• Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 2017

This study was to identify the factors influencing the quality of life for the elderly with disabilities in the aging society. For this purpose, this study tried to examine the relationship between the factors which are Social support, Decrease in depression of the elderly with disabilities and Quality of life for the elderly with disabilities, and also identify the moderating effect of living independence. This study tested the research model based on panel data of the elderly with disabilities in Korea Welfare Panel Study. Th result are as follows: First, social support(family support and peer support) positively impact on depression of the elderly with disabilities. Second, decrease in depression of the elderly with disabilities positively impact on the quality of life for the elderly with disabilities. Finally, the higher living independence of the elderly with disabilities, decrease in depression of the elderly with disabilities positively impact on life support services and treatment services whereas does not impact on leisure life significantly.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.7-13
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to develop and apply the convergence program to improve the marital satisfaction of the elderly couples. The purpose of this study was to overcome the divorce crisis of elderly couples and to provide a basic plan for divorce prevention through rapid aging and increase of divorce rate. The subjects of this study were 9 elderly women's welfare centers located in P city. The convergence program for improving the marital satisfaction of elderly couples in this study shows that marital satisfaction is improved by 52.1% from pre - test (cumulative complaint of marriage) to 32.1 (post - test). The results of a qualitative evaluation of the observational records show that it is very helpful to improve the relationship by acquiring the skill of sharing experience and communication between the elderly couple through the program, Marital satisfaction was improved. The results of this study show that the convergence program developed in this study is effective in improving marital satisfaction for elderly couples.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.394-417
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• 2008

The population of Korean Society is aging rapidly at a pace which is unprecedented in the world. This demographic change results in the various socioeconomic and cultural changes accompanied by spatial changes. The purpose of this study is to examine major characteristics of residential medical facilities for the elderly and the life of those using the facilities of the Capital Region in Korea. Major findings of the study are as follows. The characteristics of the location of residential medical facilities for the elderly and the life of those using the facilities are influenced not only by the mobility of the elderly. but also by the distance between the facilities and Seoul and also by the residential environments of the facilities. The location of the facilities and the mobility of the elderly, followed by the residential location of the family have an effect on everyday life of the elderly. Therefore, the location for residential medical facilities is not recommended to be far from the metropolitan area.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.336-344
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• 2019

Currently, Korea is entering an aging society, causing the issues of older adults in a wide range of fields. This study focuses on the health and safety issues of the older adults. As a theoretical background, Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory was applied, and a new theory was established in connection with the physiological needs and safety needs of the 5 stages of desire in relation to the health and safety issues of the older adults. Health issues applying to physiological needs for the older adults are examined in detail in the body, perception and psychology areas, and safety accidents occurring indoors and outdoors are examined in relation to safety needs. Naver DataLab, a big data portal, shows that the number of bugs regarding health and safety of the older adults is steadily increasing. And through Google Trends, we can understand the interest setting up related search keyword about the older adults. According to the related search keywords, social part related to health in health issues is ranked high and kewords related to accident type in safety issues is ranked high. These findings will be an important basis data for research and solution to the issues of older adults.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1363-1370
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• 2023

Globally, the elderly population is increasing, making the primary concern of modern society the healthy aging and welfare and medical facilities for the elderly. However, many seniors experience cognitive decline due to aging, making cognitive activities crucial for them. In this context, a study has developed a cognitive activity support system for the elderly using the metaverse. To achieve this, the characteristics and needs of the elderly were analyzed to design an interface in the metaverse that they can easily use. Additionally, the type and difficulty of cognitive activities were adjusted to engage seniors in a captivating manner. Experimental results showed that the proposed system effectively enhances the cognitive abilities of the elderly. Thus, the personalized metaverse-based cognitive activity support system proposed in this study can be a valuable tool for improving the cognitive abilities of the elderly.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food and Cookery Science Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.18-47
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• 2003

노인 인구의 비율이 높아지면서 양적인 수명연장 뿐만 아니라 노후생활의 질적향상에 관심을 갖게 되었다. 삶의 질을 결정하는 데는 건강이 매우 중요하며, 특히 식생활은 노인건강에 간접적인 영향을 주는 인자로 작용하고 있다. 노인의 건강 생활에는 적절한 영양섭취가 필수적이며 이에는 여러 가지 환경요인이 작용하고 있다. 핵가족화가 급속히 진행되면서 노인 부부가구 및 독신가구가 점차 증가하고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.175-176
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• 2018

최근 스마트 홈이 관심받기 시작하면서 월패드의 중요성이 강조되는 반면에 급속한 고령화로 정보통신 기기의 사용성이 취약한 독거노인이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 독거노인에게 필요한 주거 형태 조사 및 분석을 통해 독거노인을 위한 공동주택의 사례 중 콜렉티브 하우징 형태를 중심으로 사용성 향상, 소통의 증가, 안전 문제 측면에서 홈 네트워크 월패드의 필요성을 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.12a
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• pp.101-104
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• 2011

본 연구는 노인 단독세대와 자녀동거세대 노인들의 가족 및 거주형태, 경제적 상황, 건강 및 의료, 여가활동 등의 생활실태를 파악함으로써 단독세대 노인과 자녀동거세대 노인들의 복지 증진을 위한 서비스 향상과 노인복지정책의 방향 정립에 필요한 시사점을 제공하는 데에 그 목적이 있다. 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 문헌연구와 설문조사를 병행하였다. 문헌연구로는 고령화 사회와 노인문제, 노인의 동거형태, 노인의 생활실태에 대해 이론적 고찰을 하였으며, 설문조사는 서울시에 거주하는 노인 단독세대 75명과 자녀동거세대의 노인 75명으로, 총 150명을 대상으로 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS WIN 13.0 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korea society of information convergence
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.7-19
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• 2013

The enlightingment of the aging because society's role to reduce the elderly dependency Increase and old class income security or medical security is becoming a serious social problem, all sorts of senile disease increased and the elderly raising difficulties caused by the increased the elderly of the seriousness of this problem. To complete the social security against the social risks it is on the one hand necessary to provide an elaborate system of coordination in the field of social security. It should be pursued on the dimension if law as well as policy. On the other hand national commitment if social security benefits should be comparatively analysed to have implications for the national legislation. It is one of the most important fact that prepare for the advanced elderly society which are the law of elderly man welfare and policy is divided into an employment guarantee policy, an income guarantee policy, a health welfare policy etc.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.325-334
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• 2015

Elderly suicide rates tend to be high in Korea. Suicide by the elderly is no longer a personal problem; consequently, further research on risk and regional factors is necessary. Disease mapping in epidemiology estimates spatial patterns for disease risk over a geographical region. In this study, we use a simultaneous conditional autoregressive model for spatial correlations between neighboring areas to estimate standard mortality ratios and mapping. The method is illustrated with cause of death data from 2006 and 2010 to analyze regional patterns of elderly suicide in Korea. By considering spatial correlations, the Bayesian spatial models, mean educational attainment and percentage of the elderly who live alone was the significant regional characteristic for elderly suicide. Gibbs sampling and grid method are used for computation.