The perspective of management and nursing in veterans’ consultative policy – the cases of Taoyuan District

• Main Authors: Chih-Fung Wu, 巫智豐
• Other Authors: Lung-Far Hsieh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/26718215410573057619

碩士 === 中原大學 === 企業管理研究所 === 94 === Abstract The studies of single-resided elderly people regarding their living conditions and requirements have been comprehensive. However, researches on single-resided elderly veterans are very few, especially taking into account that more than 600,000 veterans retreated to Taiwan after the Nationalist (Kuomintang) government was defeated during the Chinese Civil War. As time fades away, so did some of those veterans. The remaining number is now estimated at 290,000. Although the Taiwanese government has set up a specialized organization, Veterans Affairs Commission (VAC), to take care of the veterans, there still exist some problems due to limited manpower. These problems, mainly stemming from inadequate or irrelevant policies and regulations, require in-depth research and study. The purposes of this study include: 1. Are single-resided elderly veterans receiving adequate consultation and care? 2. In the case of females from the mainland seeking to marry elderly veterans, are consultation and assistance appropriately offered to these veterans? 3. Are follow-on consultation and assistance in place for the veterans after their marriages? This study investigates the actual situation of single-resided elderly veterans in Taoyuan area, with an attempt to discover the implementation and effects of government policies in terms of caring, consultation, and management. In particular, this study aims to find out whether such policies have met the current need of elderly veterans. Besides, surveys are conducted and comparative studies are made in order to provide feasible suggestions for future reference. Such suggestions could be used in improving the caring system for single-resided veterans, helping government formulate policies, and protecting the rights of elderly veterans. The research methods are: questionnaire survey, case study and interview, and literature review. The information and data collected for this study consist of four categories, i.e., publications, journals, information/data from the Internet, and academic dissertations. This study puts emphasis on official documents so as to fully comprehend the consideration and position of the government. Consequently, this study often refers to the VAC’s website and official publications and uses these data as the basis for discussion and study. The main points of this study are: 1. Conduct research and review on the current policies of veteran services, using the analytical methods of public policies and sociology. 2. Carry out questionnaire surveys on area veterans. Select those interviewees who give low marks to elderly care services, especially marriage consultation and veteran services. The results of these interviews are consequently used as the basis for case studies, where several cases are chosen for in-depth study. In this manner, we may be able to find the solutions to existing problems. During the process of case studies, the study discovers that our veteran services are still following old regulations , and fail to meet the need of elderly veterans regarding their everyday care and marriages. Current policies and caring system need to be improved in order to provide consultation and assistance in the following situations: paralyzed veterans getting married, veterans’ saving stolen by their mainland spouse, unreasonable claiming or inheritance cases, caring problems for veterans residing in nursing homes, etc. This research offer some useful suggestions to VAC, local Social Affair Bureaus, and charity groups so as to improve the veterans’ benefit and rights.