| 摘要: | 高齡與超高齡社會已不再是陌生的名詞，據國家發展委員會統計，台灣已於2018 年進入高齡社會，推估將於2025 年邁入超高齡社會。內政部統計資料指出，老年自住者十年間增加57%，全國約有53萬戶，這些廣大的銀髮族不僅是國家重要的資產，同時也具有不錯的社會資源與能力。同時，這些長者也表示自己期待和願意與子女同住。另一方面，青年則是面對景氣持續衰退、物價持續上揚、房價高漲難以購入等問題。因此，包含美日英等國皆有將銀髮族群與青年族群產生融合，以期達到社會互助與資源活絡的目標。其立基為，長者擁有資源與時間，但卻欠缺旁人陪伴與互助，青年擁有時間與體力，但卻欠缺資源，若能將兩者融合將能產生綜效，因此，青銀共居概念營運而生。青銀共居提供給健康且能自理的長輩在居住生活上另一種活潑，陪伴的選擇。在醫療照顧需求尚不密集，尚未進入長照配套前，生活能夠有更多元的選項，把豐富寶貴的人生閱歷自然地互動及傳承給共居的年輕人，如大家庭般的互助相伴。
Aged society and super-aged society are no longer strange terms to us. According to the data of the National Development Council, Taiwan entered an aged society in 2018 and is estimated to enter a super-aged society by 2025. Data from the Ministry of the Interior indicated that in the past 10 years, seniors who live in solitude have increased by 57%, reaching around 530,000 households nationwide. These vast senior populations are not only important assets to the country, but also still possess remarkable social resources and capacity. At the same time, these seniors also expressed their anticipation of living with their children. On the other hand, youths are faced with issues such as consistent recession, consistent price inflation, high house prices and others. Therefore, countries including the USA, Japan and the UK have merged senior populations with the youth with the expectation of achieving the goals social mutual assistance and resource invigoration. This was based on the concepts that seniors have resources and time, but lack company and mutual assistance, while youths have time and strength, but lack resources. Synergy could be created if seniors and youths could be merged together, thus resulting in the idea of “intergenerational co-housing.” Intergenerational co-housing could also provide healthy seniors who can still take care of themselves another stimulating selection of company. Before these seniors are in consistent need of medical v care and have yet to require long-term care, this provides them with a more versatile selection of passing on their precious and abundant life experience to co-living youths through natural interactions and enabling them to aid and accompany one another like a big family. |
