• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.483-490
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• 2014

This research intends to analyze the implications of current adult guidance system from an angle of people with developmental disabilities in an sudden changed information age. Through it, this research intends to seek improvement of adult guardian system for people with developmental disabilities, a main group of the system, from an angle different from the aged. It focuses on significance and improvement for the significance of adult guardian system for people with developmental disabilities, which are weak for self-decision. Furthermore, for the improvements, this system should be able to be information exchange and communities through the using internet in the cyber space.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.1-11
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• 2013

The adult guardianship system took effect from July 2013, to protect adults who need protection due to insufficient ability to judge. Even though many problems are founded in countries like France and Japan which perform Adult guardianship system, they are promoting practical settlement of system and protection of the adults requiring protection through continuous supplementation of system. It is essential to solve cost problem for successful establishment of adult guardianship system because reasonable control of social security expenditure, in an aging society, is a common task for all countries. Therefore, in this study, cost problem occurred in the enforcement of adult guardianship system is to be examined and through these findings, several strategies were suggested to solve it in Korea.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.482-490
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• 2016

The adult guardianship system has taken into effect in Korea 3 years ago, but as the system settlement is comparatively late than other countries, there is a need for specific countermeasure to actualize the optimized system. Therefore, this study has analyzed factors influencing the adult guardianship system subjecting the dependent family members of the disabled and dotard by applying the behavioral model suggested by Anderson & Newman. This study utilized SPSS 18.0 for analysis, and the study results are as follows. First, the level of intention to use adult guardianship system was average. Second, the most influential factors of using adult guardianship system were social stigma among need factors, financial status among enabling factors, and the relationship with the caregivers, and academic level among the predisposing factors. Based on such empirical analysis results, this study provides with the fundamental references for early settlement and proper management of adult guardianship system, and proposed specific practical strategy necessary for the guardian and dependent family.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.275-286
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• 2015

This study conducts a comparative study on the perceptions of disabled child carers and officials on the Adult Guardianship System, and study the settlement method. First of all, 68.9% of the disabled child carers and 43.9% of the officials were aware of the system. Both the carers(90.2%) and officials(94.3%) responded that it was a helpful system for the respect for human rights. In terms of preferred guardian type, carers responded 'parents' and officials responded 'professionals'. All respondents responded that the 'establishment of national organization' was the most needed improvement of the system. In order for the Adult Guardianship System to stabilize as the system that can contribute to respect for human rights and social integration, promoting general public about the Adult Guardianship System, cultivate a high quality public guardian, the national organization of the Adult Guardianship System should be founded.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.11-23
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• 2013

Adult guardianship system is about to launch in July 2013 in South Korea. For its successful first step, this study examined social awareness on the adult guardianship system and compared the awareness of parents and the awareness of service providers in the handicapped adult guardianship program to draw political implications on how to improve the system. As a result, this study found that people had higher awareness on adult guardianship (78.9%) but their understanding was lower (35.2%). Secondly, prospected guardians were found to have stronger demand on hospital use and financial management than on their asset management. About 63.3% of them showed an intention to use the system in the future. Lastly, both parent group and service provider group were found to have awareness at a similar level to each other on civilian guardian types, cost, who to bear coat and how much, and details of the program.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.1-10
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• 2013

The adult guardianship system takes effect from July 2013, to protect adults who need protection due to insufficient ability to judge, and help them lead a normal life. It is very important to identify the problems and solutions of the country's through the analysis of Japan that already performs the adult guardianship system, through which there is a need to prepare basis to accomplish the optimal system in advance. It is essential to secure the quality guardians above all, for the successful settlement of the adult guardianship system; the importance of citizen guardians is ever increasing as especially the 'socialization' of the adult guardianship system is supported recently. Therefore, in this study, the trends in the types of the guardians were examined by analyzing the adult guardianship incidents of the Supreme Court of Japan; and the ways to activate the system focused on the citizen guardians.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.187-197
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• 2013

The incompetency and quasi-incompetency system regulated legal incompetence in the past is insufficient for protections of the adults with insufficient abilities of judgement, the criticism has been continued that the system is not efficiently respond to their rights and legal relationship formation. At last, the government introduces adult guardianship system through revising the civil law. At this point, just several months prior to the enforcement of adult guardianship system, we should be prepared to issues which may occur in the actual operation of the system. Japan has high similarities in social and culture matters with Korea and in the general operation of its adult guardianship system is similar to Korea's, Therefore, Korea should be prepared for the basis to implement the optimized system through in advance understanding the trend in Japan. The study reviews the trends of Japanese adult guardian's type, and draws suggestions for Korea by finding activity requirements and subjects focusing on the currently increasing corporation guardiancy.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.157-164
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• 2013

Current in Korean Civil law, it regulates the Limited Guardianship and Specific Guardianship as an incompetent person. And as amending the Civil Law, the New Adult Guardianship System passed by the National Assembly on February 18 and it will be fully implemented from 1 July 2013. Therefore, in current law, the supplementation for various disqualifications about quasi-incompetence and incompetence is need. Because, the system of quasi-incompetence and incompetence will abolished from July 1. Thus, for the successful implementation of the Adult Guardianship System, laying the various legal groundwork and should be maintenance as soon as possible the each legislation associated with the revision of the Civil Code to fit the purpose of the New Guardianship System. So, in this paper, it will examine the several ways to amend the disqualification due to the introduction of the limited guardianship, adult guardianship system and prepare the reasonable legal model.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.8
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• pp.141-151
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• 2013

The adult guardianship system takes effect from July 2013. At this point, just a month prior to the enforcement of the system, Korea should be prepared for specific countermeasures to implement the optimized system. Japan has high similarities in social and culture matters with Korea and is evaluated that the introduction background of adult guardianship system and overall operation system is similar to Korea's. As misconducts by adult guardians among the various problems occurred in Japan bring decreasing trust and delay the system settlement, proactive and posterior measures should be prepared for these problems. Therefore, in this study, misconducts by adult guardians occurred in the enforcement of adult guardianship system in Japan is to be examined and through these findings, several strategies were suggested to prevent misconducts in Korea which include the expansion of organization and manpower in family Court, dual supervision system and emergent appointment system etc.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.221-254
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• 2015

The amendment of the Korea Civil Code will take place July 1, 2013. One of the most import issues related to adult guardianship system is a part. Though more than 100 new provisions, the revised Civil Code fundamentally reformed the guardianship system to establish a system to meet the diverse and complex needs of those who need a guardian and ensure due process. The new adult guardianship system intended to respect dignity and human right of mentally incapacitated adults, to guaranee their autunomy and to minimize the public interventions for assisting them. The new guardianship system for vulnerable adult has three kinds of legal guardianship system (adult guardianship, limited guardianship and specific guardianship). Mental patients forced the hospitalization of the mental health code and will be treated as an agreement incapable person. In principle an agreement incapable person has capacity of consent. The consent of the mental patients are admitted first. It is advisable to medical care only by the consent of the guardian when the the mental patient do not agree ability. If the mental patient do not agree with the mentally ill, but there should be a supervisory capacity for a guardianship of the couple guardian supervision. In conclusion, it not lost the capacity to consent to inpatient mental illness called. Therefore, we must discuss in detail the scope of the agreement for the mental patients. Mental Health Act amendments are necessary in accordance with the amended Civil Code.