• 지역연구
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.3-23
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• 2020

본 연구는 고령층의 사회적 배제와 이로 인한 삶의 질 저하를 극복하기 위해 '정주환경 포용성'을 개념화하고 이를 분석틀로 하여 고령자 정신건강에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 규명하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 주거지 인근 환경은 일상생활이 시작하는 장소이자 사회적 관계가 맺어지는 공간으로 생활 범위가 좁은 고령자에게 특히 중요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고령자를 대상으로 하는 포용의 공간 범위를 주택을 구심점으로 하는 정주환경으로 삼았다. '정주환경 포용성'은 지역사회의 구성원으로서 통합의 기회를 제공하는 사회적 영역과 주택 내외의 환경에서 안전하게 생활하고 기본적인 서비스에 쉽게 접근할 수 있는 공간적 영역을 포괄하는 개념으로 상호의존, 참여, 안전성, 접근성의 네 가지 차원으로 구성하였다. 2017년도 노인실태조사를 활용하여 개인 및 정주환경의 속성이 고령자 우울 증상 수에 미치는 영향을 영과잉-음이항회귀모형으로 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 정주환경의 사회적 포용성에 해당하는 지역사회관계망과 사회활동 참여 수준이 우울감을 완화하는 효과가 유의하게 나타난다. 둘째, 정주환경의 공간적 포용성 요인 중 근린환경 만족도와 대중교통시설·구매시설에 대한 우수한 접근성은 우울감의 심화에 부의 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인된다. 셋째, 포용적 정주환경의 공간적 영역과 사회적 영역 사이의 상호조절효과가 유의한 것으로 나타난다. 즉 지역사회관계와 참여가 우울증상의 심화에 미치는 영향은 고령친화형 주택 및 안정적 점유에 의해 강화되는 것으로 분석된다. 분석 결과는 정주환경 포용성이 다면적일 뿐 아니라 복합적으로 고령자의 정신건강에 긍정적인 효과를 미치고 있음을 실증하며, 고령자의 심리적 안녕을 제고하기 위한 도시 계획 및 정책에 시사점을 제공한다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.108-114
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• 2018

One of the most performed action in daily life is standing up from sitting position. As the population of the world is aging at the high rates, people may face problems with reduced muscle strength as well as psychological changes. This can lead elderly people having difficulties with standing up from chair. Now, with the aging trend worldwide, products are being developed that can support the lives of the elderly. This study examines the distribution of hip pressure in relation to the seating positions of the standing assistance seats under development to prevent standing up accidents in older adults. The currently developing standing assistant chair designed to tilt to a maximum angle of 25 degrees. At over $25^{\circ}$, design considers that older people are at risk of thrown back out of that force and that the forces exerted on their arms and legs can be a significant burden to older people. By considering danger of higher than $25^{\circ}$ for older people which is experimented in the basis of static capturing approach in previous papers, it is experimented people with age group of 20~60 on $0^{\circ}$ to $25^{\circ}$ tilting angle on the basis of dynamic capturing method in order to pick convenient angle of inclination. Moreover, tried to find the optimum angle by comparing the hip pressure distribution when seated at the edge of the seat and at the center of the seat with the pressure distribution sensor.

• 한국가정과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.59-70
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to develop a program that allows older women to provide voluntary services for child nursing facilities, making those women have more social participation, effectively their spare time and ultimately improve the quality of their life. Results of the study can be described as follows. First, social requests about the use of older women as volunteers for child nursing services were analyzed to show that most people working at child nursing facilities perceived lack in the number of child nursing teachers. Those people recognized the need of using older women as service volunteers for the facilities. They were very positive about such use. Second, it is recommendable that volunteers of child nursing service should be not too much older women, or below 65. Voluntary activities that those women participate include taking care of younger children, reading interesting stories for children, helping works of child homes, teaching manners and living attitudes, instructing dietary etiquettes and cooking. Voluntary service activities should be made 1 to 3 times a week, 1 to 2 hours a time, considering psychological and physical states of older people. Third, such older volunteers should be educated about 6 areas, 'the operation and management of child homes, 'practices', 'child health and safety', 'the quality of child nursing', 'child development and counseling' and 'voluntary service training'. Out of these six areas, 'child health and safety' and 'voluntary service training' are more required to be instructed. such training needs to focus on activities in which older women can actually engage as volunteers. Fourth, it is advisable that the recruitment and management of such volunteers are led by the city and that the development of training programs for voluntary service activities and education of the volunteers are referred to universities.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.305-314
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• 2016

