Climate-resilient, age-inclusive community care systems across Europe and Asia.
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I measure and govern care continuity for older adults under climate risk across Asia — and translate that evidence for Europe.
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CVCVI — Climate–Care Capacity and Vulnerability Index integrating climate vulnerability, long-term-care adequacy and community resilience, developed to OECD/JRC standards.
ICE instrument family — Cross-cultural measures of climate-related emotion and mental health in later life, validated across Chinese, Thai and English.
Disaster–long-term-care cohorts linked to Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database; a subnational index across 368 Taiwanese townships; a four-city Asian proof-of-concept; and four waves of Thailand's HART national ageing panel.
Community and faith-based networks—including Tzu Chi—as resilience infrastructure when formal care systems fail. Findings are translated for German long-term-care reform and the ASEAN long-term-care agenda.
Comparative policy work across Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Germany and the United States, focusing on how financing models, workforce structures and community care mandates shape resilience when climate shocks hit.
| Data source | Coverage | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwan NHIRD | National claims, longitudinal | Disaster–long-term-care cohorts, service interruption |
| 368 Taiwanese townships | Subnational, cross-sectional | CVCVI construction and validation |
| Four-city Asian proof-of-concept | Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, comparators | Cross-city index transferability |
| Thailand HART panel | Four waves, national | Ageing, well-being and climate exposure |
| Typhoon Morakot (2009), Chi-Chi earthquake (1999) | Historical disaster cohorts | Long-run care continuity effects |
Methodological toolkit: composite indicator construction to OECD/JRC standards, cross-cultural scale validation and measurement invariance, multilevel and longitudinal modelling, qualitative fieldwork with community and faith-based care organisations.
17 peer-reviewed publications and accepted works across gerontology, public health, long-term care, disaster studies, law and education. Seven are in Q1 journals. Twenty-eight further manuscripts are under review or revision.