
Description: First edition. | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2022. |
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Identifers: LCCN 2021049186 (print) | LCCN 2021049187 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780367488741 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367473884 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781003043270 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Aging–Health aspects–Asia. | Older people–Health and hygiene–Asia. |
Older people–Medical care–Asia. | Well-being–Age factors–Asia. | Health behavior–Age factors–Asia.
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DOI: 10.1201/9781003043270
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Contents
Foreword ...................................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgement .....................................................................................................xi
Editors ....................................................................................................................xiii
Contributors .............................................................................................................xv
Chapter 1 Healthy Ageing in Asia during the COVID Pandemic ........................1
Goh Cheng Soon and Gerard Bodeker
Chapter 2 An Integrated Approach to Creating Healthy Ageing in the
Nation: A Malaysian Perspective .......................................................11
Noor Hisham Abdullah, Goh Cheng Soon,
Noraliza binti Noordin Merican, and
Sheleaswani binti Inche Zainal Abidin
Chapter 3 Challenges of Holistic Healthcare System for Ageing
Population in Malaysia .......................................................................21
Lee Fatt Soon
Chapter 4 Policy Development on Ageing in Malaysia: Issues and
Challenges ..........................................................................................25
Tengku Aizan Hamid, Wan Alia Wan Sulaiman,
Mohamad Fazdillah Bagat, and Sen Tyng Chai
Chapter 5 Enriching the Lives of Seniors in Japan
(Ikigai Healthy Ageing Policy in Japan) ............................................63
Tomonori Maruyama
Chapter 6 South Korea’s Prospect for Aging and Preparation for the
Future: Focusing on the Korean Traditional Medicine in
the National Health Insurance ............................................................73
Kim Hyung- Ho
Chapter 7 The Triple Response to Population Ageing: Systems, Networks
and Culture Change Perspectives from the UK and Europe ..............81
Muir Gray
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Chapter 8 The Health and Well- Being of the Left- Behind  Elderly in
Rural  China ........................................................................................89
Paul Kadetz
Chapter 9 The Defnition of TM: Perspectives from WHO and
Countries  across Asia .......................................................................109
Goh Cheng Soon
Chapter 10 Traditional Malay Ulam for Healthy Ageing ................................... 135
Jamia Azdina Jamal and Khairana Husain
Chapter 11 The Value of TCM in Health Preservation in Healthy Ageing ........ 151
Zhang Qin
Chapter 12 The Value of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of
Hua Tuo Five-Animal Play with Traditional Chinese Medicine ...... 157
Yang Yu
Chapter 13 An Ayurvedic Approach for Healthy Ageing................................... 163
Gopesh Mangal
Chapter 14 Principles and Practice of Yoga for Rejuvenation ............................ 171
Gunjan Garg
Chapter 15 Rapid Ageing in Thailand and Implications for
Thai  Traditional  Medicine................................................................ 179
Anchalee Chuthaputti and Khwanchai Wisithanon
Chapter 16 Health Benefts of Exercise for Older People: The Research
Evidence and Approaches to Maximize Participation ..................... 189
Keith Hill
Chapter 17 Discussion on Principles and Methods of Tai Chi Qigong in
Preventing Falling Among the Elderly ............................................. 197
Xie Yuhong
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Chapter 18 Integrated Management in Elderly ...................................................205
Liu Xiao Hang
Chapter 19 Mental Health and Healthy Aging  –  Prevention and Management ....209
Gerard Bodeker
Chapter 20 Laughter Is the Best Therapy for Happiness and
Healthy Life Expectancy ..................................................................229
Tetsuya Ohira and Masahiko Ichiki
Chapter 21 Impact of Music Therapy on Complicated Grief Reactions in
Elderly Persons .................................................................................241
Ranka Radulovic
Chapter 22 Empowering the Community in Healthy Ageing ............................. 253
Goh Cheng Beh and Aaron K.T. Ang
Chapter 23 Aging in Place: Beyond the Home ...................................................265
Jean Woo
Chapter 24 Mapping Healthy Ageing Start- ups: The Role of Accelerators
and Incubators in Supporting Innovation for Prevention and
Wellness in Southeast Asia .............................................................. 271
Kishan Kariippanon
Chapter 25 Translational Research: A Novel Yam Protein with
Tremendous  Potential for Menopausal Syndrome ...........................289
Stephen Cho Wing Sze
Chapter 26 Conclusion – The Way Forward .......................................................299
Goh Cheng Soon, Gerard Bodeker, and Kishan Kariippanon
Index of Countries ............................................................................................... 301
Index of Policies & Legislation ...........................................................................305
Index of Herbal Plants .........................................................................................309
Index of Practices ................................................................................................. 311
Subject Index ........................................................................................................ 313
Index of Name ...................................................................................................... 321

Foreword
DEVELOPING A SYSTEM AND A CULTURE
FOR LIVING LONGER BETTER
Population ageing is one of the most complex challenges facing every society on
earth, but the responses have often focused on bureaucratic changes such as the
development of new departments focused on ageing or the integration of health and
social care. However, a complex challenge, which by defnition is beyond the capabil-
ity of structural solution, requires the development of a system and the creation of a
new culture.
A system is a set of activities and a common aim, clarifed by a set of objectives
defning the outcomes to be achieved, and here is a set of objectives to achieve the
aim of living longer better or, to use other language, increasing healthspan:
• To prevent and mitigate isolation
• To increase physical ability, ftness and healthspan and decrease the risk of
frailty
• To promote knowledge and understanding about living longer better among
older people and the wider population to counteract the detrimental effects
of ageism
• To create an environment in which people can fulfl their potential
• To enable strengthening of purpose
• To support carers better
• To minimize and mitigate the effects of deprivation
• To reduce the risk of and delay or prevent dementia
• To prevent and minimize the effects of disease and multimorbidity
• To reduce the risk of a bad death
For each objective, criteria that can be used to measure progress or the lack of it need
to be measured. To achieve the objectives requires the development of networks, not
the reorganization of structures with every network pursuing the same objectives and
using the same criteria so that they can learn from one another as a community of
practice and this requires a collaborative culture.
There is general agreement that the key feature distinguishes leadership from
management is that the former is responsible for changing culture whereas the func-
tion of management is to work within the culture and as well as creating a culture of
collaboration, the system has to create a new culture for living longer with a better
quality of life.
The science is now clear. It is now known that what happens to us after the age
of 60 should not be assumed to be caused solely by the ageing process. The ageing
process affects everyone and from about forty on but by itself does not cause major
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