應用GPS探討城鄉高齡者的生活軌跡

Research on GPS Application into the Life Path of Urban and Rural Senior Citizens

由於民國98 年度65 歲以上高齡人口已達到10.6%，經建會預估在2030 年，我國65 歲以上的老人將佔20％，高齡化現象日趨嚴重之時，本研究是以落實在地老化的觀點，就南北城鄉村各一個社區，進行現有城鄉服務資源探討。研究方法是以GPS 軌跡記錄來探討高齡者的時間運用、活動路徑與範圍，並輔以訪談、參與觀察法，進一步瞭解受訪者的活動類型與行為。依據高齡者之活動型態將生活路徑分為社交型、選擇型、必要型三種類型，提出城鄉高齡者最常去的公共設施地點和運用的時間相關性，社區公共空間如何連結與改善，以符合城鄉高齡者的活動需求。

In 2009, the number of the elderly aged beyond 65 has reached up to 10.6% and according to the forecast from Council for Economic Planning and Development in 2030, the number of elderly aged 65 or older will reach 20％ among overall population in Taiwan. Therefore, the ageing society will arrive much sooner than we expected. This study practically applies the Aging-In-Place concept and that demonstrates the current service resources provided in urban and rural areas which are not optimized. Therefore, a community in urban and rural areas was selected to explore the town and rural service resources. This research is in domestic studying and we adopted a main analytical method in GPS orbit record for the first time in order to analyze the GPS trace recorded, and understand the way the elderly live their life and the path and the scope of activities they join. We also supplemented with one-on-one interviews through keen observations and gained in-depth information of activity categories and behavior patterns of elderly people. Categorized the path of activity categories and behavior patterns of the elderly; the 'Social type', 'Optional type', and 'Necessary type' are proposed. We performed the research & provided the analysis of the degrees for places of real activities. The study was conducted thorough analysis to identify the most common place of public facilities that elderly use and meanwhile associated with the time of usage. In this case, the research can further provide the information regarding how to improve for the public places of communities with critical and essential demanded applications for the urban and rural elderly.