Chen Yu-fen, secretary-general of the Taiwan Association of Family Caregivers (TAFC) points out that because Taiwan practices traditional family values the responsibility for caregiving has always been a "family affair" or a "private affair." The government has only provided free care institutions for the elderly poor and indigent.
「家庭照顧者關懷總會」秘書長陳郁芬指出，台灣因有傳統的家庭倫理，照顧責任一直都被「家庭化」、「私化」，政府僅對貧苦無依的老人進行免費的機構收容安置，其餘的老人照顧工作則完全歸屬於家庭。