| Abstract: | This study aimed to examine public attitudes toward three types (institutional, community-based and home-based) of long-term care arrangements, as well as the factors associated with these attitudes. Data were collected from the 1994 Social Image Survey in Taiwan, which involved a representative nation-wide random sample with 1,556 respondents aged 20–64. The results revealed that 58.2% of the respondents would choose home-based care to assist dependent elderly in their families. Community-based care and institutional care were selected by 31.8% and 10.1% of the respondents respectively. Polytomous logistic regression analyses were carried out to examine how respondents' socioeconomic status, health status, care resources and perception of government responsibility for the elderly were associated with the selection of long-term care for their elderly. We concluded that a large portion of the study participants anticipate the development of institution-based and community-based care by the government |
