Abstract
This study uses a latent class analysis to identify occupational challenges among the elderly living in the community and the relationship among occupational participation, depression and personality characteristics. The data collected was analyzed using latent class analysis and multinomial logistic regression analysis. Three types of occupational challenges for the elderly emerged from the analysis:positive occupational challenge, unstable occupational challenge, and negative occupational challenge. The positive occupational challenge was affected by the degree productivity, self-care of occupational participation, the degree somatic symptoms, positive emotions, and the degree of agreeableness and conscientiousness. This study will contribute to occupational therapy interventions for the elderly living in the community.
