• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.323-327
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• 2008

The population of the elderly and elderly living alone goes on increasing. Most elderly does not want to move into another place out of their present living environment. So it is essential to know their living conditions for the quality of living, especially the aged living alone out of their children' care. Unfortunately there is scarcely any house designed for the aged, especially elderly living alone until now. So this study investigated the living environment of the elderly living alone in gunsan city. The ratio of the female aged living alone is about 3 times than the male but the male population is increasing. Most of them are troubled with more than a disease and use aids and feel the necessity of the others' help. The ratio of the absolute poverty among the elderly living alone is about 30%. The majority of them are almost 65-84 years old with living detached house. Most of them own their house. They living in detached house are of a mind to remodel bath/toilet first of all and they living in apartment or row houses have a intention of remodeling an air conditioner and paper walls and ceiling and flooring of all things in house. As the bath and restroom have been pointed as a dangerous space for elderly, the elderly living alone pointed out them as to be remodeled. It seemed the air conditioner in house do not work well in view of their poor economic condition. For the elderly It is needed economic and institutional supports of private organization or government.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.51-77
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• 2012

본 연구는 장애노인의 과부담 보건의료비 현황 및 영향요인을 밝히기 위한 목적으로 진행되었다. 과부담 보건의료는 지불능력 대비 가구 보건의료비 지출이 역치기준(10%, 20%, 30%, 40%)을 초과한 상태로 정의하였다. 본 연구는 장애인고용패널조사 1, 2, 3차년 통합자료를 활용하였으며, 연구대상으로 60세 이상의 장애노인 726명을 분석대상으로 삼았다. 장애노인가구의 과부담 보건의료비 영향요인을 밝히기 위하여 패널로짓분석을 사용하였다. 연구결과 연령이 높을수록, 배우자가 있을 때, 내부 장애인의 경우, 건강상태가 나쁠 때, 만성질환이 있을 때, 가구원 수가 많을수록, 장애가족비율이 높을수록, 노인가족비율이 높을수록, 빈곤유형 중 빈곤 비수급가구에 속할 때 과부담 보건의료비 위험이 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과에 기초하여 우리나라의 장애노인 가구의 과부담 보건의료비 경감을 위한 제언을 제시하였다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.325-345
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 사회적으로 고립된 남성 독거노인의 생애사적 접근을 통해 사회적으로 고립되기까지의 과정과 삶을 심도 있게 이해하기 위한 탐색적 연구이다. 연구방법으로는 질적연구 생애사 방법의 하나인 'Mandelbaum(1973)의 삶의 영역(Dimensions), 전환점(turnings), 적응(adaptation)'이라는 개념틀로 분석하였다. 본 연구결과에 따르면, 사회적으로 고립된 노인들은 가족 관계 단절, 빈곤, 열악한 일자리, 건강악화 등의 복합적인 어려움을 경험하면서 사회적으로 고립된 것으로 나타났다. 구체적으로 삶의 영역에서 고립 전의 원가족과의 삶에서 부모와의 원만하지 못한 관계나 부재, 가족의 빈곤, 주위 사람들과의 원만하지 못한 관계 등의 경험이 있었다. 노동시장에서 막노동, 배달, 장사, 허드렛일 등의 좋지 않은 일자리를 갖고 있었다. 전환점의 영역에서는 외환위기, 부모의 이혼과 죽음, 배우자 외도, 경제적 어려움 등의 여러 원인으로 원가족과 배우자와의 분리로 인한 가족과의 단절을 경험하게 되었다. 적응의 영역에서 참여자들은 삶의 각 전환점에서 변화된 삶을 받아들이며 자신의 역할을 수행하면서 타협하고 절충하면서 적절히 적응하려는 노력을 해나가고 있었다. 국민기초수급자라는 사회적 안전망 제도에 들어왔고 그 안전망을 지키기 위해 한곳에 머무르는 지금의 삶이 더 안정적인 삶을 살게 만들었으며 개인적인 취미생활과 네트워크를 통한 대리만족으로 적응하고 있음을 밝혔다. 이는 기존연구에서 고립된 노인들이 우울증과 고독사의 위험에 심하게 노출되었다는 연구결과와 다소 다른 결과이다. 하지만 상대적으로 고립감이 낮은 노인을 인터뷰한 본 연구의 특성을 동시에 감안해야 할 것이다. 이 같은 연구 결과를 바탕으로 여러 실천적 정책적 함의를 제시했다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.221-229
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• 2017

