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Since Taiwan has been gradually going into an aging society, the demands for caring attendants has increased greatly, and human power shortage has always been a problem. The objectives of this research is to examine the factors of labor shortage in long-term care institutions so as to provide policy solutions for this pressing issue.
A number of qualitative methods are employed. For both the participant observation the in-depth interviews and focused group interviews, the semi-structured programming method is used to collect data among 12 interviewees in the Tainan metropolitan area, Taiwan. Base on Motivation-Hygiene theory, this research analyzes the potential reasons behind the shortage of care attendants. In addition, we use Push and Pull theory to explain why the long-term care institutions are always short-staffed for nursing assistants.
The research findings include fourfold: first, the remunerations do not seem to be fair among them. Second, poor social perceptions for the job they perform. Third, limited promotional prospects. Forth, work overload. In accordance with our research findings, we thus propose some policy guidelines hoping to resolve the human power shortage in long-term care institutions in Taiwan.
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