優質老年是高齡化社會的重要議題與目標，生活安適是必要的需求，懷有希望與正向面對死亡的態度是生活安適的內涵，因此，本研究欲針對社區中活得生意盎然且能獨立參與社區相關活動之老人，透過描述性研究，以立意取樣選取居住中部地區參加晨間運動團體、老年長青團契及某基金會長青大學之社區老人為對象，透過結構式問卷資料收集。探討其基本特性、生活安適感及與希望感、死亡態度之間的相關，以作為推廣優質老年之參考。 結果顯示，本研究之社區老人基本特性為教育程度較高、已婚、與家人合居、有宗教信仰及經濟夠用等。多數老人擁有不錯的生活安適感、希望感與正向的死亡態度，尤其是接受死亡的自然性。顯示老人整體在生活的安適感受是傾向正面且滿意的。其中教育程度、快樂指數、志工參與及經濟狀況是影響社區老人生活安適與希望感的因素。而在生活安適感、希望感與正向的死亡態度間則具有明確的相關。

The major purpose of this descriptive research is to explore the interrelationships among demographic characteristics of elders living in the community, depression, feelings of well-being and hope, and attitudes toward death. It is focusing on the elders who live actively and attend the relating activity independently in the community. A purposive sampling method was adopted to recruit elders from one community in Middle Taiwan, who participated in a morning exercise group, a religious group, or an elders’ activity center. A total of 194 elders took past in this study, a structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Most of the elders in this study had higher education levels than the general population of elderly on Taiwan. Most had been married, were currently living together with their families, were affiliated with a major religious faith, and had enough money to live on. Levels of depression tended to be low, and feelings of well-being and hope, and attitudes toward death tended to be positive. The results indicated that the elders were satisfied with their lives and their perception of life. Education level, perceived happiness, participated on volunteer work, and economic level were the major factors influencing feelings of well-being, hope, and depression. In addition, there were significant correlation between positive attitudes toward death and feelings of well-being and hope.