The Implementation Evaluation of the Long-Term Care Policy in Aged Society：A Case Study of Home Care Service in New Taipei City

• Main Authors: Jiun-Yue Wang, 王君月
• Other Authors: I-Jan Yeh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00075603900253048888

碩士 === 世新大學 === 行政管理學研究所(含博、碩專班) === 100 === The problem of aging population is getting more and more serious and has become one of the major global concerns. In order to reduce the impacts caused by aging society, government in Taiwan has proposed many social welfare policies. One of the policies is “Long Term Care”, in which, “home care” is the most commonly used service among the senior and the handicapped. Therefore, our study investigated the current status of “home care service” and subsequently evaluated the government policy through qualitative research, in-depth interview, and literature review. The purpose of this study is to tap into the insight and perception of related staff’s toward “home care service” and to analyze problems and difficulties that staff might face when carrying out the service. I also compared the difference of home care service before and after Taiwan County being promoted to New Taipei City. Based on the research findings, agencies and affiliated institutions responsible for carrying out the service has followed government’s regulations and rules in terms of task procedure, task content, financial management, and manpower allocation. According to the data drawn from interviewing related staff, home care service has indeed provided the senior and the handicapped with great help. Problems and difficulties with home care service mainly come from two major areas, namely “task content and procedure” and “manpower allocation”. After Taipei Country was promoted to New Taipei City, no significant change or difference was found in home care service. Based on the analysis of this study, I advanced some suggestions for future development of home care service and further researches. Hopefully, it will trigger more scholars to conduct more researches in the same field.