Although living in old age with one's children remains the ideal, today, when the small, two-generation family has gradually become the mainstream, the two-income family is becoming increasingly common, and the number of children who study abroad, work abroad or emigrate is growing, many people in their twilight years must contemplate another approach to life in retirement to avoid living alone with no one to care for them.
雖然居家仍是最理想的養老居住方式，無奈在兩代小家庭逐漸躍居主流，雙薪家庭日益普及，子女留學、外派、移民日增的今天，為了避免老人家獨居無人照應，許多人在人生向晚階段，仍必須考慮另一種安養方式。