高齡者臨終會談―― 以融入樂齡大學課程為例

Apply the Conversation Project in Active Aging Learning College Programs

科技拓展了人類生命的長度，也延緩了死亡，死亡的品質也開始受到重視，相關議題亦融入於各階段教育中，培育國人正向面對死亡態度，珍惜生命，發掘存在意義，而此對於較其他年齡階段更鄰近死亡的高齡者尤顯迫切。有鑑於此，我國在高齡教育的推展中，特將生命教育納入樂齡大學的課程參考教材之中，本文即提出以美國改善醫療保健研究所提出之臨終會談方案融入樂齡大學參考教材為例，以提供高齡教育現場的教學實務者參考，以能順利協助高齡者達到知死善生、無憾人生的教學目標實現。

Medical technologies not only help humans live longer， but also slow down the dying process. Quality of death is an important concern for older adults that near the end of their lives. Therefore， the Active Aging Learning Colleges plan on some projects about the topic of death and dying to promote life education. The aims of this article are to integrate the Conversation Project into the curriculums and suggestions are offered to practitioner who help older learners achieve great understanding of dying and death， appreciate all that they already have and leave no regrets.