
我國失能人口達92萬人,全國約18萬家庭照顧者中超過2成缺乏照顧替手,長期照顧導致身心疲憊。專家指出,尋求居家喘息服務非棄養,而是更完整照顧方式,可減輕負擔並顧及照顧者自身需求。
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我國失能人口達92萬人,全國約有18萬家庭照顧者。長期照顧易導致身心疲憊,超過2成照顧者缺乏照顧替手,只能獨自承擔照顧責任。
我國失能人口高達92萬人,全國粗估有18萬名家庭照顧者,但有超過2成的照顧者缺少照顧替手,只能「孤軍奮戰」。照顧失智症媽媽10多年的小美說,她也曾堅持「我一定可以」、不願意尋求外援,直到一場車禍讓她徹底轉念,使用居家與喘息服務資源後,不只減輕照顧負擔,更讓她慢慢找回自己的生活。
現年62歲的小美(化名)說,媽媽數年前罹患失智症,爸爸過世後,考量姊姊也有病在身,她只能辭去工作、自己扛下所有照顧責任,後來因長期抱扶導致身體嚴重痠痛,還出現失眠,所幸在醫師與家照專員廖婉婷等人的陪伴下,開始使用居家與喘息服務資源,慢慢找回自己的生活。
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小美提到,當初因為沒有工作又沒有照顧外援,甚至落得跟媽媽「兩個人吃一個便當」的窘境,有居家服務幫助後,情況逐漸改善,還有一次發生車禍,她第一時間擔心的是「媽媽誰來照顧」,但居家服務立刻讓她放下心來,至少中午、晚上有人幫忙,早上和半夜則請姊姊協助。
家照專員、社工師廖婉婷則說,小美這樣無微不至、非常律己的照顧者大多有著強烈的責任感與執著,也因此很難相信外來的專業人員可以把媽媽照顧好,小美曾說,她像一個小媽媽一樣提供協助,但她很心疼照顧者們對被照顧者的需求、喜好如數家珍,卻忘記自己也需要被人照顧,希望照顧者們在照顧他人的同時,也可以多想想自己、把自己照顧好。
中華民國家庭照顧者關懷總會理事長陳維萍則說,根據2025年「0800-50-7272家庭照顧者關懷專線」來電問題統計,首次來電且符合「高負荷家庭照顧者初篩指標」的照顧者中,有高達24.4%「沒有照顧替手」,實務上也常遇到照顧者身負長照任務且不敢交出去的情況。
陳維萍提到,家庭照顧者無法把照顧任務托付給他人,一方面是民眾較常聽到的「孝道義務」壓力,另一方面也遇過照顧者高度依賴家庭照顧者,甚至有「你們是我養大的,我生病了,你們要照顧我」的想法,不願意由他人照顧,即使專業團隊前往協助,也會被趕出家門,最終仍只能靠家庭照顧者。
然而,陳維萍強調,隨著民團與政府活絡資源、提供家庭照顧者更多的選擇,尋求外部「神隊友」的幫忙,並不是拋棄被照顧者,而是以另一種更全面、更完整的照顧來完成任務,也減輕家庭的照顧負擔,把時間留給家庭成員「談情說愛」,而不是在看不見終點的長照歷程中反目成仇。
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隨著宣導與資源增加,未來半年內使用居家喘息服務的照顧者人數將成長15%。
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