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An Evaluation of the Space Planning of Medical Welfare Facilities for the Aged in Ulsan according to the Standards of the ${\ulcorner}$The Elderly Welfare Act${\lrcorner}$ (노인복지법 시설기준에 따른 울산시 노인의료복지시설 평가연구)

  • Kim, Sun-Joong;Ryu, Hyun-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.44 no.9
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    • pp.103-117
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    • 2006
  • There is no compulsory administration on the facility status for silver medical welfare facilities under the current legal regulations based on the welfare law of the aged nor is there standardized space allotment conditions that considered the physical psychological and pathological characteristics of the aged. Hence, welfare facilities are presently being constructed under general architectural laws. (Ed- paragraphs combined here) Therefore, standardized space allotment conditions should be planned soon for the aged in welfare facilities. (Ed- paragraphs combined here) In this study we examined the situation of space allotment through both blueprint analysis and interview with building supervisors. However, in future studies, we will focus on space insufficiency situations and the needs of the aged residents in welfare facilities.

The research on Swedish elderly welfare (스웨덴의 노인복지 고찰)

  • Lee, Hyun-Woo
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.161-182
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    • 1994
  • The steady rise in life expectancy resulting from progress in medical science and economic growth and improved living conditions is responsible for large and increasing-number of older peoples in our country. The older peoples who are increasing make up a large percentage of our total population. Now a day the percentage of older people 60 and 65 years old over compose around 8.7% and 5% of the total population in each. In spite of such a rapidly increasing trend of older population, there has had no provisions for elderly welfare in our country. The reason why some children do not want to take care of their older parents, and the other is the lack of elderly welfare, are responsible for large and increasing anxiety of livelihood and alienation to the number of older peoples. As mentioned above, especially studying Swedish elderly welfare model of many developed countries, it intend to provide many of the useful materials to make the elderly welfare systems in our country. The main research for Swedish elderly welfare are as follows : (1) Old age pension systems (2) Social service systems (3) Health care service systems (4) Housing care service systems.

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Health Status and Improvement Plans for Korean Elderly (한국 노인의 건강실태와 대책방안)

  • Hwang, Hyun-Sook
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.953-975
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this document is to provide the direction of the policy for welfare of the elderly, by identifying the problems and status of the welfare service for the elderly. The primary source of degrading the living standard of the elderly is the increase of the elderly population and life longevity. The Welfare service for the elderly to enhance the poor living level of the elderly population should be established, to compensate their former economic and social contribution in the society and also to promote the basic human right. The agenda to achieve this goal sums up like these : First, the basic living of the unhealthy elderly belonging to the low-income group, such as government-provided income and medical service should be provided. Second, for those with working ability, more opportunity for working and social activities should be given, focusing on expanding the employment rather than adding income. Third, for those with middle and high income, silver industry and pastime activities should be nurtured. Lastly, rather than institutional protection for the elderly, the welfare service for those staying home should be enforced, thus naturally leading to the family support for the elderly. There cannot be a sound policy for welfare and improvement of living standard ignoring the Well-being of the elderly population. The effort to better the welfare for the minority groups who compose the base of the social base will, eventually, result in the progress of the entire society.

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A Study on Types of Multi-Functional Welfare Facilities and Day Service Centers for the Elderly in Japan (일본 고령자복합시설과 데이서비스센터의 복합유형에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Hae-Sun;Oh, Eun-Jin
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.62-71
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    • 2007
  • Due to the shortage of elderly care services in urban areas, multi-functional welfare facilities are proven to be very effective for delivering various service needs of elderly in Japan. Introduction of new longterm care policy for elderly in Korea would change many aspects of elderly care service facilities. Especially elderly home care services like adult daycare centers will expand drastically after beginning of elderly longterm care insurance. The purpose of this research is to study and analyze multi-functional welfare facilities in Japan focusing on the types of day service in those facilities. Planning of daycare centers in multi-functional welfare facilities for the elderly can be classified to 8 types. Those types are daycare centers with senior housing, longterm care insurance facilities, senior centers, small multi-function facility, medical facilities, educational facilities, community facilities and general housing projects. Each type has different benefits for the networking of services for the elderly. Design of daycare centers in multi-functional welfare facilities have distinctive features in entrance and user approach, space allocation and circulation planning. The study of daycare centers and multi-function planning should be followed to make better home care environments for the elderly in Korea.

The Linkage of Health Care and Social Services for the Elderly in Jeonnam Province and its Related Factors (전라남도 노인보건복지에 있어서 방문간호사와 사회복지전담공무원의 서비스 연계실태 및 관련요인)

  • Rhee, Jung-Ae;Chung, Eun-Kyung;Ham, Cheol-Ho;Lee, Young-Hun
    • Health Policy and Management
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.41-53
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    • 2006
  • This study was carried out to investigate the linkage between health care and social services for the elderly in Jeonnam Province and its related factors. The subjects were 831 persons of visiting health service workers and social welfare workers in Jeonnam Province who responded the mail questionnaire (85.5% respondse rate). The data were collected from 15th May to 30th June, 2004 using the structured questionnaire. It was composed of the socio-demographic characteristics, the content and frequency of services referred between health care and social welfare workers, and interdisciplinary perception. Data was analysed by SPSS for Windows 12.0. 374(45.0%) reported having experience of service cooperation between health care and social welfare workers for the last three month. The most service that health care workers requested to social welfare workers was to get information for the client, on the other hand the most service that social welfare workers requested to health care workers was to visit and treat the elderly. These service providers in rural area and good attitude toward the cooperation between health care and social welfare service showed more linkage. The findings of this study could provide the basic data for the development of efficient coordinating program of health and welfare.

