02/08/2026
💚 除了药剂师，我们现在多了一个新角色。
很高兴与大家分享，我们的药剂师 Patrick Teng 与太太 Belle，已经顺利完成为期两天、共 16 小时的「长者适性运动指导员训练课程」，正式成为：
长者适性运动指导员
Adaptive Exercise for Seniors Facilitators
这也代表着，除了药剂师的角色之外，他们现在多了一个新的身份——学习如何以科学、安全，并配合个人能力的方式，带领长者进行适合自己的运动。
课程由 台湾慈济大学体育教学中心 与 马来西亚佛教慈济基金会 联合举办，内容涵盖适合长者的科学运动方法，包括如何通过简单训练来支持：
💪 肌力与身体功能
⚖️ 平衡能力与降低跌倒风险
🚶 日常行动与独立生活能力
🌱 衰弱与肌少症的预防
🧠 认知功能的维持
💧 尿失禁相关的运动训练
很多训练并不需要昂贵或复杂的器材。
有时候，只需要一张椅子和一个安全的空间，长者就可以在家进行简单、适合自己能力的运动。
我们希望把所学带回社区，帮助更多长者找到适合自己的运动方式。因为对长者而言，运动并不是做得越激烈越好，而是要根据自己的身体状况、活动能力及健康需要，选择安全并能够长期坚持的训练。
运动也是目前越来越受到重视的 生活方式医学（Lifestyle Medicine） 重要部分之一。
过去，我们比较常听到的是医生开出 药物处方（Medicine Prescription）；现在，针对合适的人士，医疗专业人员也可能提供 运动处方（Exercise Prescription），根据个人的健康状况，建议适合的运动类型、强度、时间与频率。
身为社区药剂师，我们希望提供的不只是药物与保健品，也希望从运动、营养及生活方式方面，陪伴大家迈向健康老化。
接下来，我们会陆续整理并分享课程中所学的知识，包括一些只需要一张椅子、在家也能进行的简单运动。
新的角色，代表新的责任。
希望我们能够帮助更多长者安全地开始运动、维持行动能力，并继续拥有独立生活的能力。💚
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💚 Beyond Pharmacists, We Now Have a New Role
We are pleased to share that our pharmacist Patrick Teng and his wife Belle have successfully completed the 16-hour Adaptive Exercise for Seniors – Facilitator Training Course.
They are now:
Adaptive Exercise for Seniors Facilitators
In addition to Patrick’s role as a pharmacist, they have taken on a new responsibility—learning how to guide older adults through exercises that are scientific, safe and appropriate for their individual abilities.
The course was jointly organised by the Center for Physical Education Teaching, Tzu Chi University, Taiwan, and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia.
The training covered exercise approaches that may help older adults support:
💪 Muscle strength and physical function
⚖️ Balance and reduced fall risk
🚶 Mobility and daily independence
🌱 Prevention of frailty and sarcopenia
🧠 Maintenance of cognitive function
💧 Exercise support for urinary incontinence
Many of these exercises do not require complicated or expensive equipment.
Sometimes, all that is needed is a chair and a safe space at home. More importantly, exercise should be adapted to each senior’s health condition, physical ability and individual needs.
We hope to use what we have learned to help more seniors find exercises that are safe, suitable and practical for them.
Exercise is also becoming an increasingly important part of Lifestyle Medicine.
We are familiar with a doctor providing a medicine prescription. Today, suitable individuals may also receive an exercise prescription, which recommends an appropriate type, intensity, duration and frequency of exercise based on their health and functional ability.
As a community pharmacy, we hope to offer more than medicines and supplements. We also want to support healthy ageing through exercise, nutrition and healthier lifestyle choices.
Over the coming weeks, we will gradually share some of the practical knowledge learned during the course, including simple chair-based exercises that seniors can perform safely at home.
A new role also brings a new responsibility.
We hope to help more seniors begin exercising safely, maintain their mobility and continue living as independently as possible. 💚
#长者适性运动 #健康老化
