• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.301-310
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• 2013

본 연구는 치매로 진단받지 않은 노인 1,477명을 대상으로, 우울이 없는 정상노인과 우울노인으로 선별하고, 이 두 집단의 인지기능저하요인들을 파악하고 비교하였다. 결과를 보면 우울이 없는 정상노인의 인지기능저하에 영향을 미치는 요인은 연령과 학력이었으며, 연령(OR=1.095)이 높을수록 또한 무학(OR=9.129)이 인지기능 저하의 위험이 높았다. 한편 우울한 노인의 인지기능저하에 영향을 미치는 요인은 연령, 학력, 거주형태로 나타났으며, 연령이 높을수록(OR=1.101), 학력이 낮을수록(무학:OR=33.020, 초졸:OR=10.176, 중졸:OR=9.841), 기관에 거주할수록(요양원거주:OR=8.490) 인지기능 저하의 위험이 높았다. 이러한 결과는 치매 고위험집단으로 인식되고 있는 우울노인들 중에서도 특히 학력이 낮고 사회적 지지가 취약한 노인을 초점으로 중재하는 것이 치매관리에 소요되는 사회자원을 비용-효과적으로 이용하는 것임을 보여주고 있다.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.127-134
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• 2010

Purpose: This study was done to identify the effects of stress management program on perceived stress, geriatric depression, and somatic symptom in elderly Korean subjects. Methods: A pre-post test design with a nonequivalent control group was used. Fifty elderly Korean subjects with mild depression were recruited from the registerants at four public senior citizen centers within S-gu in Seoul. They were randomly allotted to the experimental group(n=25) and control group(n=25). The intervention was performed for one hour each week at each center for 5 weeks. The effects were measured by Perceived Stress Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale-Korean, and Patient Health Questionnaire-15. Results: Perceived stress and depression were significantly reduced in experimental group. The somatic symptom was not significantly different in the experimental group. Conclusion: The stress management program may have merit in improving mental health of elderly Koreans, although this conclusion is equivocal pending further well-controlled studies that include mediation techniques such as conversion therapy and health gymnastics.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.117-130
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• 2003

This study was conducted to examine elderly users' satisfaction with welfare services and the environments of the senior citizen centers in mid-sized and small cities in Korea. Three hundred and two elderly users were surveyed for this study. Age and gender differences in the level of satisfaction were found. The male elderly users and older users were more satisfied with the education programs than the female and younger users. The elderly people who reside in single-family residences were more satisfied with the educational programs and part-time job opportunities offered at the center than the elderly users who were living in apartment buildings. This could be explained by the fact that dwellers of single housing had more freedom and more room for self-regulation in scheduling their program participation, whereas the apartment building residents had rarely experienced social exchanges with their neighbors. There were significant differences in satisfaction with the environments of the centers by gender, marital status, age, level of education, religion, and housing type. The group differences were explained by the abundance of community activities that are centered around younger and female participants. Based on these findings, it is suggested that more specialized educational and social programs should be developed for the younger users in their early 60s, that co-ed religious activities and hobby programs should be expanded, and that the home-visiting welfare staff should regularly provide the elderly users the information on programs and activities.

• 한국노년학
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.853-870
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 그룹-홈과 공동거주제에서 공동생활 하는 노인들의 우울 및 삶의 만족도 변화를 살펴보았다. 이 과정에서 독거노인 집단과 비교함으로써 최근 정부와 지방자치단체에서 추진하고 있는 노인들의 공동생활 사업에 대한 실질적인 효과를 검증하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 본 연구는 전남 북, 충남 북 지역에서 생활하는 여성 노인 205명을 조사대상자로 하였고, 그룹-홈, 공동거주제, 독거노인 등 3개의 거주형태로 나누어 비교분석하였다. 본 연구에서의 조사는 Time 1과 Time 2로 나누어 실시하였으며, 수집된 자료를 분석하기 위해서 PASW Statistics 18.0을 이용하였다. 이러한 분석결과에 대하여 설명하기 어려운 점이 나타나 2차로 질적 연구를 진행하여 추가적인 맥락 정보를 파악하였다. 본 연구에서의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 조사대상자의 우울은 그룹-홈과 공동거주제에서 생활하는 경우에 유의미하게 개선되었지만, 독거노인 집단에서는 유의미하게 악화된 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 조사대상자들의 삶의 만족도는 공동거주제에서 생활하는 경우에 유의미하게 향상되었지만, 그룹-홈 집단에서는 유의미하게 하락한 것으로 나타났고, 독거노인 집단에서는 다소 하락한 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 그룹-홈에서 생활하는 집단의 삶의 만족도 변화에 대해 정확한 해석을 도모하기 위하여 통합적 연구방법을 적용하였고, 개인생활에 익숙한 노인들이 다른 노인들과 함께 생활하면서 독립적인 공간 부족과 사생활 침해에 따른 문제가 지적되었다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 노인들의 공동생활이 복지 사각지대를 해소함으로써 실질적인 사회안전망 역할에 기여할 수 있는 보완책을 제시했으며, 노인들이 공동생활에서의 조기 적응과 삶의 질 향상을 도모하는데 기초자료를 제공했다는 점에서 본 연구의 의의를 찾을 수 있다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.159-174
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to examine the health care expenditure of elderly single and elderly couple households whose head is more than 60 years old. The data analyzed for the study were Korean Retirement and Income Study(KRelS) conducted in 2007 by National Pension Corporation. The major finding of this study were as follows: First, the amount of health care expenditure of elderly single households was lower than that of elderly couple households. However, ratio of health care expenditure to total consumption expenditure of elderly single households was larger than that of elderly couple households. Second, the ratio of health care expenditure in consumption expenditure in this study was larger than the ratios in past analyse showed in the previous studies. Third, common factor affecting on health care expenditure of elderly single and elderly couple households was the existence of the family member with chronic disease or handicap. The health care expenditure of elderly singer households was influenced by income, gender and the ownership of national health insurance. The influence of income for elderly singer households seemed to be greater than for elderly couple households. The variables which affected health care expenditure of elderly couple households were age and housing tenure status. The amount and ratio health care expenditure were increased as the age increases. These results show that the health care expenditures for each groups varied according to socio-demographic variables and health-related behavior variables. It is suggested that there should be a discriminative health care policy for each elderly single and elderly couple households. In addition, the health care policy for the elderly households of which member has a chronic disease is certainly necessary. Especially a health care plan for the elderly single households with lower income is in need. For the elderly couple households, the priority group of health care policy would be the high age group.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2017

