• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.715-722
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• 1999

This paper was studied on developmental direction of Telecommunications system for aged welfare policy. The results of this study is as follow: An economic needs must development of home shopping system, home banking system and telecommuting system. A medical needs must development of medical support system, medical information system and telemedical support system. A house needs must development of home automatic system, internet system. A culture needs must development of event system, leisure information system. A traffic needs must development of automatic traffic geographical system, automatic operating system. An education needs must development of teleeducation system, knowledge studying support system.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.751-762
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effect of self-esteem in the relationship between social participation and human rights awareness of the elderly. The subjects of the study were 1418 seniors aged 65 and above residing in 14 cities and counties in Jeollabuk-do. The results are as followed. First, the higher the social participation of the elderly, the higher the human rights awareness. Second, self-esteem of the elderly indirectly mediated the relationship between social participation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.377-378
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• 2011

급격한 고령화 시대에 노년층의 사회참여욕구가 확대되고 있으나 어떻게 해야 하는지를 모르고 있어 지역사회의 사회참여 프로그램에 대한 인지도가 매우 낮고 제도나 프로그램에 대한 접근성이 제한적인 실정이다. 가족기능이 해체된 노인을 대상으로 노후 생활 지원욕구에 발맞춰 경제적지원, 취업지원, 의료지원, 여가지원 등 각종 복지 서비스를 제공함으로써 보편적이고 일상적인 생활을 영위하도록 지원하고자 많은 노력을 하고는 있으나 이를 체계적으로 실시할 수 있는 모델이 부족한 것이 현실이다. 이에 본 논문에서는 노인들의 역할 및 지위 상실로 인하여 가정에서 고립된 생활을 하는 노인을 대상으로 복지 전문가가 현장에서 비교적 손쉽게 적용할 수 있는 체계화된 모델을 제안함으로 생활스트레스 감소, 인지기능 향상, 우울증 감소, 생활만족도를 향상시키고 노인여가 문화에 대한 건전성 확산을 통해 건강한 노후생활을 영위하게 하며 문화생활 지원을 통해 사회적 비용 부담 경감을 도모함과 동시에 자존감의 고취 및 자율성을 획득하고 자아성취감과 만족감을 느끼게 하는데 있다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.565-575
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediated effect of family support and gender differences in the effects of the health status of the elderly on the satisfaction of life The research method is to analyze the data of 4,698 the elderly through SPSS V22.0 in the 12th edition of the Korea Welfare Panel(2017). First, First, subjective health status in health status has a positive effect on life satisfaction, and chronic disease has a negative effect. Second, in the health status and life satisfaction relationship of the elderly, the family support was found to have a positive mediating effect, and in the chronic disease and life satisfaction relationship, the family support had a negative mediating effect. Third, the effect of health status on life satisfaction has been shown to have a more positive effect on men than women, more negative effects on men than women in the effect of chronic diseases on life satisfaction, and more positive effects on men than women in the effect of family support.

• 한국노년학
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.525-540
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate what kind of experiences the deaf elderly would have in the course of life. It also aimed to promote the understanding of their living difficulties and culture among people with normal hearing and provide basic data to help them live with others as members of the community. Phenomenological qualitative research was conducted as part of the methodology. The subjects include seven deaf old people. Based on the results of in-depth interview and analysis, the life experiences of the deaf elderly were categorized into "unforgettable wounds," "life in the community," "life with the family," "marriage of the deaf elderly", and "living by adjusting to reality." First, the subcategories of "unforgettable wounds" include "receiving no treatment for fever," "damage by the Korean War," "alienation from the family," and "people's cold eyes." It turned out that the deaf elderly had led a life, suffering from the heart wounds that they could not forget. Second, the subcategories of "life in the community" include "inconvenience in life," "disadvantages in life," and "severed life." The deaf elderly were not only subjected to inconvenience and disadvantages in life, but also suffered loneliness, being cut off from the community. Third, the subcategories of "life with the family" include "not communicating with children," "being abandoned again," "being used by the family," "being lonely even with the family," and "wishing to live independently from the family." The deaf elderly were not supported by their families and were abandoned or used by them, leading a solitary life. Fourth, the subcategories of "marriage of the deaf elderly" include"send as a surrogate mother," "frequent remarriage and divorce," "lean on as a married couple." Deaf elderly form their own culture of the marriage and lean on each other. Finally, the subcategories of "living by adjusting to reality" include "getting help from neighbors," "behaving oneself right in life," "learning Hangul," "living by working," "living freely," "living by missing," and "controlling the impulse to end life," "resorting to religion." The deaf elderly made the most alienated and vulnerable group with no access to benefits due to their limitations as a linguistic and social minority, but they made efforts to form their own culture and adjust to reality for themselves. Based on those findings, the study made the following proposals: first, there is a need for practical approaches to heal the ineffaceable wounds in the hearts of deaf elderly. Second, there is a need for policies to help them experience no inconvenience and disadvantages as members of community and communicate with people with normal hearing. Third, there should be practical approaches to enable them to get recognition and support from their families and share love with them. Finally, there should be practical policy approaches to help people with normal hearing understand the culture of deaf elderly and assist the deaf elderly to receive supports from the community and live with others within the community.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.192-201
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• 2015

