| Abstract: | Population aging is the subject that each advanced countries of world faces together nowadays, and western countries have already started to face the problems of life-care model of the retired elderly very early. Now, we assess the retired elder life-care model by evaluate their elderly attitudes, especially emphasize of self-care ability of the elderly. However, with the development of medical technology, the improvement of food and health and the emphasis of health, the average life expectancy of the people is increasing, and the human life is extending. According to statistics, above 82.77% 65 years old the old persons, their ability to take care of their daily life is still normal approximately, therefore the retired elderly are still positive to participate activities. Therefore, in this study, we hope to construct the two-dimensional perspectives containing "the self-care ability" and "the society participation degree", assess the attitude toward aging of the retired elderly, and recommend life-care model of the retired elderly in advanced. This is the main purpose of the study. The results showed , Taiwan's attitude toward aging of the retired elderly can be classified as four types that is "positive activities type ", " self-fulfillment type ", " solitude type ", and" the comfort await death type ". The characteristic of positive activity type is high capacity of self-care ability and high social participation, it is suggested that adopt community-based care model. The characteristic of self-fulfillment type is low capacity of self-care ability but high social participation, it is suggested that adopt community-based care model. The characteristic of solitude type is high capacity of self-care ability but low social participation, it is suggested that adopt at-home care model. The characteristic of the comfort await death type is low capacity of self-care ability and low social participation, it is suggested that adopt institutional care model. |
