目的：本研究旨在瞭解社區老人對居家護理服務存在之認識情形，並進一步探討其影響因子。方法：研究資料取自台大公共衛生學研究所「老人健康及長期照護調查研究」於1996年收集之第二波資料，該研究樣本由設籍台北縣市四社區65歲以上老人隨機抽樣而得，共完訪1911人。本研究由其中去除6名曾經使用過居家護理、1名因抽樣誤差未滿65歲以及由家人代答之315名老人，總計本研究分析之樣本數為1589人。結果：調查發現1589名老人中僅有192人(12.1％)知道居家護理服務的存在，對數複迴歸分析結果則指出，在控制其他變項後，老人的年齡、籍貫、家庭月收入、教育 程度、居住地區等社會人口特性以及自覺健康狀況和參與社交活動程度等特質皆為影響老人知道居家護理與否的顯著影響因子。結論：以上研究結果提供政府未來加強推動居家護理及長期照護服務之參考。

　　　　　Obiectives: The purpose of this study is to explore the elderly's awareness of home health care services as well as related factors. Methods: The data came from a 1996 survey of a representative sample involving 1911 elderly aged 65 and over living in 4 communities in the Taipei area. Results: Of the 1589 respondents selected in this study, only 12.1% had knowledge about home health care services. The results of multiple logistic regression analysis showed that factors significantly associated with the awa reness of home health care included age, ethnicity, family income, education, resident area, self-rated health and social interaction. Conclusions: We suggest that health authorities should strengthen the extension of home health case services.