The Study of Kaohsiung Municipal Government Aged Population Care Policy

• Main Authors: He-yi Zhang, 張禾宜
• Other Authors: Ying-yao,Zheng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9ceens

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 高階公共政策碩士班 === 95 === According to the definition given by World Health Organization (WHO), if a country’s percentage of people who are older than 65 years old is greater than 7% of total population, it is an aging society. Based on the forecast statistics for the aged population from the Ministry of Interior, Taiwan’s aged population will rise to 14% in 2010 and will be over 20% in 2030. The fast growth of the aged population is a common social phenomenon around the world. Indeed, how to take care of the aged is an important issue, especially in Taiwan. Purpose: This research aims to understand problems of aging population, such as employment, medical care, care of the aged, long-term care, long-term family support, leisure, and education. The result of the study might serve as a reference for Kaohsiung city government in making caring policies for the aged population. Material and method: This study is conducted through deep interview and questionnaire. The content focused on Kaohsiung city government’s caring policies for the aged population. 170 subjects received interview and questionnaire. 150 cases were obtained, 20 being excluded due to incomplete data. Result: (1) 34.7% of the Kaohsiung residents do not have the concept of the care of the aged and only 20% of the 50-to-60-year-old residents’ plan their later life. (2) 30% of the Kaohsiung residents’ first choice is living with their children and their next choice is living in the community (26%). The third choice is living in private nursing centers (18.7%). (3) 60.6% of old people are not willing to live in nursing centers. Discussion: In Taiwan traditional culture, people believe that the best life of the aged is living with children, playing with grand-children, and then died by nature. From the result of this study, Kaohsiung city government’s caring policies for the aged population will achieve the goal to create a high-quality and peaceful environment.