The retirement of the Korean baby boomer generation has become a major factor in an aging society as a large proportion of the population has moved from the middle-aged to the elderly. In addition, after being busy working at a structured workplace for over 30 years, after retirement, they could not adapt to the unstructured environment, causing depression and leading to social problems such as the risk of suicide. research was needed. This study uses photovoice to in-depth research on the research question of how retirees' perception of death preparation, who wants to live a life prepared until death, is used. This is the purpose of this study. The study participants were 7 baby boomer retirees, the data were collected for 2 months, and the perception derived as a result of analyzing the photos, explanations, and in-depth interviews taken by the subject analysis method was used to prepare It was a necessity for education. In the discussion of this study, it is urgent to develop a death preparation education program that can help the baby boomer retirees, and I would like to suggest that the cooperation of local organizations in charge of the program is necessary. This study is meaningful in that it presents basic data in preparing social welfare policy measures for the elderly after retirement through the awareness of death preparations of baby boomer retirees.
한국 베이비부머 세대의 은퇴는 대량의 인구가 중년층에서 벗어나 노년층으로 들어서게 되면서 고령화 사회의 주요인이 되었다. 또한 30년 이상 구조화된 직장에서 바쁘게 일을 하다 은퇴 후 비구조화 된 환경에 적응하지 못해 우울감을 가지며 자살의 위험 등 사회적 문제로까지 이어지게 되었으며, 이러한 사회적 문제의 해결 및 예방적 차원의 정책적 검토를 위한 연구가 필요하였다. 본 연구는 죽음에 이르기까지 준비된 삶을 살고자 하는 은퇴자들의 죽음준비에 대한 인식은 어떠한가 라는 연구문제를 포토보이스를 활용하여 심층 탐구하였고, 은퇴자들의 노년기 죽음준비에 대한 사회복지 정책적 제언을 하고자 함이 본 연구의 목적이다. 연구 참여자는 베이비부머 은퇴자 7명이며, 자료는 2개월 동안 수집하였고, 직접 촬영한 사진과 설명과 심층면담 내용을 주제 분석법으로 분석한 결과 도출된 인식은 순리로 받아들이는 죽음을 맞이하며 준비하기 위한 교육의 필요성이었다. 본 연구의 논의에서 베이비부머 은퇴자들을 도울 수 있는 죽음준비 교육프로그램 개발이 시급하며, 프로그램을 담당할 지역 기관의 협력이 필요함을 제안하고자 한다. 본 연구는 베이비부머 은퇴자의 죽음준비의 인식을 통한 은퇴 이후 노년을 위한 사회복지 정책적 방안을 마련함에 있어 기초자료를 제시한 점에서 그 의의가 있다.
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