為了因應未來的十年退休老年人數量的快速攀升，經濟合作暨發展組織於2009年便倡導「健康老化政策」，鼓勵高齡者積極參與社會，保持健康狀態及自主獨立的良好生活品質，進而能降低醫療照護成本及對福利資源的依賴。為能更廣泛性的探討老人的社會活動，本研究將分析老人在日常活動及具社會角色活動的全面性生活內涵，並探討社區老人參與社會活動與生活滿意度之關係。
本研究資料取自國科會計畫2008年「社區老人社會參與及成功調適調查」，以次級資料進行分析，該研究樣本為南部地區居住在社區六十五歲以上的老年人，實際完訪樣本為1028名，有效樣本為915名，占全部回收樣本數89%。老人社會活動的資料來自受訪者回溯一周七日，每日24小時之作息活動紀錄，以Life-H為活動分類基礎，採用LSIA評估老人生活滿意度。
研究結果發現，老年人普遍參與社會活動依序為溝通交流活動、人際互動、促進健康活動、休閒娛樂與膳食營養，受訪老人對整體生活滿意度之平均分數為7.25分，顯示當前的老人對生活滿意度為中上程度。老年人的居家生活與參加教育性的社會活動可提升整體生活滿意度。
社會活動對生活滿意有極大的影響性，建議未來相關議題值得深入探討，政府及相關單位應瞭解老年人社會活動需求，協助中老年人規劃其退休生活，使老年人能健康的成功老化與在地老化，提升自我的生活滿意度。 The next decade the number of retired elderly will quickly increased. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development proposed “Healthy Ageing” in 2009, encourage the elders to participat in community and social activities, maintaining good health and quality of life with the autonomy and independence, in order to reduce the resources of medical care and dependence on the social welfare. In order to explore the extensiveness of social activitites of elderly in community, in social activities. We would like to analyze the complete picture of daily and social role activities of elders in this study, and then explore the correlation of the social activities and their life satisfaction.
We were analyzed by secondary data which was originated from the “Research of Social Participation and Successful Adjustability for Community Elders” of National Science Council in 2008. Dataset’s samples were the elders above 65-year-old of live in the Southern Taiwan. Total samples were 1028 and the effective samples were 915,the responding rate was 89%. Respondants’ data of social activates of 24-hours daily record in the past week was uses. The basis of classification of social activities for the elderly was Life-H and we assessed life satisfaction of elders by LSIA.
The results showed the mainly activitie of respondents were interpersonal communication activity, Interpersonal relationships, fitness activity, recreation activity, and nutrition activity. The average score of the life satisfactory was 7.25, show the responents’ life satisfaction in middle high level. We also discovered that the educational activities and homely life activities also influence the life satisfaction of the elderly.
Since the result shows social activities had major influence in elders’ life satisfaction, related research issue should be explored in the future. Policies to increase the motivate of social activities participation for elders were strongly recommended. We were also suggests to develop better educational planning, for help the middle-aged and elderly people to map out their retired life andleading healthily ageing.
