請幫我翻譯Introduction2 - 社會議題

By 2027,an esti mated 5 mil lion Tai wan ese – more than one in five –are expected to be senior cit i zens. As the sig nif i cant impact
that a rap idly aging pop u la tion will have on Tai wan’s soci -
etal and eco nomic devel op ment can be pre dicted and
planned for, devel op ing and enact ing appro pri ate health
and wel fare pol i cies for the aged should be a pri or ity for
policymakers.
Long-term care facil i ties, a topic rel e vant to both
senior hous ing and health care, rep re sent an impor tant
com po nent of over all senior health and wel fare pol i cies.
Such facil i ties range widely, from inde pend ent liv ing ar -
range ments (such as retire ment com mu ni ties and apart -
ments) to assisted-living res i dences and skilled nurs ing
facil i ties. How ever, lit tle has been done to review and
address the impor tance of long-term care facil ity design in
a sys tem atic man ner. Ensuring that long-term care facil ities
are designed and imple mented in an inno va tive, effec -
tive man ner is an issue cen tral to achiev ing con tin ued
improve ments in long-term care qual ity for our increas -
ingly aging pop ulation.