「2022大學社會責任實踐USR博覽會」（USR EXPO），20日在台北松山文創園區舉行。亞洲大學護理學院以「打造高齡失智友善城鎮：失智職能x端智慧升級x智能輔助」計畫，深耕台中市霧峰區5年，在展場以「高齡失智友善元宇宙」成果為主題十分吸睛，榮獲「人氣攝影獎」、「人氣互動獎」雙「優等獎」殊榮！

The "2022 University Social Responsibility EXPO" (USR EXPO) took place on November 20 at Taipei Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. The College of Nursing at Asia University (AU), which has been dedicated to Wufeng District in Taichung City for five years through its project "Building a Dementia-Friendly Town for the Elderly: Dementia Occupational Therapy x Cloud-based Smart Upgrade x Intelligent Assistive Devices," garnered massive attention with its exhibition theme "Dementia-Friendly Metaverse for the Elderly." The booth successfully brought home Excellence Awards for both the "Most Popular Photography Award" and the "Most Popular Interactive Award"!

教育部曾志朗次長、立法委員吳思瑤及USR推動中心總主持人蘇玉龍等，特別到亞大展場瞭解亞大執行USR計畫成果，連副長對亞大防治失智機器人驚艷不已，親自與機器人互動，體驗亞大研發的機器人照顧成果。此次博覽會共有91所大專院校、196個計畫團隊參展，展出各校5年來的計畫精華。

Vice Minister of Education Ovid Tzeng, Legislator Wu Szu-yao, and the Director-General of the USR Promotion Center Su Yu-long, among others, specifically visited the AU exhibition booth to understand the outcomes of AU's USR project. The Vice Minister was profoundly impressed by AU’s dementia-prevention robot and interacted with it personally to experience the caregiving breakthroughs developed by AU. This year's expo featured 91 higher education institutions and 196 project teams, showcasing the crown jewels of each school's efforts over the past five years.

教育部曾志朗次長表示，大學在教學和學術研究已扮演重要角色，因USR計畫，學生透過老師的帶領，更了解生活的土地，更有認同和感情，養出社會公民重要責，也讓社會更了解大學在價值，展示大學更多可能性。

Vice Minister Ovid Tzeng expressed that while universities have traditionally played an essential role in teaching and academic research, the USR project allows students—under the guidance of their professors—to deeply connect with the land they live on, fostering a stronger sense of identity and affection. This cultivates a crucial sense of social civic responsibility, enables the public to better understand the true value of universities, and demonstrates a wider array of institutional possibilities.

亞大護理學院院長吳樺姍指出，亞大護理學院執行大學社會責任實踐計畫「打造高齡失智友善城鎮：失智職能x端智慧升級x智能輔助」，深耕霧峰5年之久，協助北柳社區成立霧峰第一個失智關懷據點「北柳糖站」，永續失智友善關懷服務，共計推動69門教學創新課程與在地連結，修訓師生計8925人次，影響在地人數計13647人次，擴散年來推動失智友善觀念，致力於推動社區延緩失智與失能活動、及民眾失智公共認同等成果豐碩，師生走進社區，一起打造高齡失智友善城鎮。

Hua-Shan Wu, Dean of the AU College of Nursing, highlighted that the college has carried out the USR project "Building a Dementia-Friendly Town for the Elderly: Dementia Occupational Therapy x Cloud-based Smart Upgrade x Intelligent Assistive Devices" in Wufeng for five long years. They assisted the Beiliu community in establishing Wufeng's very first dementia care station, "Beiliu Candy Station," ensuring sustainable care services. In total, 69 innovative teaching courses intertwined with local connections have been promoted, training 8,925 faculty and student visits, and positively impacting 13,647 local resident visits. Over the years, the project has broadly disseminated dementia-friendly concepts, showing fruitful achievements in community activities to delay dementia and physical disability, as well as raising public awareness. Faculty and students have stepped directly into communities to build a dementia-friendly town together.

亞大護理學院展示由VR虛擬式觸航顯示器，開放民眾體驗虛擬實境防失智，包括：培訓在地家庭照顧服務員對「失智精神行為為問題」照顧及危機處理、落育未來日間照顧中心人才，以及提供失智長輩家屬與轉載之變體關節藝術賞析。此外，也展示護理系同學在防疫期間，專為國小學童開發的認知失智的數位繪本，及為幫助長輩預防認知退化的「智慧化防失智手遊App」等，全面將數位、智慧科技導入失智預防、延緩及倡導。

The AU College of Nursing showcased VR head-mounted displays, opening up virtual reality dementia-prevention experiences to the general public. These simulations included training programs for local home care service providers on dealing with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and crisis management, cultivating talent for future adult day care centers, and offering immersive artistic appreciation modified for dementia elders and their families. Furthermore, the booth exhibited digital picture books designed by nursing students during the pandemic to teach elementary school children about dementia, alongside a "Smart Dementia-Prevention Mobile Game App" engineered to help seniors prevent cognitive decline, thoroughly integrating digital and intelligent technology into dementia prevention, delay, and advocacy.

為呼籲民眾重視預防失智的重要性，亞大USR團隊發揮創意，利用扭蛋遊戲方式，讓參展者嘗試除障礙瓜籤，如何透過治療性遊戲延緩其認知退化；同時展示「北柳糖站」失智長輩完成的自畫像，及依地中海飲食原則製作的楓糖雜糧蛋糕、綠抹茶鹹餅乾、芝麻酥餅等，讓民眾認識健康飲食、趣味研發與餐會場，吸引大批民眾駐足參與。

To raise awareness on the crucial nature of preventing dementia, the AU USR team displayed outstanding creativity by using a capsule toy (gachapon) game, allowing participants to try barrier-removal drawing lots to understand how therapeutic games can delay cognitive deterioration. Meanwhile, they showcased self-portraits painted by dementia seniors at the "Beiliu Candy Station," as well as maple syrup multigrain cakes, green matcha savory biscuits, and sesame shortbread baked in strict accordance with Mediterranean diet principles. This introduced visitors to healthy eating habits, whimsical research, and nutritional formulation, prompting a vast number of citizens to stop by and participate.

在閉幕式頒獎典禮上，亞大護理學院以「手作台菜在地落穩+100%傳統溫照關懷情」，獲得網路票選「人氣攝影獎」；同時，因顯示攤位極具特色、也獲網路票選「人氣互動獎」優等，兩項獲獎殊榮！

At the closing award ceremony, the AU College of Nursing scooped up the online-voted "Most Popular Photography Award" with its submission "Handmade Taiwanese Dishes Rooted Locally + 100% Traditional Warm Care." Concurrently, thanks to its exceptionally distinct interactive booth setup, it also secured an Excellence designation for the online-voted "Most Popular Interactive Award," marking a phenomenal double victory!