이 연구는 빈곤층 노인의 미충족 의료에 영향을 미치는 융합 요인들을 규명하고자 하였다. 분석자료는 2011년 한국의료패널이며 Anderson모형에 기초하여 각 요인에 속하는 변수들을 선정하였고 빈도분석을 통해 일반적 특성을, 교차분석을 통해 변수간의 연관성을 검정하였다. 마지막으로 로지스틱 회귀분석으로 미충족 의료에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 빈곤층 노인이 미충족 의료를 경험할 가능성이 소인성 요인에서는 무학 및 초등학교 졸업 노인이 고졸이상 학력의 노인보다 약 1.5배 이상 높았다. 가능성 요인에서는 수입목적으로 일하지 않은 노인과 고용주 자영업자 노인이 무급가족종사자보다 1.5배 이상 높으며, 필요요인에서는 일상 활동에 제한을 받는 노인이 그렇지 않은 노인보다 2.9배 높았다. 이 연구의 결과를 통해 빈곤층 노인의 의료 이용시 경제적 부담 증가가 빈곤층 노인의 미충족 의료를 발생시킬 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.92-101
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• 2009

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the functional status and long-term care services for the community-dwelling low-income elderly. Method: A descriptive research design was used in this study. The functional status of the participants was obtained using Minimum Data Set-Home Care Version 2.0 and the long-term care services were identified via Michigan's choice. Total of 154 persons aged 65 years or older completed Korean Minimum Data Set-Home Care Version 2.0 on the community dwelling low-income elderly. Results: The average of Activities of Daily Living was 4.19, and the range was 0-55, while the average of Instrument of Activities of Daily Living was 4.85 and the range was 0-56. Among the subjects, 46.1% belonged to the Information and Referral group and 1.3% to the Nursing Home group. Severe daily pain was reported by 14.9%, and 76.6% of the participants had impaired vision. The Activities of Daily Living was difference according to living with, education, vision, and depression. The long-term care services differed according to gender, pain, vision, hearing, and depression. Conclusion: The support policy for the elderly needed to focus on impaired visual and depression to enhance the activities of daily living. Moreover, there is a need for the Information and Referral group to arrange and develop nursing intervention resources.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.79-94
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• 2017

Objectives : The elderly in South Korea are the poorest among OECD countries in 2015. The aim of this study was to explore the health and life of the low-income elderly living in vulnerable areas in a metropolitan city. Methods : Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews with 7 participants from October to November 2015 and analyzed through Colaizzi's phenomenological methodology. The participants were interviewed for over 60 minutes in each person. Results : 7 categories were identified from 17 subcategories: "My life history: sick body," "Living with a sick body," "My poor but precious life," "A sense of distance from the hospital," "Narrowed area of my life," "Thankful for help," and "The village where I have lived my destiny." There is a lack of medical accessibility, mobility, and economic independence for low-income seniors. In addition, full-fledged redevelopment comes to them as violence. Conclusions : The health and life of the low-income elderly in vulnerable areas are products of many social factors, reaffirming the importance of social health.

• 여성건강간호학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.241-253
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative research was to understand the meaning of the depression in low income elderly women. Methods: Participants were 15 elderly women, aged between 60 and 80 who were registered in two senior welfare centers in Seoul. Data were collected from June to December, 2012 after having obtained consent from participants. In-depth interviews were done with open-ended questions about their depression experiences, which were audio-taped and transcribed with verbatim. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to discover the categories considering their relationships and abstractness. Results: Depressions of aged women were a part of the their life throughout their long lived hardship and was implied unhealed wounds within the relationship. Participants did not know how to manage with depression symptoms that they tried to overcome individually but due to decreased activities and interpersonal relationships, their depressions were tended to continue. They have tried to get out from depressive symptoms, but it still remains unseen shadow of mind. Conclusion: This results suppose that social support and aged welfare policy included reliving the economical difficulty and improving relationships will be provided to manage the depression for low income elderly women.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2018

