ABSTRACT
Planning on living arrangements for senior citizens such as welfare, medical care, nursing homes, manpower development and career counseling should be started as early as possible to reduce their dependency on society. This also means that more emphasis will be placed on improving the quality of life and care for the elders. Most long-term care services are provided on an institutional basis by nursing homes due to the structural changes in society and family. Traditional family-based home care system is perishing. Once an elderly people arc unable to care for themselves, the family has no choice but place them in a nursing home. The majority of the elderly, however, would much prefer "age in place" and live out their lives where they belong.
