[[alternative]]A Study of the Elderly of Life Experience Faced by Veterans--Take Pingtung Veterans Home as an Example

[[abstract]] 本研究探討屏東榮家中之榮民面對終老處境與整體生命歷程中經驗的關係。透過質性研究之詮釋現象學為引導，以歐文亞隆的存在心理治療和老年發展相關理論為解釋之觀點，以「立意取樣」選取三位於民國38年從大陸來台後之退役軍人為研究參與者。利用「參與觀察法」熟悉研究參與者的經驗世界，「深度訪談法」讓研究過程能夠給予研究參與者情境化描述並完成逐字稿，取得文本資料。並通過研究參與者的終老生命經驗的述說與視域化的綜合分析，藉以展露「面臨終老之榮民的生命經驗」之本質與其生活世界背景所隱藏之意義。本研究結果發現，對於榮民終老生命發展歷程與經驗的面向是「無根」與「孤獨」，其核心的議題是以「家」為主，榮民歷經三、四十年的軍旅生活過著的是顛沛流離，無家可歸的孤寂感，如無根的浮萍。而當卸下軍袍後，進入終老時期，身體老化病痛纏身之時，最後無奈只好選擇進住榮民之家來度過孤獨終老的生活。入住榮家後的主觀感受是從「安老」、「遺棄」、「病苦」到「孤獨」的生活經驗。另外，為因應終老處境榮民們以「人生就是這個樣」來形塑生命意義的價值；面對生命即將消逝，也有了自己的體悟及準備，並在回顧自己生命經驗的同時，也詮釋出自我的生命意義，並以「好死」勝於「歹活」的坦然面對死亡態度的認知。因此，對於本研究未來可做為研究二代榮民的參考基礎，同時可提供相關輔導會及社福機構，在提供外在的設施與資源之外，更重視榮民內在的心理與靈性問題，以整體提昇榮民之家的榮民照護工作的品質與內涵，並促進老年政策及老人社會福利的另類思維。[[abstract]] This study investigated about the whole life course and experience of Veteran from Pingtung Veterans Home and the relationship between the elderly situations. Guided by the hermeneutic–phenomenological method, the researcher collects the empirical data mainly through the field participation in the family-house of a veteran home and the depth-interviews on the three participants therein. The findings from the research of the core issue is ＂home＂ , projecting the life course of the elder veterans, who followed the army withdrew from the Mainland to Taiwan, where after four decades of military life is lived and displaced their family. After removing the military gown in Taiwan, they solitarily face the challenges of the variety of life and struggling to establish their own home. However, when entering the old age, the home that the veterans chose to spend their rest of elderly life was riddled with illness. For dying, the elder veterans psychologically have their own sorts of understanding, preparation, and reviewing their own life experience. They also have the interpretation of the meaning of life and self-attitude about death. Therefore, for veterans to expound the elderly situation and life experience, they can be used as a reference basis for other studies of elderly person. Referring to the secondary-veterans basis and other related research, it can be contributed to the relevant government agencies and welfare organizations in order to provide external facilities and resources, and keep more attention on the internal aspects, like psychological and spiritual problems. In the view to enhance the overall quality and content Veterans Home veterans care work, promoting alternative thinking policies of the elderly and the social welfare