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http://dx.doi.org/10.9708/jksci.2022.27.08.177

A Study on the Analysis and Improvement of the Welfare Ordinance for the Elderly in Gwangju and Jeonnam  

Kim, Kyung-Sook (Dept. of Social Welfare, Chosun College of Science & Technology)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the current status of the elderly welfare ordinances currently enacted and operated by local governments, analyze the actual conditions and problems of the contents, and suggest the direction of enactment and revision of the elderly welfare ordinances for actively responding to the demand for various welfare services for the elderly. To this end, the scope of the study was specified by ordinances in Gwangju Metropolitan City, five autonomous districts, Jeollanam-do, and 22 cities and counties, and the criteria for content analysis of the elderly welfare ordinance of these local governments were selected and compared and analyzed in the four major areas of elderly welfare: income and jobs, care, health, leisure activities, and social participation. According to the analysis results, the direction of enacting the ordinance is to secure financial resources for the elderly welfare budget, develop differentiated welfare policies for the elderly that reflect the characteristics of each local government, expand ordinances related to infectious diseases, enact ordinances for medical support for non-infectious diseases, and enact customized ordinances for the elderly living alone. Finally, the limitations on the research subject and analysis scope of this study and future research directions were presented.
Keywords
Care service for the elderly care serviceLifeguard; Resilience; Job engagement; Job burnout;
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