The Taipei City Government commissioned Mackay Memorial Hospital to manage its Ta-Tong Day Care Center for the Elderly. The first day care center managed by a private hospital on Oct. 27, 1998. Founded on the basis of Jesus’ universal love, applying health care resources, extending service to the community for taking care of the elderly that every elderly receives comprehensive treatment of body, mind and spirit as a way to improve the quality of life and to enjoy peaceful and joyful retirement life.

Suang-Lien Elderly Center is established by Suang-Lien Presbyterian Church (SLPC). Since 1993 the rapid growing population of elder citizens in Taiwan, SLPC has realized the responsibility to take care of them. With the philosophy of care for the aged of other family as we honor our own, SLPC inaugurated this elderly center since 1988 for the elderly community college. In response to the government’s promotion of multi-level and continuous elder care welfare policies, we’ve provided elderly center, dementia eldercare division (Unit Care), elderly community college, elder care research center, community caring station, home care, mission center and so on. The center provides medical clinic services, varied classes, spiritual counseling. In addition, we also accommodate relatives of the elders to temporary stay with the elders to enjoy kin fellowship and affection. By combining varied functions in our center and cooperating with the industry, government, and academic institution; we’ve strived to integrate academic professional knowledge and experience for creating satisfactory services to elders in meeting their daily living needs.