Purpose: Korean society is undergoing the rapid increase and poverty of elderly population. Therefore, the appropriate supply and planning of public rental housing for the low-income elderly is more important. The purpose of this study is to present the basic data for the study and planning of the elderly housing complex by analyzing the cognitive characteristics of the elderly residing in the rental housing. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted to identify health characteristics of the elderly living in the 'Gongreung SH Apartment'. 100 random samples were collected and 82 valid samples were analysed. Statistical analysis was performed using Excel and R for the age, sex, health, outdoor walking frequency and characteristics of Cognitive map of the elderly. Results: The characteristics of cognitive map were classified into point shapes and linear shapes. The linear group was lower in average age than the point group and tended to draw the map wider. The wider the map was, the more the number of elements in cognitive map was. The number of elements on the cognitive map decreased as respondents' age increased. On the other hand it was not related to residence period and gender of the elderly. Implication: The cognitive extent of the residential environment tends to decrease with age. Men's cognitive range is wider than women's. There is no corelation between the number of cognitive elements and cognitive map type. Men tend to have a systematic image of city, whereas women focus on relational and social urban factors. For sustainable apartment complex design, various characteristics of the group including men and women, different age and different health status should be considered.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.675-687
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• 2004

This study is designed to assess the prevalence at risk of malnutrition according to the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and evaluate the factors influencing on the nutritional risk of the elderly. Three hundred and nine elderly (110 men and 199 women: mean age =74.1) who participated in meal service in the Chung-buk province were investigated. Mean MNA total score was 21.9 and women had significantly lower MNA scores than men (respectively, 21.5 and 22.8). In the mean time mean MNA-SF (Short Form) score was 10.7, respectively 10.6 for the women and 11.0 for the men, with the difference being statistically significant. The MNA classified 33% of the elderly as well-nourished, 61.7% as at risk of malnutrition and 5.3% as overt malnourished. However, MNA-SF categorized the examinees 40.2% as good and 59.8% at nutritional risk. Those who identified as malnourished elderly had significantly lower mean BMI, mid-arm and calf circumference, poorer functional abilities (ADL, IADL) , lower MAR and food habits scores, and higher number of nutrient $\leq$ 75% of RDA than those with at risk of malnutrition and well nourished. Also socioeconomic status such as educational level, self-rated economic status, poverty level, and marital status significantly influenced nutritional status. Similar effect was observed in self-rated nutritional status and health status, dental status, appetite change according to MNA score. Stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that weight loss was the most predictive item in the total MNA and MNA-SF score. It was found that items such as mobility, living status (home vs institution) , mode of feeding, and pressure sores were inappropriate for assessment of the elderly who are able to participate meal service program. Also, some modifications of items in MNA are needed in order to apply to Korean elderly. Even though the MNA seems to be an useful tool to screen those old people at risk of malnourished, a lot of work is still to be done with this assessment tool to secure its reliability.

• 토지주택연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2016

정부는 주거안정과 주거수준이 향상 되었다는 평가아래 2015년 주거기본법 수립과 함께 주택정책의 목적을 '주택공급'에서 '주거복지'로 전환하였다. 그러나 부담 가능한(affordable) 주택이 점차 감소하면서 주거환경은 더욱 열악해 지고 있다. 주거환경은 아동이 안전하고, 건강하고, 교육을 잘 받을 수 있는 기본 요소이다. 본 연구는 문헌연구를 통해 열악한 주거환경이 아동에게 미치는 영향과 국내 아동의 주거빈곤 현황을 파악하였으며 국내외 아동의 주거정책 현황을 탐색하였다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 아동기의 열악한 주거환경은 신체건강, 정신건강 및 학업성취와 인지발달에 부정적 영향을 미친다. 둘째, 129만 명(11.9%)의 아동이 최저주거기준 이하의 주거빈곤 상태에서 거주하고 있으며 특정 지역에 집중되어 있다. 셋째, 국내 아동 주거정책은 거의 부재하며 노인, 청년에 집중되어 있다. 이와 같은 연구결과를 바탕으로 정책적 제안으로는 유엔아동권리협약에 준수한 아동 주거정책 수립, 증거기반을 토대로 한 주거정책 시행, 중앙정부 책임 하 주거정책을 제안하였고, 실천적 제안으로는 지역사회가 주체가 되어 활동하는 아동 주거빈곤 예방활동, 아동 옹호적 관점에서 관계기관들이 연대하여 관련법, 정책, 공약 등을 분석하고 이슈화 하는 방안을 논의하였다.