• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1661-1669
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• 2017

2017년 우리나라는 독거노인 130만 시대에 이르렀다. 정부는 독거노인의 안부를 체크하기 위해 생활보호사를 활용한 노인돌봄 기본서비스 사업을 추진하고 있다. 하지만 노인돌보미의 인력 부족과 서비스 이용률 저하로 관리의 어려움에 놓여 있다. 이러한 환경적 제약사항을 개선하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 온도, 습도, 동작 감지, 가스누출 감지 등의 센서를 활용하는 독거노인 모니터링 시스템을 구축하였다. 센서는 주기적으로 노인들의 각종 현황 데이터를 수집하여 서버에 전송하고, 이 데이터를 기반으로 실시간 그래프를 작성한 후 웹을 통해 모니터링하는 체제이다. 모니터링 과정에서 센서가 정해진 값의 범위를 벗어나면 보호자에게 경고 문자 메시지를 보내어 현황을 통보해 주는 기능을 추가하여 독거노인들의 안전 생활을 지원할 수 있도록 설계하고 구현하였다.

• 가정∙방문간호학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2009

Purpose: To identify the health condition, home care support, support requirement of poor and elderly people living alone. Method: Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and correlation. Survey involved 269 conveniently selected who have a social support in H city. Result: Perceived health condition of subjects was bad to moderate (mean score: 2.22). There were significant home care support differences according to gender, religion, education level and dwelling pattern. Support requirement was influences only by the dwelling pattern. Perceived health condition showed a positive correlation with home care support of friends and neighbors, and a negative correlation with support requirement (medical, material, economic emotional support). Conclusion: These findings are expected to make a positive contribution to create an ideal intervention for public visiting nurses and social workers to improve the quality of life in poor and elderly people who live alone.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.94-105
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• 1997

The degree of nursing service requirement can be determined by functional health status and a predictive explanation for the status on the living-alone elderly is essential to plan home-care nursing intervention. The purpose of this study is to explore the functional health status of living-alone elderly. Especially the main purpose is to contrast the differences of the status between the residential living-alone elderly and institutional living-alone elderly. This study was conducted through the interview by the students of nurse college who were previously trained during the months of Oct. and Nov. 1996. Sample participants located in Tong-Gu and Seo-Gu of Kwangju City. To contrast the functional health status. this study tried to utilize the Activity Inventory(AI). Among the AI's this study adopted the Physical Activity of Daily Living(PADL) and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living(IADL). Results of the study show that the home-care nursing intervention for the living-alone elderly is urgent more for the residential than for the institutional. It seems that the residential living-alone elderly suffer from inability in Physical Activity of Daily Living. As the residential elderly who have some physical lacks prefer the institution. it is recommended to support physical lacks for the institutional. And more mental-emotional support is recommended for the residential living-alone elderly. The degree of the residential's IADL is higher than that of the institutional. It seems that it was caused by the reason that the residential's needs for the minimum level of life is greater than that of the institutional. So the polypharmacy in elderly nursing-home residents must be considered as sigificant.

• 지역사회간호학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.382-395
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the transition experiences of the elderly from long-term care hospitals to their homes. Methods: The participants were eight elderly medicaid beneficiaries, who had been the subjects from the community care project in Korea. The data were collected with one-on-one interviews from April to November in 2020, and analyzed by phenomenological steps. Results: The seven themes derived in this study were 'Space to escape', 'Reliable supporter opened the way to discharge', 'Comfortable life at home', 'Obstacles to independent life', 'Struggling to live alone', 'Fence for community life', and 'Energizing in daily life' Conclusion: The results revealed the positive aspects of Community Care program in Korea. However, it is suggested that active communication between hospitals and community care institutions, and improvement of home environment to live in the community before discharge should be required. And system revision is needed to adjust activity in their home and support health problems of the elderly in the early stage of discharge. The results of this study can be referred to as the foundation of transitional care for the elderly.

• 산업진흥연구
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2020

본 연구는 2018년 보건복지부에서 발표한 「독거노인 종합지원대책」을 중심으로 독거노인에 대한 제도적 지원의 문제점 및 해결방안에 관하여 연구하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 맞춤형 독거노인 지원제도를 도입해야 한다. 독거노인의 생활만족도 향상을 위해 가장 기본적인 일상생활 관련 욕구에 맞는 프로그램 개발이 필요하며, 서비스를 연계할 구체적인 방안과 지원체계가 마련되어야 한다. 둘째, 독거노인에 대한 사회적 관심도 증대가 필요하다. 독거노인에 대한 문제해결은 독거노인에 대한 사회적 관심도가 선행되어야 한다. 이를 위해서는 사회적 관계망의 강화가 필요하다. 셋째, 독거노인을 위한 법률 제·개정을 제안한다. 기존 법률의 일부 개정만으로는 한계가 있고, 다양한 노인일자리 유형에 대한 기준과 정의, 노인일자리 사업 전담기관을 포함한 전달체계에 대한 재정비, 근로자성 관련 규정, 노인생산품 우선구매제도 등 개별 법률 제정을 통하여 해결하는 것이 바람직하다. 결론적으로 독거노인에 대한 복지지원은 종합적이고 포괄적이어야 한다. 독거노인의 복지는 우선적으로 맞춤형 돌봄서비스가 시행되어야 하며, 사회적 관심도의 증대를 토대로 해서 독거노인에 대한 사회적 지지를 향시키고, 독거노인을 위해 법제·개정이 능동적이고 선제적으로 이루어져야 한다.

• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.105-114
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• 2017

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dietary pattern and the Community Periodontal Index in elderly people who live alone in rural areas and to provide necessary data to strengthen nutrition education about the oral health of elderly people who live alone. Methods : Dental examinations and questionnaires were conducted with 380 elderly people who live alone in rural areas of Gyeonggi-do. Results : The Community Periodontal Index was higher when the elderly people who live alone had a low intake of vegetables and fruits, a high intake of sugars, a low number of breakfasts, a high frequency of overeating and a high frequency of instant ingestion. Conclusions : It is necessary to provide nutritional management services for the elderly people who live alone in rural areas and to provide preventive centered comprehensive oral care.

• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.241-251
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• 2020

Purpose: This study investigated awareness of dying well, as well as attitudes and preferences toward advance directives (ADs), among elderly individuals who lived alone. Methods: The participants were 173 elderly people living alone. Data were collected from July 2019 to September 2019 using questionnaires on perceptions of dying well, awareness of advance directives, and general characteristics. Results: The majority of participants (68.2%) stated that they had never heard of advance directives. The information they requested to include in their advance directives mostly involved decisions on pain treatment, such as the use of analgesic drugs in the final stages of a terminal disease. Perceptions of dying well were statistically significantly different according to age and education. Conclusion: This study discussed the attitudes and preferences of elderly living alone regarding advance directives to provide basic resources for the systematic and active use of advance directives.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.55-65
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• 2024

Purpose: This study was intended to gain an in-depth understanding of and explored the experiences and meanings of participating in care services among community-dwelling older adults. Methods: A focus group interview approach was adopted. Twenty older adults were interviewed from November to December 2021 using semi-structured interview questions. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Three main themes and seven sub-themes emerged for the elderly people living alone. One main theme was "ambivalence of elderly care services," the second was "desperate need for care services," and the third was "positive changes and expectations experienced with care services." For the elderly people living with their families, two main themes and four sub-themes were identified. One main theme was "care services met within the family system," the second was "needs for care services outside the family system." Conclusion: We aim to provide a basis for strengthening the quality of elderly community care services in the mid- to long-term and establish a system of close linkages between necessary services by understanding the needs of elderly people who live alone or with their families.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2012

According to the aging acceleration phenomenon of the population, Korean society is progressing toward the insecurity society on the 'blessing' or 'disaster'. The purpose of this paper is to establish direction of planning about the dwelling form of collective housing for the senior citizen who lives alone in rural and fishing villages. This focus of study is closely related to the health of the elderly and dwelling form preference. The results of research are as follows. First, the dwelling type of collective housing should be developed for elderly living alone, that must be secured by community life and private life at the same time. Second, it should be supported by such a level of application with Universal Design and Barrier Free Design. Third, collective housing served to the design that the elderly care, as one of the domiciliary care is value in having fact to psychological, physical intention. Fourth, it should be developed visit care or call care for welfare system service and community service manpower on the various types.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.657-679
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• 2021

본 연구는 불안정부모애착을 형성한 중년을 대상으로 독거노년부모에 대한 정서적 돌봄의 경험과 그 본질의 탐색을 통해 이들에 대한 이해와 상담학적 자료제공에 기여하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 45세 이상 60세 미만의 중년 12명(남 3명, 여 9명)을 심층면접한 후 Colaizzi의 현상학적 연구방법으로 분석하였다. 연구결과, 불안정 부모애착을 경험한 중년이 독거노년부모의 정서적 필요를 돌보는 경험에 대하여 60개의 구성된 의미, 18개의 주제, 4개의 주제군이 도출되었다. 주제군으로는 '정서적 소진을 불러온 부정적 경험', '정서적 돌봄에서의 정서적 원동력', '부모돌봄에서의 조력자의 역할', '정서적 돌봄에서의 경제적·신체적 내용'이 있었다. 본 연구는 불안정부모애착을 맺은 중년이 독거부모를 정서적으로 돌보는 경험의 현상을 밝혀 불안정애착 중년에 대한 이해를 넓혔고 상담 적용에 기여할 자료를 마련하였다는 의의를 갖는다.