高雄縣兩觀摩社區之高齡志工參與社區志願服務經驗之研究

A Study on the Experiences of the Elder Volunteers’Participation in Community Voluntary Service：Based on Two Observational Communities in Kaohsiung County

本研究旨在探討高齡者參與社區志願服務之經驗，以高雄縣兩觀摩社區為例，本研究欲瞭解兩社區高齡志工參與社區志願服務經驗、高齡者參與社區志願服務的阻力，以及高齡志工參與社區服務後的轉變。由於兩社區各有其社區發展脈絡，因此，本研究呈現出不同社區型態的高齡者參與志願服務之影響。本研究採用質性研究方法，包括深度訪談法和相關文獻的蒐集，與受訪者面對面交談，以了解受訪者他們對從事志工服務之經驗及情況等。根據研究資料分析獲致下列結論：首先，不同社區有各自發展脈絡及形成條件亦會對其志願服務產生不同的影響，更呼應出社區發展時的種種問題。其二，高齡志工參與志願服務之影響層面涵括自己至家庭及社區。其三，高齡者參與社區志願服務在不同服務階段可用不同的高齡者參與志願服務理論予以解釋。最後，針對研究結果提出幾點建議，提供高齡志工、社區、政府之參考，以期能使高齡者參與社區服務工作更蓬勃發展，使高齡者能老當益壯、老有所用，社區及社會更能加珍惜我們週遭的老寶貝們。

This research aims at exploring the elder’s experiences of participating community volunteer services, with special reference of two communities in Kaohsiung County. This research attempts to look into the experience of senior volunteers in community services, the difficulties they encounter in participating in the community services, their experiences of being senior volunteers, and what changes to these senior volunteers in community services. Because these two communities have their own history of development, so this research attempts to investigate how different types of communities influence the senior volunteers serving their community. This research adopts a qualitative methodology, by means of in-depth interview and literature review, in order to obtain the first-hand data of senior volunteers’ experiences and their personal situations. According to the analyzed documents of interviews and relevant reviews, this study indicates the following conclusions. First, different communities with different developing backgrounds and conditions have different influences on the elder volunteer’s participation, which would lead to various experiences and obstacles encountered by these elder volunteers. Second, senior volunteers’ services influence themselves, their families and the whole community. Third, with the elder’s participation in different phases of community service, different theories of voluntary service have to be employed regarding the difference phases in question. Finally, it is with the hope to flourish the elder’s voluntary participation in community service that this study comes to several suggestions for the reference of the elder volunteers, communities, and the government. With these suggestions in mind, the elders will be more vigorous in fulfilling their lives, and, most importantly, our communities as well as society will cherish the elders around us even more.