以關係做照顧：活躍老化的另類可能

Considering Relationship as Care: the Alternatives of Active Ageing

本研究以臺北醫學大學「人文創新與社會實踐」計畫的研究成果為例，嘗試探究：臺灣社會的老年照顧，是否可能存在不同於現行政策介入的另類可能？透過臺北醫人社計畫的具體實踐歷程，在三個不同空間屬性的場域中推展不同樣態的行動研究方案，共同建構出「以關係做照顧」之活躍老化的另類可能。換言之，這是一種照顧理念的創新典範，不同於現行醫護實務之「以治療做為照顧」的專業理念，並翻轉了隱藏於現行國家長照制度背後的年齡歧視，這樣的社會照顧理念呈現出老年面貌的多樣性、照顧關係的多向性，以及將人安置於其社會文化脈絡進行照顧的永續可行性。透過本研究成果之創新性與啟發性，希望讓現有國家政策意識其侷限，並且翻轉社會大眾對於高齡社會的刻板印象，而得以讓活躍老化的實踐在未來更為可行。

Apart from the current long-term care system in Taiwan, this study attempted to discuss alternatives to the elderly care patterns in Taiwan. Based on the ‘Humanity Innovation and Social Practice’ project from Taipei Medical University, we try to articulate an alternative to the active ageing of care: relationship as care. In contrast to the professional medical practice: cure as care, treating the elderly as pathological organisms, this is an innovative model of the elderly care system, and it is able to overturn ageism by presenting the diversity of the elderly, the multiplicity of the care relationship, and bringing the elderly back to their social and cultural context.