TY - JOUR AU - Chiu, Tzu-Ying AU - Yu, Hsiao-Wei AU - Goto, Rei AU - Lai, Wen-Lin AU - Li, Hsi-Chang AU - Tsai, En-Tien AU - Chen, Ya-Mei PY - 2019 DA - 2019/06/07 TI - From fragmentation toward integration: a preliminary study of a new long-term care policy in a fast-aging country JO - BMC Geriatrics SP - 159 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Taiwan, one of the fastest-aging countries in the world, started implementing version 1.0 of its long-term care (LTC) plan in 2008. In 2017, LTC Plan 2.0 began a new era with its goal to integrate Taiwan’s fragmented LTC service system. LTC Plan 2.0 also aims to establish an integrated community-based LTC system incorporating both health care and disability prevention. This three-tier model consists of the following: two LTC services with a day-care center as their base and case management (Tier A), a day-care center and a single LTC service (Tier B), and LTC stations that provide primary prevention services and respite services for frail community-dwelling older adults to prevent further disabilities (Tier C). A defined cluster of agencies in a local area works together as a Tier ABC team. LTC Plan 2.0 is a new policy for Taiwan, and hence it is important to understand the agencies’ initial difficulties with implementation and identify future challenges to help further policy development. SN - 1471-2318 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1172-5 DO - 10.1186/s12877-019-1172-5 ID - Chiu2019 ER -