Background: The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of and factors associated with long-term care (LTC) utilization under public long-term care insurance (LTCI) among end-of-life older adults in Korea. Methods: Using a 5% sample of older people aged 65 or older and their health and LTC insurance data, two-part model analyses were conducted. We compared LTC uses and their determinants during the last year of life among decedents in the year 2010 with those of survivors. We also compared the medical uses of the same sample with their LTC uses. Results: The end-of-life elderly were more likely to use LTC, and their expenditure on LTC was higher than their counterparts. Whether or not older people used LTC during their last year of life was significantly affected by age, sex, health insurance, household income, and living alone; however, LTC costs of the decedents were only affected by functional status, which may have been due to the reimbursement scheme of the current LTCI, which is mainly based on functional dependency level. For the survivors, having chronic diseases significantly increased the likelihood of LTC use, which was not the case for the decedents. End-of-life elderly with relatively low social economic status were more likely to use the LTC other than medical services, while the health conditions affected their medical uses most significantly. Conclusion: The study findings provide key information for predicting demand related to the increasing LTC needs of Korean older people at the end of life.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2002

This study was intended to investigate the breakfast habits of salaried people. Total 446 subjects (male:256 and female:190) living in Seoul participated in the study. The results obtained were as follows : About 88.8% of the respondents perceived well the importance of breakfast, but only 33.2% of them responded to have breakfast every morning. It was found that males, older people, married people and people with higher education had a tendency to have breakfast regularly. The main reasons for having breakfast were 'for nutritional intake'(42.2%) and 'for relieving hunger' (31.3%). Cooked rice with soup (78.4%) was the most popular menu for breakfast. The time for breakfast was about 5∼15 minutes. The reasons for skipping breakfast were 'the lack of time > low appetite > habitually', but 59.6% of the respondents answered to have cooked rice with soup if they would. The 95.6% of the respondents showed more than the 'moderate' score on nutritional knowledge. Female salaried people showed higher scores on nutritional knowledge than male counterparts. People with higher education had a better nutritional knowledge. It was found that male, older people, people with higher education, and members in the extended family or nuclear family had good eating habits. Nutritial knowledge showed a significant positive relationship with eating habits. Overall, salaried people perceived the importance of breakfast, but had Poor dietary habit of skipping breakfast at 23.3%. Therefore, convenient and nutritional substitute for breakfast should be developed for salaried people.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2009

In this paper, we developed the care system for older people living alone using the RFID technologies and the living informations. The care system store living informations, extracted through a unconstrained detection method by the RFID tags and readers, into a monitering server. The unconstrained detection method improved a weakness of existing systems that detected a living informations through an infrared sensor, ultrasonic sensor, camera, consumed quantity of the tap water or gas. The result of this study will playa very important role, as a part of a composite older-welfare services. Also, in the future, accumulated living informations will be allowed for a health data of older peoples.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.317-351
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• 2024

