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 disablement process, the role of financing, the evolving marketplace, the essential components of the long-term care continuum, and an international long-term care systems comparison among Taiwan, Japan, Germany and the United States.

Despite the aging crisis and the challenges surrounding long-term care, successful aging and quality of care are possible. Special topics such as continuing care retirement communities (CCRC), palliative care, etc. will address various services designed to meet the special needs of older adults.

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，日本，德國，美國的跨國比較。特別主題旨在解決與長期照顧服務相關的當前和新興問題，包括三明治世代，失智症患者及其照顧人員，與傳感器和機器人相關的技術，長期照顧融資以及醫療保健工作人員短缺等挑戰。