In the past the "in-home service" carried economic restrictions (only for middle- or lower-income elderly). This service was extended to all elderly persons in 2003 when an "In-home Service Plan for Non-Middle- or Low-Income Disabled Elderly" was begun on a provisional basis. After one year less than 15,000 elderly were enjoying this service, a very low percentage of the more than 180,000 disabled elderly.
過去「居家服務」有經濟條件的限制（老人必須是中低收入戶），民國 92 年開始試辦「非中低收入失能老人的居家服務計畫」，才將服務擴及一般老人；試辦一年下來，享受這項服務的老人不到 1 萬 5000 人，和為數超過 18 萬的失能老人相較，比例甚低。