第 四 篇 跨 步 精 進 展 望 未 來
Chapter 4 Future Challenges
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To cope with the looming challenges of an aging society,
Taiwan has adopted a three-stage strategy to develop a long-
term care system. The first consists of carrying out a “10-
year long-term care plan” from 2008 to 2017; the second
involves passing the “Long-term Care Services Act” and
building a long-term care network between 2013 and 2015;
and the third stage involves the seamless convergence of the
Ministry of Health andWelfare’s promotion of long-term care
insurance with the NHI and social welfare systems to build a
comprehensive social safety net. This vision will be achieved
by having society assume its collective responsibility and share
the financial risk of a long-term care program, which will spur
the development of long-term care resources, improve access,
ease families’ financial burdens and ultimately advance the
goal of helping people who are in some way incapacitated live
more independent lives.
為迎接臺灣高齡化社會的來臨，臺灣
長期照護制度的發展分三階段：第一階段
為
2008
年至
2017
年推動的「長期照顧十
年計畫」；第二階段為
2013
年至
2015
「
長
期照護服務法」及建置長期照護服務網；
第三階段為配合衛生福利部長期照護保險
之辦理，務使與全民健保及福利體系無縫
接軌，以建構完整的社會安全網，期藉由
社會自助互助，分擔長期照護財務風險，
帶動長照服務資源發展，提高可近性，減
輕家庭負擔，達到維護與促進失能者獨立
自主生活的目標。