(The scale also covers three other factors — ability to use the telephone, keep track of finances, and administer one ’ s own medicines — that the Long-Term Care Program does not take into consideration.) Wu Shiao-chi points out, however, that most men in Taiwan would answer in the negative if you asked them whether they can prepare meals, do the laundry, or handle household chores.
「在資源有限下，應該只補助中重度失能者；但目前只要有一項指標達不到，就算輕度失能，標準太寬鬆。」吳肖琪進一步提醒，以中風患者為例，前半年是復健黃金期，如果患者連簡單的家事如摺衣服都不願意做或不需要做，等於錯失復健時間。