Care subsidy increasingSAFETY AND EFFICIENCY: The subsidy, taking effect in July, would promote leasing over buying smart assistive medical devices for late-life home careBy Lo Pi and Esme Yeh / Staff reportersThe long-term care subsidy amount is to be boosted to NT$60,000 over a three-year interval from July for each applicant who chooses to lease smart assistive devices instead of buying them, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday. Long-Term Care Department senior technical specialist Pai Shan-chi (白姍綺) said people who need assistive devices or accessible residential designs must first call the 1966 long-term care service hotline to apply for the subsidy. Those assessed as Level 2 to Level 8 in need of long-term care would be eligible, she said. The subsidy was NT$40,000 over three years for applicants who purchased traditional mechanical assistive devices of 47 types. While that subsidy remains, people would be offered an alternative beginning in July, in which the subsidy amount would increase to NT$60,000 if they lease smart devices, Pai said.

Source: Taipei Times February 06, 2026 16:09 UTC