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Smart Retirement Homes: A Cure for Taiwan's Ageing Problem? 智慧銀髮宅：台灣高齡化社會的救星？

精英翻譯社轉自http://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0059/303424/web/

Imagine a day like this in your future: as the rosy dawn light wakes you up, a motion sensor detects your movement and automatically lights up the room. You hold a customized handrail and step on the carpet that incorporates built-in safety technology. Everything in your life is safe, carefree, and convenient thanks to AI control. This is a smart retirement home, the future of elderly living care.

想像你未來某一天的情況：明亮的晨光喚醒了你，動作感測器偵測到你的動作、自動地點亮臥房。你扶著特製扶手，踏在融合了內建安全技術的地墊上。你生活中的每件事都因有了人工智慧的控管而安全、無慮且便利。這就是智慧型銀髮宅，長者生活照護的未來。

Smart retirement homes are specifically built for the elderly and include integrated　management systems that provide a senior-friendly environment. Each living space is designed for seniors 50 or older, and must meet strict criteria such as safety and accessibility. It should also provide basic medical care and a quiet environment. Existing smart retirement homes offer recreational group activities and community services that improve the quality of living for the elderly.

智慧型銀髮宅是特別為老人所建置的，以整合的管理系統來提供適合長者居住的環境。每個居住空間都是針對五十歲以上的長者所設計，且須符合安全和無障礙這些嚴格的標準。此居住空間也應提供基本的醫療照護和寧靜的環境。現有的智慧型銀髮宅提供團體休閒活動和社區服務，提升長者的生活品質。

Smart retirement homes could be one of the solutions to Taiwan's ageing society, as a rising elderly population continues to put a major strain on the government budget. Like other countries that are in a similar predicament, Taiwan has a low birthrate, low sub-replacement fertility rate, and a shrinking number of available workers. Taiwan has an elderly population that comprises at least 7 percent of the total population; it is on track to becoming a "hyper-ageing" society, in which the elderly are predicted to make up 20 percent of the population by 2025. Within 10 years, Taiwan will overtake Japan as the fastest-ageing nation in the world.

隨著攀升的高齡人口持續為政府的預算帶來龐大壓力，智慧型銀髮宅可能是台灣高齡化社會的解決方案之一。與其它處於類似困境的國家一樣，台灣有低生育率、少子化及可勞動人口減少的問題。台灣的老年人口占全部人口數至少 7%，正踏上「超高齡化」社會的路途。在 2025 年之前，老年人預計會占總人口的兩成。十年內，台灣則將超越日本，成為世界上人口老化速度最快的國家。