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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.4.1675

The Effect of Care Workers' Assistance Services on Behavioral Changes of the Elderly  

Jeong, Yun-Mo (Dept of Social Welfare, Wonkwong University)
Kang, Young-Sik (Dept of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Nam University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.4, 2013 , pp. 1675-1682 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of care workers' assistance services on behavioral changes of the elderly. To achieve this, a survey was carried out on 100 elderly people, who receive the services from care workers in J area-based elderly care facilities, and elderly patient families. The results of this study are as follows. First, the effect of care workers' assistance services on the elderly's satisfaction of physical activities showed that the nursing and caregiving services have a significant positive effect on their satisfaction of physical activities(p<.05). Second, the effect of care workers' assistance services on the elderly's satisfaction of psycho-emotional activities showed that the caregiving services have a significant positive effect on their satisfaction of psycho-emotional activities(p<.01). Third, the effect of care workers' assistance services on the elderly's satisfaction of social cognition activities showed that the caregiving services have a significant positive effect on their satisfaction of social cognition activities(p<.01). Consequently, if the elderly receive the repetitive and continuous nursing and caregiving service in the limit that is forced to deteriorate the elderly's physical, psychological and cognitive development, and slow down their activities, there will be changes and promotion in their physical, psychological and cognitive behaviors. In other words, it is of use in that care workers' continuous assistance services can improve the elderly's life, driven by the changes of their physical, psychological and cognitive behaviors.
Keywords
Assistance Service; Behavioral Changes; Care; Care Workers; The Elderly;
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