Taipei Times
Date: Sep 15, 2017
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter

Independent Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has failed to fulfill his electoral

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je speaks to reporters at an award ceremony organized by Rotary International in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

promises to introduce community care and new crisis management services for mentally ill and disabled people, groups said yesterday.

Representatives of the Taipei Life of Heart Association, Republic of China Mental Rehabilitation Association and several other groups gave failing grades to Ko, saying that he has not provided substantial improvements in home care and community support for families, and has focused instead on new daycare centers.

“We absolutely have not had a sense that service has increased,” Taipei Life of Heart Association director-general Chin Lin (金林) said, citing a lack of “breathing space” for temporary home care services for families of mentally disabled people and of long-term plans to provide government-sponsored care when parents are unable to shoulder the burden.    [FULL  STORY]