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As of the end of March 2018, people over 65 years of age accounted for 14% of Taiwan's total population, making Taiwan an aged society; this figure will reach 21% by 2026 it is estimated, making Taiwan a super aged society. It is thus very important to build a sound long-term care services system, develop service talent and institution resources and ensure service quality. Further to this, the MOHW implemented the Long-term Care 10-year Plan in January, 2017, promoting community overall care service system and responding to the long-term care needs arising from the aged society.
Improving upon the contents of its predecessor, Long-Term Care Plan 2.0 has increased the number of care recipients and service items. The plan has been extended to prevent disability and delay its onset. Not only that, it has also integrated home hospice care and home-based medical care with the purpose of achieving the vision of "aging in place" to meet the growing demand for seniors' services. The plan therefore called for establishing a community-based care service system that would support diversified services in a homebased, community-based and residential cares that are closely knit in order to create a long-term care service system that is premium in quality, affordable and easily available to all.
Chapter 1 The Long-Term Care Service System
▏Section1 TheLong-TermCareServices Act
1. In order to create a sound foundation for our long-term care services system by ensuring care and supporting service quality as we develop accessible, diverse and affordable services while safeguarding the dignity and rights of both care givers and care receivers, the Long-Term Care Services Act has been legislated for promulgation on June 3, 2017. The act was last amended on June 9, 2021 and the amendment focused on key aspects include clarifying related regulation authorization and defining all kinds of violations
and fines, so the Act fulfills practical needs, and legalizes the related authorization of special arrangement and payment audit system.
2. To implement and clarify the definitions and implementation methods of the Long-Term Care Services Act, seven sub-laws including the Enforcement Rules of Long-Term Care Services Act and Criteria for Establishing Long- term care services Institutions were drawn up with the authorization of the Act; and the Institutional Long-Term Care Juridical Entities Act drawn up according to the Long-term care services Act, with one law and eight sub-law :
(1) Regulations and statutes are authorized by the Institutional Long-Term Care Juridical Entities Act: formulating the Institutional Long-Term Care Juridical Entities Act and regulating the establishment, organization, management and other compliance matters of institutional long-term care juridical entities.
(2) Establishment and management of long-term care institutions: Set the "Establishment Standards for Long-Term Care Institutions" which stipulate long-term care institution establishment standards, personnel allocation and qualifications of operational person in charge; set the "Regulations for the Establishment, Approval and Management of Long- Term Care Institutions" which stipulate the process of long-term care institution establishment, expansion and relocation and designate municipal government as the competent authority for long-term care institution; following, to evaluate the effectiveness of long-term care institutions and increase service quality etc., the "Guidelines for evaluation of long-term care institutions" were drawn up; also in line with the situation that allows governments at every level to rent out public real estate that is not publically used for favorable rent for the setting up of long-term care institutions when promoting specific long-term care policies, the "Guidelines for review of special project application for renting of
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Long-Term Care Services