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題 名 | 香港獨居長者的特質與安老服務=Characteristics of the Elderly Living Alone and the Public Services Provided: A Case of Hong Kong |
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作 者 | 李翊駿; | 書刊名 | 社會工作學刊 |
卷 期 | 6 2000.03[民89.03] |
頁 次 | 頁18_1+19-57 |
分類號 | 544.8 |
關鍵詞 | 獨居老人; 獨居長者; 老人服務; 獨居老人特徵; 獨居因素; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 香港長者的急切性社會心理、苦疾、住屋、及經濟需要,已引起社會大眾的關注。社會要求政府提供所需服務協助這些弱勢社群,特別是獨居長者,滿足他們的日常生活基本所需。可惜至今社會仍欠缺一些具有科學性和系統性的統計資料,使大眾難以確切知道這些獨居長者的背景資料和服務需求。本文利用一些地區性研究報告結果和觀察得來的資料,加以整理,以便社會大眾對這些弱勢社群有一初步認識,同時喚起學者和社會工作員進行有關研究。本文指出獨居長者除了在公共屋村居住外,也有不少人是在莒型的私人樓宇居住的。大部分獨居長者住在舊市區內,他們在這些地方生活了一段日子。長者獨居的成因很多,主要可分為個人的、家庭的、及社會的因素。獨居長者也有其共通點,包括可以從個人背景、性格、及社會支援網絡等數個範圍來討論。獨居長者的服務需要範圍相當廣泛,包括與社會心理及日常生活服務有關的、與醫療服務有關的、與經濟服務有關的、及與居住服務有關的。本文在下半段敘述了香港所提供,較為切合獨居長者需要的服務,與台灣的學者和社會工作員交流和分享專業經驗,藉此提高兩地長者的社會福祉。 |
英文摘要 | The urgent psychosocial, medical, housing and economic needs of many elderly people have sparked public concern in Hong Kong. Society has asked the government to provide the needed services to help those vulnerable people, especially those living alone. Unfortunately there is a lack of scientific and systematic information about this vulnerable group. This paper tries to sum up some observations about those living alone, hoping to fill the gap in the related literature at the same time to stimulate local academics and social workers to conduct surveys in this area. This paper has observed that other than living in the public housing, almost equal numbers of elderly could be found living in the private housing. In fact, a majority of these vulnerable people live in the old, urban districts. The causes of living alone can be categorized into personal, familial, and social factors. Their common characteristics have been organized into the following areas: socioeconomic status, personality, and social sup port. The needs of those elderly living alone covers several service areas, namely, psychosocial, medical, economic, and housing. This paper has introduced to its readers the services currently provided that can best satisfy the needs of those living alone. In sharing information with the Taiwanese readers, it is hoped that social well being of the vulnerable people in both districts could be promoted. |
本系統中英文摘要資訊取自各篇刊載內容。