尋找家庭場域中“照顧選擇及實踐”的可能與價值：中低收入老人特別照顧津貼的政策思考

Searching for Diversifying Policy Choice, Value and Practice within the Family: A Policy Thinking of the Caring Allowance Program for the Middle-to-Low Income Elderly in Taiwan

曾薔霓(Chiang-Ni Tseng)

《臺灣社會福利學刊》 6卷1期 (2007/08) Pp. 131-175

https://doi.org/10.6265/TJSW.2007.6(1)4

摘要

立基於「多元選擇」、「親自參與」、以及「社會責任」的理論與價值邏輯，本文試圖從家庭照顧者的角度出發，檢視「照顧者津貼」政策與定位，希冀能為辛苦的「家庭照顧者」尋找與創造「選擇及實踐」的可能與價值。一方面，讓照顧者能搭配居家服務支持性措施，而有「喘息」和重新蓄積「照顧能量」的時間與空間。另一方面，藉由普及式照顧者津貼的機制，俾使照顧者可以有「選擇進入」或「持續留在」家庭場域親自照顧的權利。就此而言，那些被排除在照顧者津貼適用對象外的家庭照顧者，至少應受到同等重視。基此，本文將藉由實施對象的選擇，以及照顧資源配置等主題脈絡，思考「照顧者津貼」運作邏輯與原則。最後，針對現行政策，提出調整方向與建議。

關鍵字

家庭照顧者 ； 照顧者津貼 ； 照顧政策 ； 照顧價值

並列摘要

In searching for diversifying policy choices and the operational logic of caring allowance program in Taiwan, this paper purports to take the family caregivers' perspective and explore the possibility of providing them with plural options. For one thing, the family caregivers could take advantage of the home-care service support program and enjoy the time to take a break and recruit their strength. For another, giving the universal caring allowance program, the family caregivers, in identifying themselves as the practitioners of ”the labor of love” could opt for doing the caring work by themselves without engendering economic burden for their families. So long as this policy goal is concerned, the family caregivers who have not been eligible for the caring allowance should be given at least equal considerations. For this purpose, this paper discusses the operational logic and principle of caring allowance in terms of the choice of policy targets, the allocation of care resources, etc. Finally, this paper endeavors to propose certain adaptations of orientation as well as other suggestions in the current policy of caring allowance.

並列關鍵字

family caregivers ； caring allowance ； care policy ； values of care

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