Establishing Age-Friendly Community Guidelines in Taiwan

As Taiwan heads steadily toward becoming a super-aged society, the impact of aging on society at large will become increasingly extensive and intense. Therefore, establishing an age-friendly environment in Taiwan is an important issue for the government. Feasible guidelines for age-friendly communit...

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Published inHu li za zhi Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 84 - 94
Main Authors Huang, Jo-Ying, Hsiao, Yu-Ling, Chen, Feng-Yin, Hsu, Hui-Chuan, Lo, Shu-Ying, Chou, Tzu-Yun, Liu, Megan F
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China (Republic : 1949- ) Taiwan Nurses Association 01.04.2023
Subjects
Age
Aged
Aging
Cities
Community health care
Community involvement
Community support
Guidelines
Housing
Humans
Independent Living
Literature reviews
Older people
Outdoors
Public transportation
Questionnaires
Residence Characteristics
Social interaction
Taiwan
Taiwan
guidelines
age-friendly
modified Delphi method
age-friendly community
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Summary:As Taiwan heads steadily toward becoming a super-aged society, the impact of aging on society at large will become increasingly extensive and intense. Therefore, establishing an age-friendly environment in Taiwan is an important issue for the government. Feasible guidelines for age-friendly communities are necessary to ensure that appropriate social welfare measures are enacted to achieve the national goal of aging in place. The first draft of the guideline questionnaire was developed based on the World Health Organization Guidelines for Age-Friendly Cities, a literature review, and input from seven experts on aging. Three rounds of questionnaire surveys were then conducted to assess the correctness, appropriateness, and importance of the guidelines, with amendments, additions, and deletions made based on the experts' responses until they all expressed a high degree of satisfaction with all of the guidelines. The Taiwan Age-friendly Community Guidelines document discussed in this article includes 38 guideline
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ISSN:0047-262X
DOI:10.6224/JN.202304_70(2).11