• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.973-980
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• 2020

Various applied solutions utilizing the technology of the 4th Industrial Revolution are being applied to the health and welfare sector. In the proposed paper, the senior care system solution based on big data is designed. The principles of operation of the proposed system are collecting senior behavioral analyses through API information of smart devices, and sending a primary notification to the relevant senior in cases where a senior reacts differently from the existing standards. A system is proposed to prevent dangerous situations by providing information to peer seniors, family members, and the emergency center in cases where there is no response.

• The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.33-46
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• 2009

In order to analyze possible effects of senior hospital selection factors and service satisfaction on senior hospital patients' revisit of senior hospital, this study surveyed guardians of total 204 patients hospitalized in major 4 senior hospitals in Busan. As a result, this study came to the following conclusions: First, it was found that guardians considered appropriateness of medical treatment cost as the biggest factor of choice, which was followed by kindness of doctor and hospital employees, locational accessibility (traffic convenience), and doctor's medical capacity. Second, the factor analysis about patients' satisfaction showed that the influential factors consisted of satisfaction at medical staffs, satisfaction at nursing and care, and satisfaction at facilities. Third, there was not significant difference in the overall impression of hospital and the intention of revisit depending upon sociological variables. Fourth, satisfaction at nursing and care and satisfaction at facilities had significant effects on better satisfaction at overall impression of hospital, and it was noted that the shorter admission period and the less complaint led to the higher intention of revisit. Therefore, it is necessary to improve satisfaction at medical staffs, nursing and care, and facilities rather than patients' own sociological characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.27-35
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to establish planning criteria and development of type for the senior citizen who lives alone in home for the elderly at rural and fishing villages. In order to take most suitable co-housing, this analysis is progressed various building types based on aging in place and aging in health; self care, nono care, service care and community care. This paper is to suggest collective housing with 10 types in large scale and extracted 19 types in detail scale. The basis of classification are location condition; aging in place, building condition, health care condition; aging in health and possession & operation condition. In viewpoint of dwelling welfare 'Home for the Elderly' is to concerned with systematic methodology and architectural typology for senior citizen who lives alone in the rural and fishing village.

• The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.214-223
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• 2017

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the factors influencing the competence in intensive and critical care nursing of senior nursing students. Methods: A descriptive survey was used to examine the factors that influence competence in intensive and critical care nursing. The data were collected using self-administered questionnaires; 237 senior nursing students were asked about general characteristics, critical thinking, communication competence, self-esteem, self-resilience, and self-leadership. Results: Multiple regression analysis indicated that self-leadership, self-esteem, and confidence in intensive care unit practice predicted the competence in intensive and critical care nursing (37.8% of explanatory power). Critical thinking, communication competence, and self-resilience were not shown to be significant predictors of, but were positively correlated with, the competence in intensive and critical care nursing. Conclusion: Based on the results, it is suggested that self-leadership, self-esteem, and confidence in intensive care unit practice should be considered in nursing education in order to improve nursing students' level of competence in intensive and critical care nursing.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.1489-1495
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• 2014

Facing aged society, long-term care insurance for senior citizen has been introduced in Korea since 2008 in order to take away care burden from family. Daycare Center is one of the institutions developed by the idea of social care. Noticing many problems around adult day services (ADS) such as low quality of services and lack of running sources, this paper would suggest the norm of day care center in terms of community cohesive facilities. In addition, to find out the future vision of ADS, interviews with 10 experts are also analyzed. The result is that new health care program would be community-friendly, tailor-made, communication-based and intergenerational one.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.67 no.1
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• pp.68-71
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• 2023

• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.128-134
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• 2009

This study examined people over 60 years old living in Gumi, Gyeongbuk Province and their health and disease were analyzed. The results are as followings; First, as for seniors' condition of health, females were worse than males: the older they were and the lower their schooling and income were, they recognized bad health condition. Second, as for seniors' health care, males cared for themselves better than females: the higher their schooling and income were, the better they cared for themselves. Using the methods of health care such as walking, hiking, diet care, We found out that the low income class did not get the health examination at all. Lastly, as the most seniors in Gumi city suffer a chronic disease, the city office is needed to promote various policies like prevention of age-related disease, early discovery and delay of retrogression at its own initiative.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.27-35
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• 2007

According to the 2005 Korean census, the 65 and over population now exceeds 9.5% of the total population and is growing rapidly. Meeting elderly environment and care needs of this rapidly growing segment of the population becomes a major challenge for public policies and planners. Since great deal amount of elderly will reside in their houses, aging in place concept becomes important. For the success of aging in place, the quality of individual house unit, community support systems, and quality of senior center of the community are crucial. Since elderly environments and facilities serve not only medical and/or care programs but also social activity program in aging society, senior centers need to promote social activities and other care programs. The purpose of this study is to analyze characteristics of environmental affordance of a well received senior center in Tokyo, Japan. In order to analyze the characteristics, Murtha & Lee user benefit criteria and Lawton's environmental affordance approaches were used. As results, design characteristics and interior elements which provide environmental affordance were enumerated by type of space. Based on needs and user benefit criteria, those features were analyzed. This study shows design characteristics, elements, and attributes which are well received and utilized by elderly users.

• Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.79-88
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• 2011

In order to improve the quality of life and support the successful living of the elderly people in rural community, the Senior Well-being Villages Project has been carried out by Rural Development Administration since 2005 in Korea. This timely project, however, produces good results with 582 villages so far, we must endeavor to upgrade it more effectively. This study is to find complementary way of improving the project, and the results of the study are summarized as follows. First of all, the sustainable and practical strategies of the health care for the rural elderly must be adopted. The elderly people's mutual care system can be a good option for improving the existing project. Secondly, the cooperative heath care system must combine with this project. In this regards, health cooperative federation system can be also a challenging option. The beneficially activity of rural elderly people, which is a component of this project, must be linked with rural social enterprise or community venture. The local experts or capable men of various fields including family, the aged problem, social welfare, and regional development, must be appointed, and the support system enables them to do their jobs actively in the Senior Well-being Villages Project as well as other community works.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.51-60
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• 2005

Because of the rapid increase of the number of elderly people, there are many problem in modern society. Especially the support of elderly people is becoming the hot issue, which results from a nuclear family and social activity of woman. The Policy of community care of the elderly people in western is caused by a heavy cost and isolation from the society of a facility care policy. Since 1980, Concept of 'home care for elderly people' has been appeared in korea. The Facility causing by these movement is 'Multipurpose senior center'. The purpose of this study is to present the alternative data to improve the quality of medical and rehabilitation part in multipurpose senior center. Data collecting skills such as drawing documents analysis, interviews, observation were used to examine the condition of medical and rehabilitation. And, case study method was used to generate the alternative medel which can be used for the spatial composition and the area calculation.