| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄大學 === 創意設計與建築學系碩士班 === 101 === The main purpose of my research is to investigate the difficulties that elderly are facing when learning life-long skills in their community. Urban sprawl caused the collapse of the traditional community support and relationships in Yuchang old settlement. Through my study I try to investigate how learning helps elderly to adapt to a new way of life. I am also concentrating on the elderly’s present learning situation in the community, their willingness, obstacles and their unique characteristics. The economic environment of their society and the attitude of the community leaders are also investigated.
The world is facing the problem of an aging society. The quality of life and environment design of this large group of elderly people are a concern for the governors all over the world. These governors are trying to keep and create activities in their society. But the elderly who live in old settlements lack the chance to interact and assimilate in a modern society. A low literacy rate and a low economic situation keep the elderly away from the government’s programs to promote the learning of life-long skills. The traditional Taiwanese family way of thinking make the elderly work hard for their children but not for themselves. All these facts trapped the elderly in their own ivory tower and they live a depressing life.
Rapid technology and medical innovation prolonged human’s life. It is important for the elderly to adapt to the changing society in their prolonged years. It is not only important for the elderly to exist but they should live a high quality of life through learning new skills. Through learning new skills the elderly can appreciate their value of themselves, improve their life potential, increase their knowledge of living, have a willingness to work again, do volunteer work with their new knowledge and enjoy a fulfilling life. My study focused on the obstacles the elderly are experiencing in themselves and the outside environment. It also concentrated on the proper learning resources for the elderly – resources that are efficient and diversified. Finally my study looked at the leaders’ attitude to help the elderly, and the present education system in Taiwan. All these factors had an influence on the elderly to learn new and meaningful skills to live a happy life. Concluding, all these facts can be used as a reference for people in Taiwan to start a community learning program for elderly in old settlements.
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