Senior Day Care
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The first project of ULNE World Missionary Foundation is in Taiwan, an island nation located in Eastern Asia. The current population of Taiwan is approximately 23 million, of which only 4.5% are Christians.
As of July 2011, Taiwan had about 2.5 million people aged 65 or older, with such seniors accounting for 10.77 percent of the population. The extent of the country’s aging is not as great as that in Japan, the United States and some countries in Europe, but, with the world’s lowest birth rate, Taiwan is quickly catching up. It took Japan about 25 years, the United States 73 years, Sweden 85 years, and France about 115 years to double their populations of those 65 or older from 7 percent to 14 percent, the respective thresholds set by the United Nations for ageing and aged societies. In Taiwan, that same transition is expected to take only 24 years, as the Council for Economic Planning and Development projects that the country’s elderly population will go from 7 percent in 1993 to 14 percent in 2017.
An aging population means new demands on social welfare services. Most baby boomers are expected to turn 65 or older by 2017. At that point, the demand for elder care services will increase rapidly and dramatically. Taiwan government now provides services for those identified as having a slight disability up to 25 hours of services per month, and 50 to 90 maximum hours per month for Seniors who are seriously incapacitated. Low-income earners pay 10% per hour and pay the full amount for services rendered in excess of their hourly limit. Most low-income families cannot afford to pay for those excess hours. To address these needs, our foundation has planned for a long-range support scheme to take good care of those low-income elderly people. We are planning to build a Senior Day Care Center to provide help for those low-income elders
