Chen Yizhen, a 15-year-old from Yilan County, is dependent on her mother and grandmother. She used to work on the streets as a resource collector together, and when her mother was often in and out of the hospital due to illness, Chen Yizhen stayed with her and accompanied her constantly. In school, she is a gentle personality, diligent and good at learning, and she participates in all kinds of competitions, and she has been awarded the National Filial Piety Award and Yilan County Filial Piety Model.
Chen Yizhen's father died of terminal liver cancer 10 months later at the age of 39, and her grandmother was bedridden with Parkinson's disease and lung cancer, unable to take care of herself. Together with her mother, Chen Yizhen has taken care of everything, telling herself that life is a long struggle, and that there is no obstacle she can't overcome, and that she will do her best to provide her family with food and clothing.
Taiwan has entered an aging society, with the elderly population over the age of 65 accounting for 14.36% of the total population. According to government statistics, there are 3,671,000 elderly people over the age of 65, of which 487,000 are in need of long-term care, an increase of 176,000 in 10 years, and if the average length of time in need of long-term care is 7.3 years, the expenditure on long-term care may be as high as 3.5 million dollars. With aging, there are many challenges, including the gradual increase in the proportion of disabled and mentally retarded people, and the need to pay more attention to issues such as the deployment of manpower and resources for care and family caregivers. Those who have lost their physical and mental functions need more support and assistance from external resources, such as related life care services, respite services, and professional health care services.
In response to the huge demand for long-term care and to reduce the heavy burden of family care, the government has been promoting the "Ten-Year Plan for Long-Term Care 2.0" (Long-Term Care 2.0) for more than five years since 106, and has made a lot of changes in Long-Term Care 2.0, with the goal of "findable, visible, and usable", and has expanded the service targets (from four to eight categories, including the elderly in frail condition and the hospice care), and increased service items (from four categories to eight categories, and including the disabled elderly over 55, the demented over 50, and the physically and mentally handicapped of any age). In addition to the disabled elderly over 65 years old, the service targets will be expanded (from four categories to eight categories, including the frail elderly and hospice care. In addition to the disabled elderly over 65 years old, the service targets will also include the disabled Aboriginal people over 55 years old, the demented people over 50 years old, and the disabled people with physical and mental handicaps of any age), the number of services will be expanded (from eight service items to 17 service items such as dementia care, integration of the Aboriginal community, small scale multi-functionality, caregiver service bases, preventive care at the community level, prevention/postponement of disability, and the extension of the preparation for discharge from hospitals, and medical care in the family), and the service targets will be expanded. License the service providers and loosen the requirements for subsidy reimbursement so that more people can benefit and the burden on the public can be reduced.
(For more information, please click the following website: https: //reurl.cc/AO22bd)
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How do I apply for Long Term Care? What long term care services are available for my family? In order to provide a convenient single window for long term care services, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has set up an easy-to-remember "1966 Long Term Care Service Hotline", and hopes that if the public has a need to apply for long term care services, they can dial "1966" on their local or cell phone to obtain long term care services immediately.
- The first 5 minutes are free.
- Select language, region, county and city through the line's interactive voice menu.
- One phone call to the nearest service, leave information, and streamline service.
By dialing the simple four-digit number "1966" (Long-Term Care Service Hotline), you will be able to contact the Long-Term Care Centers in all counties and cities to provide "one-call service to your home".
You or a loved one close to you may be a candidate for long term services when you have
- Elderly people aged 65 or above with disabilities
- Disabled indigenous villagers aged 55 or above
- Demented persons aged 50 or above
- Disabled persons
- Elderly singletons or frail elderly who need assistance in daily living (e.g. assistance in eating, moving around, bathing, toileting, etc.)
Or if you are using the Long Term Care service and are not satisfied with the service content/quality, or if you have problems such as service interruptions, fee disputes, etc., you can call the 1966 Long Term Care Service Hotline for consultation.
- Caregiver Status
- Basic information such as name, age, and residential address of the person being cared for
- Main Caregivers and Telephone Numbers
- Name and telephone number of key contact person
1. Service hours
During business hours (8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) from Monday to Friday, the public can call the "1966 Long-Term Care Service Hotline" by local telephone or cell phone, and the service will be answered by a special person; during non-business hours and on holidays (including national holidays), the service will be provided by voice answering.
2. Assessment process
- Confirmation of Eligibility
Get to know your applicant's status over the phone and make an initial check to see if you are eligible to apply for long-term care.
- Arrival assessment
The LTCA will send a Care Specialist to the home to conduct an assessment.
(Link to Long-Term Care Management Centers in all counties and cities in Taiwan: https: //reurl.cc/m3MyqV)
3. Development of a care plan
Those who meet the eligibility criteria will be provided with a customized care plan based on their needs, identify appropriate long-term care resources, and explain the amount of government subsidy.
Long-term care services include the following four major services
1. care and professional services
- Home care: Includes basic cleaning, basic daily care, measuring vital signs, feeding, meal care, assisting with bathing and shampooing, accompanying people on outings or to medical appointments, and home shower car service.
- Community care: The disabled are sent to long-term care service providers to receive services that provide life care, health promotion, and cultural, recreational, and leisure activities, etc. The venues include day care centers and care homes.
- Professional Services: Includes rehabilitation care services that focus on the physical and mental state of the disabled and their motivation for rehabilitation, and introduce rehabilitation care services that maintain or enhance their self-care ability to prevent deterioration, as well as care services that focus on nutrition, feeding and swallowing, disturbed behavior, bedridden or long-term activity limitation, etc., to provide individualized and holistic care guidance for disabled cases, so that the cases can gradually return to a life of self-sufficiency.
2. Transportation services
To assist the disabled in travelling to and from medical institutions for medical treatment or rehabilitation.
3. Aids and Home Accessibility Improvement Services
Includes the purchase or rental of home living aids, such as walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, mobility belts, and care beds for home use, as well as improvements to barrier-free facilities at home, such as movable handrails, fixed ramps, and anti-slip measures.
4. Respite services
Short-term care services are provided to give family caregivers a break. There are three types of services:
- Community Respite Service: Allow elderly care cases to receive care at day care centers, small multi-functional service centers, and alleyway long term care stations, including nursing care (day care centers), assistance with bathing, eating, medication, activity arrangements, and transportation and pick-up services.
- Home-based respite service: two different service sessions are provided, namely, half-day 3-hour service and full-day 6-hour service, whereby care workers will come to the home to provide physical care services, including assistance in toileting, bathing, changing clothes, oral cleansing, eating, taking medication, turning over, patting the back, accompanying in exercising, getting in and out of the bed, passive limb-joint movement, assisting in the use of adaptive aids, etc.
- (c) Institutional respite services: Family carers may arrange for their long-term care cases to receive short-term full-day care and stay in long-term care residential institutions, where 24-hour care services are provided by the staff of the institutions.
If you have any concerns or questions, please call the 1966 Long Term Care Service Hotline or go to your nearest Long Term Care Management Center, and someone will be able to talk to you. If you have any questions about the above information, please contact the above organizations. Or leave a message to us at Sunyu Academy and we will try our best to answer your questions.
(Link to Long-Term Care Management Centers in all counties and cities in Taiwan: https: //reurl.cc/m3MyqV)
Source:
Ministry of Health and Welfare
Department of Health and Welfare
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