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(3) Long-Term Care Institution & Long-Term Care Personnel Related Management Information System
In order to ensure the uniqueness and accuracy of data on long-term care institutions and their personnel and in response to relevant administrative needs, the Ministry built the Long-term Care Institution & Long-term Care Personnel Related Management Information System in September, 2018. The system provides institution and personnel management features; operators can use the system to add or maintain institution data, review the status of qualification for long-term care personnel and so forth. As the system linked institutions and their staff by means of uniquely assigned codes, the Ministry had thus managed to register long- term care personnel under their affiliated institutions.
▏Section 2 Diverse Innovative Service 1. Care Services for People with Dementia
Long-term Care 2.0 includes people with dementia over the age of 50 as eligible care recipients. In an effort to strengthen community-based service capacity for dementia, the Ministry has also established more Support Center for People with Dementia and their Families(SPDF) while taking various measures such as awareness promotion, dementia alleviation, courses on family care, family support groups, safety watch and so forth. In addition, the MOHW has established Integrated Dementia Care Center (IDCC) in municipalities across Taiwan in the hopes of providing proper guidance/assistance to caregivers, as well as information services, referrals and other supporting services. These centers will help to coordinate medical resources, and arrange the provision of
relevant care services, ultimately promoting dementia literacy. As of 2021, the Ministry has established a total of 494 SPDFs and 103 Integrated Dementia Care Centers.
2. Indigenous Area Long-Term Care Services Trial Program
In an effort to deliver long-term care to indigenous communities and as instructed by the President: "To create Cultural Health Stations that will serve as multipurpose service stations in regions of indigenous tribes, the Ministry is committed to achieving objective of enabling seniors to age in place. And as such, the MOHW has been actively encouraging municipal governments to assist local indigenous tribe to help seniors familiarize themselves with their local cultural health station or setting up micro daycare centers in proximity to cultural health stations to provide multi-level long-term care services such as daycare, temporary overnight lodging, transportation service, respite services and so forth. Not only that, the cultural health stations can also serve as nodes for home care and provide training for local caregivers to strengthen long-term care in indigenous communities.
The Pilot Program for Long-Term Service in Indigenous Communities provided funding to set up 12 trial locations. After intensive cross- agency communication and close collaboration with local government, the Ministry has successfully completed the establishment of 5 daycare centers at the end of 2021.
3. Support services for family caregivers
(1) Provision of Support Services and Relevant Information for Family Caregivers
To expand the country's capacity for family care and its accessibility and coverage, the MOHW began to offer subsidies for municipal governments to implement the Innovative Program on Supportive Services for Family Caregivers in 2018. Municipal governments are encouraged to develop services best suited to their specific needs
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