• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.516-527
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• 2021

Due to the aging population and the entry of baby boomers into the elderly, the elderly are recognized as a group with diversity rather than a single group with the same needs. Therefore, it is necessary to try to grasp the factors that the elderly use welfare centers from the perspective of consumers. The results showed that gender, age, education, occupation, economic status, social class, number of friends, number of social activities, number of diseases, and depression were significant. In other words, women than men, older people, highly educated people, elderly people without jobs, elderly people with poor economic status, the elderly belonging to a lower social class, the more friends, the more social activities involved, the more diseases, the higher the depression, the higher the probability of using the welfare center. It was found that heterogeneous elderly groups, such as the elderly with high educational background, many friends, and active participation in society, and the elderly, economically difficult, and poor in health, use the welfare center. Based on these research results, policy and practical suggestions were made to improve the quality of welfare services for the elderly.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.328-335
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• 2019

Korea is entering into an "Aging Society" rapidly. In this currency, the Elderly Supporting Problems is emerging as a main issue of elderly welfare services policy. The study is based on the welfare panel data of 2016 (11th), and it is divided into the national selection group and the family selection group who are in charge of the elderly welfare services in terms of operation and delivery and financial burden. And analyzed the factors that affected the effect. As the result of the analysis, it is found that the higher the age of the elderly, the higher the age and education level, The more we experience welfare services, the more we receive public pensions, the greater the responsibility of the elderly, the greater the elderly spending. It is meaningful to provide basic data for solving the elderly supporting problem at the present time which is not sufficient for the elderly welfare system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.175-176
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• 2016

최근 빅 데이터 및 분석기술을 이용한 분야가 다양화되고 있다. 하지만 정작 사회복지분야로의 적용은 매우 미약한 것이 현실이다. 사회복지분야에서의 빅 데이터를 이용한 각종 개인화 복지 서비스의 제공은 경제적인 부분뿐만 아니라 서비스를 제공하는 기관이나 서비스를 제공받는 이들에게 모두 상호 유기적인 관계를 유지할 수 있다. 특히 사회 조직으로부터 은퇴하거나 떨어져서 개인적인 삶을 영위해야 하는 노인들에게 있어 그들의 라이프 로그와 같은 빅 데이터를 분석하여 복합적이며 융합적인 복지서비스를 제공하는 기법은 매우 효율적이라 할 수 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 노인들의 빅 데이터를 이용한 시간의 흐름별 옴니 복지서비스를 제공하도록 그들의 환경을 분석하는 시스템을 제안한다.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.56 no.3
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• pp.183-205
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• 2004

This Study explored three issues in regard to the determinants of community service utilization among family caregivers of the dependent older persons. First, the differences between users and nonusers of community services were compared regarding to predisposing, enabling, need characteristics of the primary caregiver as well as the elder care recipient. Second, the variables which determined the contact of community services were examined. Third, the influence of the variables on duration of the community services among users was also examined. The data collected from 164 family caregivers were used for analyses. Findings suggest that community service users had higher education and higher emotional support, lower family income than nonusers. The level of cognitive impairment of the elder was also higher for users than nonusers. The entry into community services is more likely for elders cared for by caregivers who have higher educational attainment, lower family income and lower level of instrumental support. Once interaction terms for relationship between need factors and social support are entered, caregivers with poorer level of his/her perceived physical health and lower level of instrumental support are more likely to report use of community services. Among those reporting contact with services, more extensive use occurs for caregivers with lower emotional support and lower depression. The entry of interaction terms for relationship between need and support reveals that the combination of lower support(instrumental and emotional) and elder's greater physical impairment are associated with longer period of community service use. However, the effect of caregivers' depression followed the different pattern. For caregivers with greater depression, more supports are related with more service utilization. According to the results, implications for research and practice are discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.348-356
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• 2019

This study is was to suggest improvement of assistive device for the elderly according to investigate the satisfaction and the needs of assistive device for elderly. The subjects were 184 beneficiary older adults in long-term health insurance who used home care service in I city and D city. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0. With the exception of cognitive assistance grade, subjects were showed from 'normal' to ' satisfied' on a types of assistive device and services related to assistive device. I, II grade subjects needed assistive device for self-care. III, IV and V grade subjects needed assistive device for safety and health maintenance. In the service related assistive device, All subjects needed service on 'periodic follow-up service', 'expert on assistive device' and 'comprehensive evaluation'. This results is significant in that it suggest to needed assistive device in accordance with grade unlike previous studies. Results of this study will expected to utilize as a basic evidence for improvement of assistive device, service related to assistive device for elderly.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.281-283
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• 2011

