Meet the aging citizens with intellectual developmental disorders

Chensenmei Social Welfare Foundation (真善美社會福利基金會) is located in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City. It is the first institution in Taiwan to provide professional care for aging people with an intellectual disability. Established with the aim of addressing the difficult predicament that double-aging families face, Chensenmei Social Welfare Foundation goes some way to relieving the the burden on the elderly parents of people with an intellectual disability - a social issue that definitely requires more community and government attention and assistance. In fact, it was the unwillingness of so many institutions to accept aging people with an intellectual disability that inspired Chensenmei Social Welfare Foundation to open its new facility.

Director of Chensenmei Social Welfare Foundation, Huang Xiao-fang (黃小芳), indicated that people with an intellectual disability are considered “elderly” once they pass forty five years of age. With the age of parents ranging from sixty to eighty years old, taking care of children with an intellectual disability is very problematic, especially with regards to ensuring they receive proper medical treatment. 

Meet the aging citizens with intellectual developmental disorders

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位在桃園市中壢區的真善美社會福利基金會，成立了台灣第一家專責照顧老憨兒的機構「真善美家園」，分擔老憨兒父母的憂心，協助雙老家庭面臨的困境，希望社會及政府能對憨老問題多一分關注與協助。

真善美社會福利基金會主任黃小芳表示，老憨兒是四十五歲以上的憨兒，他們的父母約60-80歲，在照顧上會產生許多問題，且光是就醫的困難度就非常的高，所以很多機構不願意收容老憨兒。因此真善美社會福利基金會才會興建這個老憨兒家園，希望幫助老父母放下他們的大石頭。