Research in Community and Public Health Nursing (지역사회간호학회지)
- Volume 15 Issue 4
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- Pages.551-565
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- 2004
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- 1225-9594(pISSN)
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- 2288-4203(eISSN)
Development of a Model of a Day Care Center for Rural Elderly People
농촌형 노인 주간보호시설 모형개발
- Kang, Kyung-Sook (Department of Nursing Science, Nambu University)
- 강경숙 (남부대학교 간호학과)
- Published : 2004.12.01
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a day care center model focused on public health institutions for the elderly residing in their homes. Method: Research design for this study was a mult-level research, which consisted of a related literature review, an Internet search for knowledge of the current situation at home and abroad, on-site interviews, questionnaires collected from a sample of residents in a rural area, and a key-informants approach. Results: 1) The subjects of service - Generalized service should be provided to the elderly, 65 years and older, regardless of their assets. 2) The contents of service - Providing pre-health oriented and post-social welfare service that can integrate and satisfy a wide variety of public health and welfare needs of the elderly would strengthen the health care service of a day care center for the elderly. 3) Delivery system - Basic-level local self-governments should become a central operating body, and establishing a properly adjusted delivery system to a rural area after considering the efficiency and the access of vulnerable rural areas is needed based on modification of 'a Special Law for Agricultural and Fishery Areas' (rural public health center>rural health sub-center