Taiwan News
Date: 2016-07-18
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The Department of Health and Welfare said it will establish 2,529 “lane and alley” long-term 
day care stations across Taiwan to provide the elderly temporary care, aiming to increase the current service coverage of 35 percent to more than 50 percent.
The 10-year long-term care 2.0 version is one of several important policies of President Tsai Ing-wen.
At a press conference on Monday morning, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Lu Pau-ching announced three main points regarding long-term care for the elderly, which include extending service from the current eight categories to 17, extending service coverage to four additional groups of people, as well as localized care.
Lu said that the current 10-year long-term care for the elderly began in 2007, and during the eight years of enforcement, the government has spent more than NT$30 billion, but the public has felt it is not very helpful, and only about 170,000 senior citizens have received the service, which converts to a service coverage of only 35 percent. [FULL STORY]
