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Chieh-hsiu Liu

National Cheng Kung University

Chieh-hsiu Liu

Chieh-hsiu Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and a Consultant Geriatrician at NCKU Hospital in Taiwan. He also serves as the Director of the Taiwan Society for Care Research and the Taiwan Association of Family Carers. In addition to his medical expertise, he holds an MSc in Health Policy and Management from National Taiwan University and a DPhil in Social Policy from the University of Oxford. His doctoral thesis, “Care Going Public? Ideas and Politics of Taiwan’s Elder-Care Reform,”examines the continuity and transformation of long-term care policy in Taiwan over the past two decades, situating these developments within the broader context of East Asian familialist welfare regimes. Chieh-hsiu’s research focuses on comparative long-term care policy, the innovation and evaluation of integrated health and care programs for older adults, service and social design, and community-oriented geriatrics education.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Japan; Republic of Korea; Taiwan, RoC;
Topics Access to care; Ageing in place; Artificial Intelligence; Care innovations; Care integration/ coordination; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care trajectories; Co-production in LTC; Community-based LTC; Costs of LTC; Culturally appropriate LTC; Economics of LTC; Ecosystems of care; Eligibility for public LTC; End-of-life care and LTC; Epidemiology and ageing trajectories; Ethics and care; Evaluation of LTC systems and services; Governance and LTC systems organisation; Healthcare access in LTC; Implementation; Intergenerational approaches; Loneliness among older people; LTC insurance; LTC Policy; LTC Reforms; LTC Systems; New models of care; Outcome measurement in LTC; Outcomes for unpaid/informal carers; Person-centered care; Prevention and rehabilitation and LTC; Primary Health Care; Quality of care; Relationship between LTC use and hospital use; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Rights and people’s voices in LTC systems; Social Innovation in LTC; Social Insurance; Social Prescribing; Technology and LTC; Unmet needs; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Analysis of administrative data; Assessment tool development; Case studies; Co-production methods; Comparative policy analysis; Creative research methods; Data science and LTC research; Delphi surveys; Document analysis; Economic evaluation; Focus groups; Guidelines development; Implementation science; Interviews; Literature reviews and synthesis; Mixed methods; Participatory research methods; Policy analysis; Practice-based approaches; Qualitative studies; Questionnaire; Scoping reviews; Service mapping; Surveys; Systematic Review; Thematic analysis; Theory and frameworks; Theory of Change;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Care home markets and regulation; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Economics of Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; Social Care Reform in England; Technology and Long-Term Care; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP);
Websitehttps://dgg.hosp.ncku.edu.tw/p/405-1038-264603,c30028.php?Lang=zh-tw
Research interests

Chieh-hsiu’s research comprises two key areas:

  1. Comparative Long-Term Care Policy Research
    Chieh-hsiu’s work examines Taiwan’s long-term care policy development within the broader context of policy transitions in East Asia. His research provides a comparative analysis of Taiwan’s policy trajectory since the 2000s, including the “Ten-Year Long-Term Care Plan” and subsequent proposals for long-term care insurance. His studies delve into the evolution of “care going public” policies across dimensions such as statutory care responsibilities, care services, cash benefits, and caregiver leave. Building on his doctoral research, he continues to analyze Taiwan’s ongoing policy advancements, including the implementation of Long-Term Care 2.0.
  2. Development, Innovation, and Evaluation of Integrated Health and Care Programs for Older Adults
    Chieh-hsiu’s research addresses critical challenges faced by healthcare systems as they strive to meet the multifaceted and complex needs of an aging population. Contemporary hospital services, traditionally designed for single-disease treatment, are often ill-suited to the holistic care needs of older adults. This mismatch, compounded by fragmented and siloed care systems, undermines the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of care. Chieh-hsiu’s work explores strategies to bridge the gaps between healthcare and long-term care, link hospitals with community-based care settings, and leverage digital technologies to reimagine and reconstruct care delivery models.
Key publications
  • ‘Care Going Public’ in the Familialistic Welfare Regime? Ideas and Politics of Taiwan’s Elder Care Reform. Thesis (DPhil), University of Oxford, UK. 
  • Assessing intrinsic capacity in Taiwan: Initial psychometric properties of the Integrated Care for Older People Screening Tool for Taiwanese (ICOPES-TW). BMC Geriatrics 2024, 24:477. 
  • Efficacy of brief behavioral therapy for insomnia in older adults with chronic insomnia: A systematic review and meta-regression from six randomized trials.  Age and Ageing 2023, 52(1) afac333.
  • Burdens on caregivers of patients with stroke during a pandemic: Relationships with family support, psychological distress, and fear of COVID-19. BMC Geriatrics 2022; 22: 958.