The Case of Community Care Centre Plan
The emergence and development of the community care centre
Background
The Community Care Centre Plan (CCCP) was implemented in Taiwan because of the social conditions and pressures of the ageing population in the 1990s. The CCCP was based on the unique social conditions in Taiwan, namely the Community Development Associations (CDAs) system. In Taiwan, CDAs are widespread grassroots organizations. Most CDAs were established by the Community Development Plan, which was advocated by the United Nations in 1968. However, only approximately 20% of the CDAs are currently functioning nearly 50 years after creation. The 7,839 CDAs were the most popular voluntary organizations in communities in 2015. Beginning in …show more content…
The core characteristic of the CCC is that its services are shaped by elderly individuals’ concerns. The CCC encourages elderly adults out of their homes to participate in community-based club activities offered by the centres.
The CCCP outlined four official services (health promotion, food service, home visits, and telephone greeting). These four official services were based on the three core activities of the VCCP: tea parties (informal gatherings), health education and health monitoring. Health promotion included daily health monitoring (measuring weight and blood pressure), health education, selected gymnastics activities, and community club activities for social interaction. All health promotion activities were implemented by volunteers. Volunteers also provided food services for the elderly adults who participated in the health promotion activities and for the individuals who were unable or unwilling to participate in the activities. Other volunteers participated in the meals-on-wheels service. Volunteers also implemented the home visits programme. Volunteers were organized into teams and were assigned to greet the elderly who were unable or unwilling to participate in the activities at the centres. Volunteers provided brief public service messages to the individuals they visited and referred the elderly who were in need of welfare to social workers. Telephone greetings were provided for the elderly who were unwilling to accept visits or who lived far away. Both home visits and telephone greetings were created to increase social participation and social linkage among the elderly, especially those who lived
The emergence and development of the community care centre
Background
The Community Care Centre Plan (CCCP) was implemented in Taiwan because of the social conditions and pressures of the ageing population in the 1990s. The CCCP was based on the unique social conditions in Taiwan, namely the Community Development Associations (CDAs) system. In Taiwan, CDAs are widespread grassroots organizations. Most CDAs were established by the Community Development Plan, which was advocated by the United Nations in 1968. However, only approximately 20% of the CDAs are currently functioning nearly 50 years after creation. The 7,839 CDAs were the most popular voluntary organizations in communities in 2015. Beginning in …show more content…
The core characteristic of the CCC is that its services are shaped by elderly individuals’ concerns. The CCC encourages elderly adults out of their homes to participate in community-based club activities offered by the centres.
The CCCP outlined four official services (health promotion, food service, home visits, and telephone greeting). These four official services were based on the three core activities of the VCCP: tea parties (informal gatherings), health education and health monitoring. Health promotion included daily health monitoring (measuring weight and blood pressure), health education, selected gymnastics activities, and community club activities for social interaction. All health promotion activities were implemented by volunteers. Volunteers also provided food services for the elderly adults who participated in the health promotion activities and for the individuals who were unable or unwilling to participate in the activities. Other volunteers participated in the meals-on-wheels service. Volunteers also implemented the home visits programme. Volunteers were organized into teams and were assigned to greet the elderly who were unable or unwilling to participate in the activities at the centres. Volunteers provided brief public service messages to the individuals they visited and referred the elderly who were in need of welfare to social workers. Telephone greetings were provided for the elderly who were unwilling to accept visits or who lived far away. Both home visits and telephone greetings were created to increase social participation and social linkage among the elderly, especially those who lived