I looked at the welfare of the elderly from the viewpoint of Buddhism and examined the correlation between the silver facility as a quantity part and the Buddhist cultural propagation as a spiritual part.
First, I looked at the operation status of the silver facility. We examined the necessity of silver facility, the operation status of silver facility nationwide, and the case of operation of silver facility. Second, I conduct a survey to the elderly people aged 65 years or older. Through this, I learned that there are many problems to be solved in accordance with the characteristics of the generation in the elderly propagation, and I think that the welfare support related to the propagation which already had done in other religions should be developed responsibly in the Buddhist.
The elderly are not those who have stopped growing, but they are growing even when they are old. Therefore, one of the things that Buddhists can help for the elderly who are suffering from this fact and who are being neglected in aging society is to form an elderly community for the awareness of the elderly. In order to integrate them with the Buddhist culture on the premise of the growth of the elderly, the following ideas should be kept in mind.
First, systematic research on Buddhist culture should be preceded.
Second, Buddhist culture leadership of temples and monks should be established.
Third, efforts are needed to socialize Buddhist culture.
Fourth, Buddhists should further strengthen their cultural competence.
In addition, the following points are important from the viewpoint of the culture in Buddhist culture and elderly propagation.
First, in the Buddhist, it is necessary to cultivate cultural competence, entrust welfare facilities for the elderly or establish direct facilities, and develop various programs of cultural perspective.
Second, independent programs should be appropriately developed for the elderly in individual temples.
Third, systematic research on multiculturalism should be preceded.
Fourth, it should be an elderly affair linked to medical care.
The ideal welfare for the elderly to pursue in the Buddhist is not only rich service in quantity. The best welfare for the elderly is realized from the mature elderly who know to accept, to let go, and to have mercy. It is no longer appealing the logic of competing with the other religions in terms of quantity and quantity should be supplemented. I think that satisfaction and practice through teaching of the Nonpossession(無所有) are the direction of welfare that Buddhist should truly pursue.