The swelling ranks of the elderly will have tremendous implications for the distribution of social resources. To set proper policy requires an adequate grounding of research into seniors 'physical and mental health as well as their economic and family situations.
因此，老老期人口的急遽增加，勢必會影響老人福利措施的規劃及社會資源的分配；而老人人口及其身心、經濟、家庭狀況的普查便成為老人政策制訂及調整極為重要的依歸。