dc.description.abstract | After Taiwan entered aging society, for the elderly, the most important issue is whether there is sufficient income transfer. Although there are a number of related regulations and policies about the elder economic security in Taiwan, but few combine social gerontology discussion, we still focus on familism, ignoring the close relationship between social policy and social facts. Therefore, this research applies content analysis and qualitative interviews as its methodology. The former is about the administrative appeal decisions of Ministry of the Interior about living allowance for mid or low-income senior citizens. The latter is about the interviews of three types of groups, first, the elderly, such as the general elderly, the near-poor elderly, and the mid or low-income elderly, second, the head of districts and last, the other related workers. With these materials, this research try to understand the composition of the pension resources in real life, the actual situation of elderly falling into poverty, and the issues about living support for the elderly of national transfer.
The thesis put forward three conclusions: (1) The decrease of family pension function reveal the urgency of surveying the elder economic security; (2) There are structural constraints to realize and apply for elderly welfare benefits; (3) The statutes of living support for the elderly is beyond social reality. Finally, according to the reaserch findings and conclusions, this thesis offers some policy recommendations as following: value the differences between the elderly groups to improve the accessibility of elderly welfare; construct single administrative service agency to facilitate the applying of elderly welfare benefits; the current investigation on elderly welfare benefits should in accordance with substantial recongnition principle; adjust the country′s view on economic security for the elderly. In summary, in order to carry out the elder economic security, it is hoped that the impact on pension resources and structural inequality from social change can be confronted, and the related policies and institutions can be revised. | en_US |