This course provides an overview of the configurations of the long-term care continuum from the macro perspectives of health policy, organization, financing, and delivery to the micro perspective of older adults. A framework for studying the long-term care continuum is introduced and used to identify the challenges and opportunities related to interventions. This course aims to analyze the demographics of aging, the role of financing, the evolving marketplace, and the essential components of the long-term care continuum. It also touches upon an international long-term care systems comparison among Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States.

Despite the aging crisis and the challenges surrounding long-term care, quality of care is possible. Topics related to this are examined through two debates, one that analyzes the sustainability of long-term care financing in Taiwan and the other that analyzes family intervention in meeting long-term care needs.

本課程旨在分析長期照顧連續性照顧的重要組成部分，重點關注高齡化人口統計，失能程序變化，財務角色, 市場的發展，以及照顧計劃和服務, 以及如何滿足老年人的個人需要。從衛生政策，組織，融資和交付的宏觀角度以及老年人的微觀視角, 著眼於我們目前的長期照顧的連續性照顧的配置。包括一個研究長期照顧連續性照顧的框架用於確定與介入有關的挑戰和機會以及台灣，新加坡，美國的跨國比較。儘管存在衰老危機和長期護理方面的挑戰，但是有品質長照還是可能的。通過兩次辯論探討與此相關的主題; 其中一項辯論分析台灣長期照顧護保險籌資的可持續性, 另一個辯論分析家庭協助以滿足長期護理需求的可行性。