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09 ｜ Social Welfare

On November 14, 2023, the Community Golden Point Award Ceremony was held.

4. Local governments were encouraged to work with security of persons with disabilities, and to enhance
village offices and community groups to establish their social participation and their living standards
4,830 community care stations as shown in Figure through comprehensive and continuous services. At
9-5. The stations provide care visits, telephone visits the end of 2023, there were more than 1,214,000
and referral services, catering services, and heal persons with disabilities in Taiwan, accounting for
promoting activities. 3,060 community care stations 5.19% of the population.
set up Community Long-Term Care Stations (C) in
line with the long-term care policy. 2023 Golden Section 1 Rights Protection for Persons
Community Care Stations Awards were held to with Disabilities
honor the benchmark groups and individuals who 1. In accordance with the provisions of the Act to
have contributed to community care stations, giving Implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons
out 15 Golden Community Care Stars Awards (for with Disabilities (CRPD), Taiwan has submitted the
groups), 5 Golden Community Care Heroes Awards second report under the CRPD. The international
(for individuals). review meeting of the CRPD was successfully
conducted in August 2022, where international
Chapter 4 Welfare for Persons with human rights experts engaged in dialogue with
Disabilities domestic persons with disabilities and their
Responding to the increasing number of persons representative organizations, and government
with disabilities, their varied individual needs, and departments, and presented a total of 118
international trends, the MOHW defined disabilities Concluding Observations. In 2023, the government
according to WHO's International Classification proposed Concluding Observations Response Form
of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Taiwan of the Second Report, aiming for step-by-step and
integrates its welfare policies for persons with strategic implementation to advance the rights of
disabilities, Taiwan desires to provide services persons with disabilities.
according to the evaluation and assessment results 2. "Disabilities Evaluation and Needs Assessment"
to protect the rights and interests and the economic for persons with disabilities specifies that persons

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