高齡者生活調適與社會關係初探   免費試閱

An Exploratory Study on Life Adjustment and Social Relationships among the Elderly

社會大眾對於老年普遍有著迷思與誤解，高齡者遂成為不被看見、甚至無處發聲的弱勢族群。本研究以便利取樣方式訪談12位54～85歲的高齡者，男女各取6位，進行半結構式的深度訪談與觀察，再以詮釋現象方法論述並分析高齡者生活調適方式與社會互動關係的主觀意念，以促進社會大眾對於老年世代能夠多些正確認識與瞭解。

This research is about elderly life experience. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 12 community elderly aged between 54-85. Analysis revealed that the elders have to re-explore their life, re-develope their meaning of life. As people get older, they usually engage in the same activities as earlier in life, but with advancing age, there tends to be an overall decline in participation rate. Variations and individual differences, along with the influence of gender and socioeconomic status, play a big part. Physical ageing does not directly influence and decline the quality of life. By improving the elders’ positive perspectives on life, they will be able to adapt themselves well to new environments of life in later life.