Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing (한국보건간호학회지)
- Volume 16 Issue 2
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- Pages.354-377
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- 2002
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- 1226-0290(pISSN)
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- 2234-2869(eISSN)
A Study on The Nursing Needs of Users and their Service Status at Short-Stay Centers for The Elderly
단기노인보호소 이용자의 간호요구도 및 서비스 실태연구
- Shin Kyoung Hi (Department of Public Health Graduate School of Seoul National University) ;
- Rhee Seon Ja (Department of Public Health Graduate School of Seoul National University)
- Published : 2002.09.01
Abstract
Aging population is a global trend and Korea is no exception. Due to the progress of the medical and scientific sectors, increase in the average lifetime incurred increase in the number of elderly people. Meanwhile, the family function of supporting the elderly has become a major issue in a society due to the changes in the society's structure and increased entry of the women into the workforce. As a means to substitute the protection of the elderly who are not protected at their respective homes and to replace the tending needs, weekly protection centers and short-stay centers for the elderly were established and operated in Seoul since 1992. However, structured and satisfactory services are not yet to be provided, thus this research intends to understand the current situation at the short-stay centers for the elderly, to identify users' characteristics and to conduct study on nursing need for the health reasons so that the results of the research can be utilized as basic data for the development of nursing care program. Towards this end, this research targeted 142 elderly people who were undergoing treatment at the 11 short-stay centers for the elderly out of total of 13 located in Seoul that were willing to cooperate. The research was conducted from April to May 2002, with the measurement tool developed by Rhee, Seon-ja (2001) to measure the level of nursing need. Then data was collected and analyzed using SPSS program. The results are as follows. The general characteristics of users of the short-stay centers for the elderly were: 123 females