The purposes of this study were to understand the organizational culture and to explore factors related to organizational commitment. The nationwide mailing survey was conducted using structured questionnaires from February 7th, 2013 to February 18th, 2013. With regard to the organizational culture, a relationship-oriented culture was predominant. The relationship-oriented culture(${\beta}=0.45,p<0.001$) and innovation-oriented culture(${\beta}=0.34,p<0.001$) had a positive influence on organizational commitment. This study has 56% of the explanatory power(F=14.83,p<0.001). The long-term care facilities with higher evaluation grades showed higher organizational commitment(F=7.18,p<0.001), which affected positively the evaluation of long-term care facilities (${\beta}=0.53,p<0.001$). On the basis of the above results, the conclusions were as follows: First, managers in the long-term care facilities should strive to build good relationships with staffs as to achieve greater organizational commitment and higher evaluation scores. Second, more researches are needed to find out how to improve the relationships among staffs.

• 한국노년학
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.701-716
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• 2009

The aim of this study was to investigate the burden and caregiving satisfaction of primary family caregivers of older adults with dementia, and to identify cultural predictors and non-cultural predictors of burden and caregiving satisfaction. This study included 112 primary family caregivers of community-dwelling older adults with dementia who utilized 13 dementia day care centers in Seoul or Gyeonggi-do. Data were collected by survey questionnaires. The majority of the primary caregivers were female (81%) and daughters-in-law (46%). The mean burden score was 49.4 and the mean caregiving safisfaction score was 42.3. Regression analyses revealed that the significant predictors of primary caregivers' burden were the non-cultural factors of caregiver's perceived health (β= .421, p= .049) and care recipient's memory and behavioral problems (β= .183, p= .041). The cultural factor of familism (β= .466, p= .005) was the only significant predictor of caregiving satisfaction. There is more need to develop programs which improve caregiver's burden and caregiving satisfaction. Strategies to increase caregiver's utilization of the programs also need to be developed.

• 한국노년학
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.801-817
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• 2012

This study focused on the relationship between elderly's participation in lifelong education(participation availability, participating fields) and ego integrity. To verify the correlation of two variables, mediating model structured by life satisfaction was used. The data was Seoul Welfare Panel Data made by Seoul Welfare Foundation in 2010 and the total subject was 1,862 elderly aged over 60. When it comes to research methods, structured equation analysis for verifying the mediating effect was practiced. The findings are as follows: First, life satisfaction did function as partial mediator on relationship between elderly's participation in lifelong education and ego integrity. Second, elderly's life satisfaction increased as participating in field of language, not in field of culture and art. Ego integrity of elderly was increased as participating in field of culture and art, not in field of self-improvement and hobby. This study indicates theoretical and practical interventions to promote elderly's lifelong education based on the conclusion elderly's lifelong education participation in the aging society has positive effects on life satisfaction and ego integrity are meaningful for successful aging.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.287-297
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing suicidal ideation among the elderly over 60 years old living in the community centered on sleep and depression. A total of 210 elderly people living in a metropolitan city were surveyed about suicidal ideation, sleep pattern (sleep time, quality of sleep) and depression. Data analysis showed that 14.3% of the subjects were seniors with a high suicidal ideation, 23.3% were sleeping less than 5 hours, 17.6% were poor sleep quality, and 33.3% were depressed. According to multiple logistic regression analysis, the factors influencing suicidal ideation were identified as depression (OR=6.889, 95% CI=2.679-17.712), sleep quality (OR=3.770, 95% CI=1.469-9.679), and gender (OR=3.080, 95% CI=1.266-7.491). These three factors accounted for 31.6% of suicidal ideation variables. Based on the results of this study, it is suggested that reducing the depression and improving the quality of sleep in consideration of gender should be an essential strategy for the elderly in the community to reduce the suicidal ideation.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.31-38
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• 2022

This study was to examine the effect of exercise program on grip strength and postural balance for older adult. This study was conducted with a nonequivalent control group pre-test and post-test design. A total of 67 older adult in senior center were recruited and were assigned to the experimental group (33) or control group (34). The experimental group participated exercise program during 16 weeks from 1 Aug to 26 Nov 2019, twice a week 60 minutes per session. Data were collected before and after the exercise program. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, Chi-square test, and t-test with SPSS Statistics 21.0 program. Left grip strength(t=4.37, p<.001), right grip strength(t=5.47, p<.001), and postural balance(t=6.89, p<.001) were significantly increased in the experimental group. This study found that exercise program could be a useful health promotion method.