根據行政院經濟建設委員會之報告，2018年時，臺灣地區65歲以上人口將達14%，正式進入高齡社會。老人學習最重要的因素是為了促進個人健康及追求更佳的生活品質，以適應老化過程。老人應該學習的基本知能會直接或間接地影響他們的生活能力及生活品質。本研究即在探究參加樂齡學習方案的老人學習者應該學習的基本知能和生活品質間之關聯性，研究對象以教育部補助102年度全國各鄉鎮樂齡學習中心及大學校院成立之樂齡大學的修課學員為主。研究工具採「高齡者應具備基本知能調查問卷」及「臺灣簡明版WHOQOL問卷試題」兩種。研究結果發現，老人對生活品質重要程度的意見，會決定他們參與學習的動機和行動；除豐富高齡教育之本土化研究外，亦幫助一般高齡教育者找到提升老人活力老化及生活品質的應學基本知能，並將它們融入到各式適性的老年學習課程、教材或活動設計中。

According to the Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan, in 2018, 14% of the population in Taiwan will be elderly people aged 65 years or older, and Taiwan will be considered an aging society. Although elderly people can benefit from learning any type of information, some particular basic knowledge that elderly people should learn can directly or indirectly infl uence their living skills and quality of life. This study investigated the relationship between quality of life and basic knowledge that elderly people should learn from an elderly learning program. The participants in this study were elderly people who participated in courses provided by elderly universities and local elderly learning centers subsidized by the Ministry of Education in 2013. The research instruments were a questionnaire about the basic knowledge that elderly people should possess and the Taiwanese version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF. The results revealed that whether elderly people value their quality of life determines whether they are willing to learn. This study motivated educators to incorporate basic knowledge that elderly people should learn into elderly learning courses, materials, and activities.