依據內政部戶政司統計94年老年人口（65歲以上）為2,216,804人，較93年底增加66,329人；占總人口9.74％，較93年底增加0.26個百分點。臺閩地區人口早已達到聯合國世界衛生組織所定義老年人口比率為7％之高齡化社會。另依據行政院經建會九十一年的推估，至民國一一0年（即十年後）老年人口將達四0二萬餘人，佔總人口的一六．八八%，至民國一一六年老年人口估計會有四九0萬餘人，佔總人口的二0．六九%，即每五人中就有一位是老年長者。根據聯合國世界衛生組織定義，老人為65歲以上年齡，目前台灣老年人口根據2004年全台人口及年齡分佈普查，老年人口為佔全體人口之9.2%，而依據國際標準，當一個地區人口（65歲以上）佔人口總數比例超過7%時，我們便可判定這個區域已經達到人口高齡化的水準，根據此標準台灣早在1995年即以邁入老化國家（7.3%），近幾年雖有減緩之現象，但是老化速率依舊為全球第二，世界衛生組織指出，今年全球老化速率為23%，台灣地區為48%，而鄰國日本高達140%，人口老化所帶來的社會意義，除了醫療、勞動力，最突顯的便是老人安養問題，目前社會上老人安養護機構如雨後春筍不斷冒出，本文所要探討的是由住民家屬角度來探討，對住民和機構來做對外籍監護工之評析研究，希望藉此來了解住民家屬對於住民和機構業者所顧聘的外籍監護工之期許和建言。

The World Health Organization defines the aged population, as a person whose age is over 65 years old. In Taiwan 9.2% of the population are the elderly persons so far. According to the international standard for elderly population was reviewed at 7%, that means Taiwan has been an ageing society. In this standard, Taiwan had been an aged country from the year 1995. That is obvious that the social significant aged people have brought about, the society must concerned about the issues of the elderly population, particularly the institutional care for the elderly people. This paper aims to explore the institutional management issue of the foreign nursing workers based on the perspective of the family members of elderly people. We hope the results will provide valued information for the management of the institutional care for the elderly people in Taiwan.