Elderly population has increased rapidly and adjusting the environment is in demand to support their health. To improve the living environment of elderly, an appropriate plan for customized home modification is needed upon the personal contexts. The purpose of this study is to explain the sequence and to build an insight on customized home modification for vulnerable single elderly. It is a case study based on single target that includes 6 months of execution period deeply seeking the appropriate plan for implementation. The target is a male elderly aged 74 living in a single story detached house. The various research methods are applied in this study including exploratory, participatory, action and trade-off preference researches. The result shows that plan for home modification is complex outcome of interlocking uniqueness between residence environment and resident situation. If customized modification is targeted for residentially vulnerable social group, more sensitive approach aiming for the highest result is required due to financial constraint. To conclude, comprehensive understanding of overall circumstances of a dwelling, a resident and various stakeholder is essential throughout the process. Since the aging-in-place of elderly cannot be achieved without self-sustaining living environment, customized home modification should be a tool to meet housing suitability. It is important to strengthen the experts and future workforce with networks of local residents to share opinions and appropriate plans.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.736-743
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• 2007

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale of free nursing home adjustment for the elderly in Korea. Method: The developmental processes were construction of a conceptual framework, development of preliminary items, verification of content validity, twice data gathering, verification of construct validity, and reliability of final items. The first 53 preliminary items were obtained through review of literatures about nursing home adjustment and in depth interviews with 5 staffs of nursing home. These items were reviewed by five specialists for content validity and 39 items were chosen. The first data was collected from 107 elderly residing in 3 nursing homes and the second survey was from 147 residents who were living in five nursing homes. Finally this data was analyzed for construct validity and reliability. Result: There were 23 final items which were sorted into 5 factors. The factors were identified as 'Relocation distress symptom'(8items), 'Making friends'(4items), 'Acceptance of new residence'(6items), 'Difficulty in group life'(3items), and 'Having self-worth'(2items). The cumulative percent of variance was 53.466%. The reliability of the scale, Cronbach's alpha was .837. Conclusion: The result of this study could be used for measuring nursing home adjustment of the elderly. However, for further validity and reliability, repeated researches are needed.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.68-79
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• 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the educational needs of nurses and nursing students for the development of a simulation module of home visiting care for frail, elderly people. Methods: Focus group interviews were conducted with 15 home visiting nurses working in public health centers and 14 nursing students who experienced home visiting from September 10 to October 10, 2018. Results: Bloom's taxonomy of learning objectives, namely, cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains was used as a framework for data analysis. The defined educational needs for each domain were as follows: "understanding frail, elderly people" for the cognitive domain; "intervention for mental health" and "building a therapeutic relationship" for the affective domain; and "nursing skills", "health education for healthy lifestyles", "referral to the community resource connection", "protection for visiting nurses" for the psychomotor domain. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, a simulation module of home visiting care for frail, elderly people can be developed and used for nursing students and nurses to strengthen the capacity for home visiting care.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2007

The purpose of the study was to provide informations about the financial status of elderly households using financial ratios. The data was obtained from 2000 national households, consisting of 4,824 of elderly households. Descriptive tatistics were used to analyze the financial ratios and eleven different financial ratios. The results of this study were as follows. The financial status of elderly households need to be analyzed in detail according to age group, income level and asset level. In addition, some financial ratios already developed in previous studies may not applicable which necessitates the development of financial ratios specifically for application to elderly households for finanical counselors. The study results suggest the possibility of inequality among elderly households. The following studies need to focus on the limitation of these studies.

• 산업융합연구
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2020

본 연구에 목적은 재가노인복지센터에서 종사하는 여성 요양보호사의 직무스트레스가 이직의도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 이들 관계에서 자아탄력성의 조절효과를 파악하기 위함이다. 연구대상은 서울시 소재 재가노인복지센터 28개소의 요양보호사 170명을 대상으로 자기기입식 설문조사를 실시하여 150부룰 회수하고 불성실한 응답 17명을 제외한 133명을 최종 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 재가노인복지센터 여성 요양보호사의 경력이 낮은 집단과 종교가 없는 집단에서 이직의도가 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 요양보호사의 직무스트레스가 높을수록 이직의도가 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 요양보호사의 직무스트레스와 이직의도 간에 자아탄력성의 조절효과가 나타났다. 따라서 요양보호사의 직무스트레스를 예방하고 자아 탄력성을 향상시킬 수 있는 방안을 고려할 필요가 있다.