人口老化現象以及少子化之社會結構,使銀髮服務產業變成21世紀國際的熱門話題。台灣自1993年邁入高齡化社會以來,老化人口比率逐年遞增,這些在社會上屬多數健康的中高齡民眾,如何提供符合他(她)需求的老人會館,使其樂活、養生以達成功老化並創造生命的另一高峰,已成為相關單位所重視的課題。 本研究旨在探討台灣中高年齡民眾對老人住宅設施的需求現況,以提供銀髮服務業者做為規劃老人住宅之參考。以西湖渡假村養生會館45歲以上遊客為研究對象,使用問卷調查法做為相關資訊收集之工具,有效問卷244份,有效回收率達93.8%,所得資料經描述性統計、單因子變異數分析、獨立樣本t檢定等統計方法進行相關問題之探討後,結論如下:台灣中高齡民眾對於老人住宅之硬體需求重點依序為心靈寄託之宗教設施、生命監控儀器設施及休閒設施等項;軟體需求重點依序為不定期規劃各式休閒活動、設有專業的看護人員及24小時門禁管理等項;其他設施部份,則發現中高齡民眾認為最重要的是希望老人住宅可以與周邊的環境做結合,像是觀光、休閒、生態、遊憩等等。此外,中高齡民眾老人對於老人住宅設施需求受到年齡、居住地區、固定收入、主要經濟來源、子女人數、子女是否固定會提供零用錢與家庭屬性所影響,差異達顯著水準。 依據研究結果發現提出具體建議,以做為老人住宅設施需求規劃之參考依據。
The purpose of this research is to investigate senior citizens’ demands of facilities and services of the senior housing in Taiwan. The sample participants were older people who are in the age of 45 years old and above who visited West Lake Resortopia during the research period. There were 244 valid returned questionnaires with the response rate of 93.8%. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and t-test. The results showed that participants placed a high demand on the facility for religion purposes in a senior housing. Medical equipment and the leisure facilities are the second desirable features. In the service parts, leisure activity is the most important to the participants followed by the nursing service and the 24 hours security system. Moreover, the participants preferred a senior housing with convenience location which connects to its local community for tourism, leisure, ecology, and recreation. In addition, there is a significant correlation among the participants’ age, region, monthly income, financial source, number of children, allowance from children, and the family attribute and their senior housing demands. Finally, this research provides substantial suggestions and serves as a reference for the government in planning senior housing for older people.