Taiwan's Elderly Welfare Federation has pointed out that the proposed new bill hardly addresses the real issue, which the group believes should instead be solved by establishing an elderly care insurance system.

Eighty-year-old grandmother, Chen Lin looks in good spirits as she spends every day reading, practicing calligraphy, and planting flowers in the garden.

She has been living in a nursing home for nearly six years, as her three children are busy, and one even lives abroad.

Chen does not feel lonely, sometimes even talking with a neighbor, and when she was young was a pharmacist at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, relying on a retirement pensions to pay for her nursing home bill of 36,000 NT$ per month.

As long as one is the age of 65 years, on can be admitted to public nursing home, however, the cost of one month stay can be up to 50,000 NT$ which is something that not everyone can afford.

The Federation for the Welfare of the Elderly recommends promoting elderly insurance that would be similar to national health insurance helping elderly people in their lives, and taking some of the responsibility at a national level.

The federation has criticized the Legislative Yuan "Parental Support Bill" as simply turning back to civil and criminal law to express obligations.

In January of last year, revised obligations don't take into effect Taiwan's aging society.

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