통계청의 65세 이상 독거노인의 실태(통계청의 '2010 고령자 통계') 통계에 의하면, 2010년 65세 이상 노인이 홀로 사는 '노인단독가구(독거노인)' 수는 1,021천 가구로, 총 가구의 6.0%를 차지하고 있으며, 2030년에는 노인 단독가구의 비중이 11.8%에 이를 것으로 전망하고 있다. 또한 이런 독거노인들은 열악한 환경 속에서 건강문제, 경제적인 어려움, 외로움, 소외감 등 여러 가지 복지서비스적인 문제점이 나타날 보여 진다. 따라서 이 논문에서는 앞으로 점점 고령화사회로 진전이 이루어질 것으로 보이기 때문에, 독거노인의 증가로 인해 발생되어지는 문제점을 현실적으로 파악하고, 이들이 요구하고 있는 복지 수요를 대처하기 위한 실버케어시스템을 설계하여 제안한다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.29-37
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• 2019

Elderly people want to live in the community even if they are in poor health. However, there is no integrated care support system suitable for the health and functional status of the elderly. So the elderly are choosing living facilities. The purpose of this study is to explore exploring whether the elderly are applying for a long-term care certification. First, mild geriatric patients were mainly using home care services such as visitation care. However, some of the milder elderly were enrolled in nursing homes. And the service that does not fit the functional status of the elderly is used. Second, it is concentrated on the use of visiting care services. Third, elderly people outside the class did not receive sufficient help for daily life, and the use of community welfare services such as the elderly welfare center was low. As a result, long-term care admitters are not able to continue to live in the community even though their health and functioning status is mild, and elderly people out of grade are unable to properly use the necessary community care services. The condition is likely to deteriorate.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.53
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• pp.105-128
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• 2003

This study examined the factors affecting family caregiver's preference for utilization of community care services among those who are caring for 65+ elderly parents, and aimed to show how social eldercare services would be settled in Korea. Help-seeking behavior model developed by Anderson and Newman(1973) was used to analyze the factors affecting their preference for utilizing the community care service among 283 family caregivers. Frequency, Chi-square, and Multinominal logistic analysis on SAS 6.12 was used. According to the results, about 90% of the family caregivers have preference for community and institute care services. In community care service, about a half comprise the preference with charge while the other without charge. However, about 90% of those for institute care service show their willingness to pay for the service. Also, a majority of caregivers like to rely on social eldercare service, rather than family as exclusively responsible, against long-term care for their elderly parents. Multinominal analysis demonstrates that use versus nonuse of community care services is primarily affected by predisposing factors(including age, carer-caree closeness, and familism) and need factors (including economic or psychological burden of eldercare, and additional role for family care). Enabling factors, such as family income level, economic support from other family members and siblings, and supportive care-helpers, are mainly associated with the preferences of free versus charge in service use. These findings provide some implications and suggestions for the development of social eldercare services in our aging society.

• Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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• v.7 no.11
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• pp.717-725
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• 2017

The purposes of this study are to find the difference in information literacy among the elderly home care service users and to identify the impact of information literacy on service quality and satisfaction among service users. To achieve the goals, this study used 466 responses from the elderly home care service recipients in Jeollabukdo providence, and conducted t-tests, ANOVA and a series of regression analyses. The results showed that there were significant differences in information literacy by gender, household type, residence area, education level and subjective health status among service users. The study also found that service users information literacy had a significant impact on service quality and satisfaction, and it confirms the importance of customized service. This study suggests that information literacy inequality exists among the elderly home care service users, therefore, the way to improve information delivery strategy should be developed for the information-poor elderly.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.251-254
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• 2013

현재 많은 국가들이 복지를 위해 많은 투자와 지원을 하고 있으며, 이러한 시대의 배경을 바탕으로 복지에 많은 관심이 몰리고 있으며, 연구들이 이루어지고 있다. 전 세계적으로 의료가 발달하면서 인간의 수명은 늘어나게 되고, 노인들의 증가로 인하여, 노인에 대한 복지가 문제가 되고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 본 논문에서는 이동에 불편함을 느끼거나, 주기적인 관리나 보호가 필요한 노인들이 집에 있으면서 여러 가지 서비스들을 이용 가능하도록 도와주는 기능을 제공한다. 이 시스템을 사용하는 노인들은 기본적인 혈압이나 몸무게 등 측정과 관련된 서비스를 이용할 수 있고, 기초적인 집안일도 서비스로 이용 받을 수 있다. 또한, 관리자가 집을 방문하고, 관리자는 노인이 설정해 놓은 측정 및 서비스들을 확인할 수 있다.