老人及長期照護人力培育

The Education and Training of Manpower in Elderly & Long-Term Care

台灣地區人口老化速度將與日本併居全球之冠，老老人照護成為重要的社會議題；老人及長期照護資源在過去15年迅速發展，新近才開始重視人力的培育。本文說明護理專業在老人及長期照護人力培育的現況與議題，介紹相關國家在老人照顧人才培育的策略，最後建議（一）在養成教育中納入老人護理學及老人護理學實習課程，全面化培育護理學生對老人群體的「照護能力」與「責信能力」，（二）在護理回流教育中培育其第二專長能力，以及（三）在跨專業／跨領域的老人學課程中培育學生的「跨專業團隊合作能力」以及「創新能力」。

With the rapid expansion of the aged population, elderly & long-term care has become a significant issue in Taiwan, as in many developed countries, such as Japan. Service resources in long-term care have benefitted profoundly from investment and development in the past 15 years in Taiwan, but the education and training of manpower in long-term care has only recently begun to be addressed. The purpose of this article is to describe the education and training of nursing manpower in long-term care in Taiwan and in other countries. Three recommendations are also made: (1) To integrate Gerontology Nursing & Practicum into the nursing curriculum to cultivate nursing students with competency in providing direct care and competency in accountability. (2) To prepare RN-BSN students with secondary competency in management/information & communication/activities design. (3) To incorporate faculty from across disciplines in the running of gerontology & long-term care programs in order to develop students' competency in transdisciplinary team work.