이 연구는 공공도서관을 이용한 중·장년층의 디지털 리터러시 역량이 중·장년층의 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향을 알아보는데 있다. 이 연구를 위해 G 지역에 거주하는 40~64세의 중·장년층 192명을 대상으로 설문 조사를 진행하였다. 수집된 데이터는 통계 패키지 SPSS 27 프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 이 연구의 분석 방법은 빈도분석, 기술통계분석, t-test와 일원변량분석(one-way ANOVA), 사후 검증으로 Duncan 방법, 회귀분석 등을 활용하였다. 이 연구의 결과는 첫째, 디지털 리터러시 역량이 중·장년층 삶의 만족도에 유의미하게 영향을 미치고 있으며, 디지털 리터러시 역량이 향상될수록 중·장년층의 삶의 만족도가 높아졌다. 둘째, 전체 조사 대상자의 성별, 학력, 직장 여부, 월 평균 수입에 따른 디지털 리터러시 역량은 내가 하는 일(학업이나 업무 활동 등)에 영향을 미쳤고, 최종학력에 따른 디지털 리터러시 역량은 삶의 만족도에서 여가 및 문화생활에 영향을 미쳤다.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2018

Objective: Older persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) are particularly more likely to have fallen in the previous year than those without DM. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the risk of falls and type 2 DM in older adults who are 65 years of age or above. Design: A systematic review. Methods: PubMed and other two databases were searched up to August 2, 2018. Observational and cohort studies evaluating fall risk in people who are 65 years of age or above with DM were included. This review extracted the following information from each study selected: first author's surname, year of publication, country, average follow-up period, sex, age at enrollment, study population, measurement variables, relative risk, 95% confidence intervals and controlled variables. Results: This review involved nine cohort studies with 3,765 older adults with DM and 12,989 older adults without DM. Six studies compared with or without DM and two studies compared fallers with non-fallers with DM. Risk factors for falls included impaired cognitive function, diabetes-related complications (peripheral nerve dysfunction, visual impairment), and physical function (balance, gait velocity, muscle strength, and severity of physical activities). Conclusions: People who are 65 years of age or above with DM have increased risk of falling caused by impaired cognitive function, peripheral nerve dysfunction, visual impairment, and physical function in community-dwellers. For adults who are 65 years of age or older with DM, research fields and clinical settings should consider therapeutic approaches to improve these risk factors for falls.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2005

In this study, we challenge recent apocalyptic rhetoric about idle, burdensome, and dependent older people. Our primary objective is to examine and compare the productive activities of older adults in both Korea and Canada using a broader definition of productivity that included household work. Another objective is to identify and compare the factors related to the participation of household work of older adults in both countries. In order to conduct a comparative culture study two data sets were used; one was the 1999 Survey of Time Use collected by Korean Statistics Office and the other was 1998 Survey of Time Use collected by Canadian Statistics Office. Many countries have been collected a time use survey and used to study labor, welfare, and culture. Total number of 17,730 Korean and 2,729 Canadian between when and 84 were included to analyze the data. It is clear from the results that older people engage in productive behaviors, particularly when the definition of activities is broadened to include unpaid work. However, it is also clear the productive contributions in terms of household work ale lower among older Koreans than among older Canadians.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.17-34
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• 2019

Older women who live alone are among society's most vulnerable people, since they experience increased risk of multiple chronic diseases and have limited financial protection. This can lead older women living alone to catastrophic health expenditure(CHE), which is defined as a healthcare expenditure that exceeds a certain portion of a household's ability to pay. Using the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing(KLoSA), this study investigated the incidence of CHE among older women living alone and identified the factors related to this incidence. Applying health expenditure thresholds of 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% of ability to pay, the proportions of those with CHE were 41.3%, 22.9%, 14.6%, and 9.4%, respectively. Logistic regression models were used to identify factors related to CHE incidence, which include demographics, income, the number of chronic diseases, perceived health status, and health insurance type. The results show that the health care safety net in South Korea is insufficient for older women living alone. The findings can guide policymakers in improving healthcare and welfare policies to protect people from catastrophic payments. Particularly, welfare policies should be established for poor non-recipients who are not included within the benefits scope of the National Basic Livelihood Security System due to the unrealistic criteria of income recognition and family support obligation.