The study aims to examine the factors associated with the willinness of community elderly to reside in a nursing home as their long-term care arrangement. Information from a survey of 415 older adults living in four communities around Taipei Area indicated 21.5% agree that they would move to a nursing home if they become sick and need others' help. The result of multiple logistic regression suggested that moving to a nursing home was more likely to be agreed by mainlanders, the older adults not lving with their children, and those with more chronic conditions.