A Study on the Service Network of Intensive arrangement of the Health, Medical and Welfare facilities for Elderly in Japan - Focused on Miyagi Nango and Yamagata Nishigawa in Tohoku area of Japan - (농촌지역 고령자 보건·의료·복지시설의 집약에 따른 서비스 연계 - 일본 동북지방의 Miyagi현 Nango와 Yamagata현 Nishigawa의 비교분석 -)

  • Nam, Yun-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.111-120
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    • 2007
  • Recently, the small-scale local governments of japan are enlarging and enriching the service of health, medical and welfare facilities for the elderly . Intensive arrangement of the three types of facilities is one of the effective ways especially for the small-scale local governments. The service network between facilities benefits by the intensive arrangement. Benefits include the network of the medical service, the share of care information, the share of space and equipment. It can be a notable feature in the intensive arrangement that the elderly were taken from welfare facilities (especially dayscare center) to hospital of high movement frequency quickly. Instead of EV path as possible, It is desirable to stand close between facilities of high movement frequency. For large area, the heavy snow made low daycare ratio. Therefore, it is desirable to construct a branch office at a long distance.

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A study on facility and program coditions of a welfare hall for the elderly (노인복지관의 시설 및 프로그램 실태)

  • Rhee, Ji-Sook
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.311-315
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    • 2008
  • Because of developing medical science, lengthening the average life span and so on, the population of the elderly goes on increasing. The population of the healthy and high-income old people are increasing, also. So this study aimed to grasp the facilities and program situation of the welfare hall for the elderly as a welfare-leisure institution. The elderly be going to a hall are anticipated too many, based on the number of the hall per local old people. The majority of the hall are organized similar spaces and progams in them. There are almost not different things among the welfare halls and the locations. So they should be set on the aged' higher requirements and the old man's need varying in different localities. Also, 'gyoungrodang' remodeled in facilities and programs near their houses is likely to be recommended as the nest best thing.

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A Study on the Organization of the Medical Service Network for the Elderly in Germany (독일 노인의료지원네트워크 구성에 관한 연구)

  • Chai, Choul-Gyun
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2010
  • Germany became a super-aged society which has the number of people aged 65 or older reached 19 percent of population in 1997. Similarly, there is a tendency in Korea to increase the number of older people coupled with an increase in the number of households of the senior citizen who lives alone due to a rapid change of family unit. Research on geriatric in Germany is being carried out in many different ways, like medical, welfare, and social aspects because of the fact that Germany is in the middle of a super-aged society. Therefore, analysis and evaluation of elderly care facilities in Germany will be used as a fundamental resource for overall planning of elderly care and welfare facilities which are expected to grow demand dramatically.

A Study on the Awareness & Preferences about the Elderly Care Facilities (노인 요양시설에 대한 의식 및 선호도 연구)

  • Shin, Hee-Sik;Chu, Yeon-Cheol;Youn, Chung-Yeul
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2009
  • The senior adults which are a central manpower of economic activity of the nation decreased and the elderly sustenance allowance already went over 10%. And the economic activity participation of the woman which are the supporter of the unpaid the elderly within the family is increasing. This big change is expected to support awareness. To respond to these changes, the improvement of social welfare system for elderly with the job of retirement lifestyles of the elderly, a figure that is needed for the ceremony. The elderly medical treatment facility that began in 2008 the elderly long-term medical treatment law enforcement because of the demand is expected to grow. It is forecast with the fact that the data which is fundamental is most important will become that old person medical treatment facility of the middle-aged layer which is a central role of the protector who decides the facility use of the preliminary consumer of the elderly care facility and currently the very the elderly and manhood ceremony and the preference to plan of the elderly welfare facility. The purpose of this study is to present the fundamental data about the elderly care facility for comparative analysis the awareness & perfernces of the elderly care facilities of the senior adults & the elderly.

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A Survey of Employees' Perception on the Service Network of Concentrated Arrangement of the Health, Medical and Welfare Facilities for Elderly in Japan - Focused on Miyagi-ken Nango-cho and Yamagata-ken Nishigawa-cho in Tohoku area of Japan - (농촌지역 고령자 보건∙의료∙복지 집약시설내 서비스연계에 대한 직원의 의식조사 - 일본 동북지방의 궁성현(宮城県) 남향정(南鄕町)과 산형현(山形県) 서천정(西川町)을 대상으로 -)

  • Nam, Yun-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 2008
  • Recently, Rural village of japan are enlarging and enriching the service of health, medical and welfare facilities for the elderly. Concentrated arrangement of the three types of facilities is one of the effective ways especially for the small-scale local governments. This paper focus on a questionnaire survey of employees who work in the facilities to evaluate service network. Using this survey data, it is used to make a plan of intensive arrangement. As a result, their satisfaction with concentrated arrangement was considerable high. In particular, they expressed satisfaction with service network between Medical and Welfare. Due to increasing outpatients, the concentrated arrangement has contributed to hospital funds and given emotional security to the aged in welfare facilities. In order to promote service network effect, there are many opinions that management of health facilities(local governments) is needed.

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