資訊社會中高齡人口科技賦權的可能性

The Possibility of Technological Empowerment of the Elderly Population in Information Society

蘇健華(Chien-Hua Su)

指導教授 ： 王德睦 ； 翟本瑞

國立中正大學/社會科學院/社會福利學系/博士(2014年)

摘要

本文於第一、二章中探討目前台灣老化問題的狀況與高齡者成功老化、活躍老化等議題。由資料顯示高齡化是全球趨勢，並已受到國際組織重視，因而提出相關宣言與政策綱領，主要針對高齡者的賦權及環境改善部分，以回應老人身心健康與社會參與之需求，經由分析發現，當考量時間歷程之因素，靜態扶助觀點對於個人能力提升與障礙排除僅有階段性效果，並未能讓高齡者持續融入於社會之中。本文第三章列舉出資通訊發展先進國家對於老化問題的政策方案，觀察出U化政策是資訊社會與老化問題於時代交會所產生的共同趨勢，因而本文即據此脈絡，對U化概念進行整體探討，並將其與傳統身心障礙觀念轉換的過程進行連結，即無論是身障或是老化均是一個每個人都會經歷的普遍經驗，當普遍共識已將障礙由個人責任轉向為社會責任之時，對於老化問題當同等視之。而無所不在運算的U化正可視為一種通用設計的延伸。當前科技發展過程中，有許多並非最新但逐漸成熟的技術已被運用於人們生活之中，由趨勢預言專家與商品實際呈現的樣貌，都可以對未來產生想像，無所不在運算的具體使用，也將更為融合入社會之中，創造價值。除整體社會的想像之外，本文以時間銀行的規劃，對於扶老問題及互助需求提出分析，並進一步提出配合前述資訊技術的運用，能具體將時間銀行的影響範圍擴大，達到一定規模並產生價值。結論部分則對我國資通訊發展及老化問題提出分析及建議。

關鍵字

無所不在運算 ； 科技賦權 ； 高齡人口

並列摘要

This paper explores the problem of aging in Taiwan, successful aging in the elderly, active aging and other issues in the first two chapters. According to the data, population aging is a global phenomenon and has been brought to attention to international organizations. Thus, they have proposed relevant announcements and policy statements mainly aimed at empowerment and improving the environment for the elderly. This is in response to physical and mental health and social participation needs. Through analysis it was found that when considering the time course factor, personal enhancement and troubleshooting is effective in stages and that it does not allow continuous integration of the elderly into society from a static support perspective. The third chapter of this paper provides examples of policy options for the issue of aging in countries with developed and advanced information communication. It was observed that the policy of ubicomp is a common trend generated by the intersecting times between the information society and the aging issue. Therefore this paper, according to the context, explores the overall concept of ubicomp and tries to link the conversion process of the traditional concept of disability. Regardless of whether it is a physical disability or aging, both are common experiences everyone will encounter. The general consensus is to direct the personal responsibility of a disability towards a social responsibility, and the same is seen in the case of the aging issue.
And the ubiquitous computing can be seen as an extension of a universal design. With the current techonological development, many technologies are being used in our lives that may not be the latest development but are slowly maturing. Trend prediction from the experts and the actual appearance of the products can all be imagined for the future. The specific use of ubiquitous computing will be integrated into society to create value. In addition to imagining the whole society, this paper proposes analysis for the problem of supporting the elderly and the mutual demand based on the plan by Time Bank. Further, the aforementioned use of information technology is proposed, and can specifically expand the sphere of influence of Time Bank to a certain size and generate value. In conclusion, an analysis and suggestion is provided for the issue of information and communication development and aging in our country.

並列關鍵字

elderly population ； technological empowerment ； ubiquitous computing

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