In recent years there has been a great upsurge in rental retirement homes targeted at healthy seniors who can "live independently."
以「生活能自理」的健康老人為訴求對象的老人出租住宅，近年大行其道。據內政部統計，從民國八十四年到九十三年十月止，台灣的老人住宅平均每年以 117.1 戶的速度緩步成長。