戦後台湾の高齢者福祉と「台北市私立愛愛院」  [in Japanese] Welfare Activities for Elderly People in Taiwan in the Post-War Period, with Particular Attention to the Privately Managed "Ai-Ai-Yuan" Institution in Taipei  [in Japanese]

Due to incessant changes in social conditions-in particular, with rapid changes of population structure-it is now increasingly important that elderly people themselves try to display empowerment ability and seek a life worth living. In the past, with the aim of solving the problems caused by the increasing number of elderly people, Japan has been learning much from the countries in Europe and America. In future, however, it will be essential to cope with these problems through learning and information exchange with Taiwan and South Korea, where the number of elderly people is rapidly increasing. We have, therefore, attempted to elucidate the problems caused by the increase of the elderly population in Japan through a detailed analysis of the situation in the post-war period at Ai-Ai-Yuan, a privately managed welfare institution in Taipei (formerly called Ai-Ai Dormitory), which was first established during the period of Japanese colonization. Throughout the study, we have tried to find an effective approach for intervention to enrich the empowerment ability of elderly people in Japan.