Browse > Article

A Study on Development of Assisted Living Facilities for Semidependent Older Koreans - Focused on Management Experiences of Best Practices in Rural Virginia -  

Kwon Oh Jung (Dept. of Consumer Science & Housing, Konkuk University)
Publication Information
Journal of Families and Better Life / v.22, no.6, 2004 , pp. 27-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
The propose of this study was to investigate the management characteristics of assisted living facility(ALF) as an housing alternative for semi-dependent elderly. For this purpose, 5 ALFs which have been well known as best practices in rural Virginia were selected for a multi- site case study. Face-to-face interview with administrators or assistant administrators of i facilities were done. In addition to this, written materials about the each facility and personal record from researcher were used to analyze the data. Six management categories including 82 open-ended questions were analyzed and successful examples and management difficulties were identified from best practices. Based on the results, some recommendations for development of ALFs in Korean elderly were suggested. In short, this study found that best practices which were selected and analyzed in this study showed that successful management was resulted from continuous efforts of the stalls to provide better services in order for improving the quality of life of their residents.
Keywords
assisted living facility; semidependent elderly; management; best practice;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 2  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 김영주(2003). 집으로서의 노인보호주택 사례연구. 한국주거학회 학술발표 논문집, 제13권, 137-142
2 김영주(2003). 노인보호시설주거 거주자들의 주거만족도에 관한사례연구 -미국 Virginia 주를 중심으로 . 한국주거학회논문집, 14(4), 139-148
3 통계청(1995). 인구주택 총 조사
4 American Seniors Housing Association(2001). Senoirs housing statistical digest, 1998-2000
5 Hane, R. A. & Wilson, K B. (1993). Assisted living in the United States: A new paradigm for residential care for frail older persons? Washington, DC: AARP
6 Hodlewsky, R. T. (2001). Staffing problems and strategies in assisted living, In Zimmennan, S., Sloane, D. & Eckert, F. K.(eds.), Assisted living: Needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly, 78-91, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press
7 Kim, Y. J. (2002). Assisted living facility as a home: Cases in southwest Virginia. Doctoral dissertation. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
8 American Seniors Housing Association(1999). Seniors housing construction report
9 Gordon, P. A. (1998). Seniors' housing and care families, Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute
10 National Statics Office (2001). Global population profile: 2002
11 Regnier, V. (1994). Assisted living housing for the elderly, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold
12 Mollica, R. L. (2001). State policy and regulations, In Zimmerman, S., Sloane, D. & Eckert, F. K.(eds.), Assisted living: Needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly, 9-33, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press
13 Kalymun, M (1990). Toward a definition of assisted living, Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 7, 97-131   DOI   ScienceOn
14 오찬옥(2001). 반의존 노인을 위한 시설주거의 계획방향 - 미국반의존형 노인시설주거의 노인거주자와 근무자의 거주 후 평가결과를 기초로 -. 한국주거학회지， 12(4), 73-81
15 Ham, R. J., Goins, R. T. & Brown, D. K. (2003, March). Best practices in service delivery to the rural elderly, West Virginia University, Center on Aging
16 통계청(2001). 인구주택 총 조사
17 Zimmerman, S et. al. (2001). An overview of the collaborative studies of long-term care, In Zimmerman, S., Sloane, D. & Eckert, F. K.(eds.), Assisted living: Needs, practices, and policies in residential care for the elderly, 115-143, Baltimore: The John Hopkin University Press
18 곽인숙(2003). 미국의 노인을 위한 주거대안과 서비스의 특성을 동해 본 한국의 노인주거 정택에 대한 제안. 한국가정관리학회지, 21(6), 81-95