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Organisatons working together to protect the elderly in Taiwan
- Author:
- LIN Li-Wen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 4(30), 2004, pp.19-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper uses a network approach to examine the coordination of protective services for the elderly in Taipei City, Taiwan. The purposes of this study are to map the characteristics of network structures, and compare the different relational patterns and organizational roles. It also examines perspectives of organizations toward the factors that facilitate or impede service coordination for the protective services. The results show that patterns of interorganizational coordination do depend on the kind of resources being exchanged. Public agencies were the most central agencies in the protective service network. This article provides implications and guidelines for public policy-makers and organizations to establish effective service coordination to protect the elderly. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)