1.This program aims to cultivate high-level(trans-disciplinary)health and elderly care professionals who possess respect for diverse cultural thinking, humanities and social care skills, innovative and team-integrated care and management abilities.
2.The objectives of this program are: (1) to cultivate talents with new thinking and concepts for long-term care in the new era, (2) to cultivate professionals in health, prevention, and rehabilitation care, (3) to cultivate professionals in the management of long-term care industry and care management, (4) to cultivate talents in innovative technologies and assistive devices for long-term care, and (5) to cultivate talents in innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership in the long-term care industry.
3.The faculty of this program is comprised of professors from the Department of Physics Therapy, Department of Occupational Therapy, Department of Nursing, Department of Respiratory Therapy, Department of Medical Management, and Department of Business Management of Chang Gung University, as well as faculty from the "Healthy Aging Research Center" on campus. In addition, teachers from Chang Gung Hospital, Wellness Culture Village, and related industries are invited to teach courses to provide students with excellent industry-academia-research learning resources in the field of elderly and long-term care.
4.This program selects appropriate internship sites and arranges for students to intern at institutions or companies to provide a good platform for industry-academia cooperation. Recently, in response to the development of community and new types of services in Long-Term Care 2.0, in addition to the original Chang Gung Wellness Village, more internship and industry-academia cooperation opportunities with various long-term care-related start-up companies and industries have been added to achieve seamless integration between the school and the industry.
5.Required courses are concentrated on one day per week, and can also be completed through on-the-job training.