|
Taiwan has stepped into an aging society since 1993 to confront the appearances of the aging and the declining birthrate. In particular, economic security and medical care for the elderly are the considerable issues in regard to social welfare policy. Requirements for long-term care is extremely devoted to the elderly, in case the elderly are deprived of caring due to illness or injury resulting from aging phenomenon. Commercial-type long-term care insurance in Taiwan was hardly triggered in 1995, as a result, the insufficient development is noteworthy to be explored for the completion. Firstly, the study examines the analyses of long-term care system and commercial-type long-term care insurance and probes into the influence, on account of related literatures, on long-term care insurance. Secondly, we recognize the long-term care insurance market in the United States and Japan, and are aimed at the operating status to distinguish long-term care insurance covering terms of acceptance insurance, terms of payment, and related conditions in the Taiwanese market. Consequently, we locate the difficulties in commercial-type long-term care insurance in Taiwan. Lastly, the conclusion and implication are launched in accordance with the existing market in Taiwan for long-term care insurance. The aspects of life insurance company and governmental organization would be scrutinized respectively and the arguments for long-term care insurance concerning system and commodities would be issued for integrated development.
|