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A Survey on Present Condition of Fire Safety Management of Elderly care Facilities for Evacuation Safety Design (피난안전설계를 위한 노인요양시설의 소방안전관리 실태 조사)

  • Hong, Hae-Ri;Seo, Dong-Goo;Kim, Dong-Eun;Kwon, Young-Sook;Park, Hyun-Sik;Kwon, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.272-275
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구는 고령자시설의 현황과 고령자의 군집보행속도를 조사한 전보에 이어 고령자를 고려한 피난안전설계를 위한 기초연구로서 노인요양시설의 근무자의 소방안전관리실태에 관한 설문조사를 실시 및 분석하였으며 그 결과 화재시 재실자의 피난가능여부와 소방서와의 연락체계에 관한 질문에서 초기피난의 문제점을 도출할 수 있었으며 노인요양시설의 비상구 및 주야간 상시 관리자 수 및 피난시설에서 대응책이 필요할 것으로 사료되어 향후 체계적인 피난안전계획의 구축이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

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The Effect of Working Mother's Job and Parenting Stress on Child Care in Korea and Japan (한국과 일본 취업모의 직무 및 육아 스트레스가 양육행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Koyama, Yoshinori;Park, Ji-Sun;Park, Chun-Man;Nakashima, Nozomi;Nakajima, Kazuo
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.89-103
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    • 2014
  • Objectives: The purpose of the study was to clarify the relationship between parenting, job related stress and child care using data from working mother's in Korea and Japan. Methods: In this study, we conducted a survey of 125 Korean mothers who used childcare facilities in two cities and 170 Japan mothers who used childcare facilities in two cities. The questionnaire sought information about the mother's age, age of the youngest child, family composition, mother's occupation, parenting stress, job stress, appropriate parenting behavior and child maltreatment. Based on this survey data, it was tried to reveal the effective paths between parenting stress, job stress, appropriate parenting behavior and child maltreatment in order to provide the rationale for intervention by using SEM. Results: Child care was statistically significantly affected by parenting stress and job stress for both Korean and Japanese working mother's. Conclusions: The results of the research suggest the need to establish work-life balance policies to improve the balanced lives of working mother's.

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The Effect of Care-workers Work Environment on Organizational Commitment: The Mediation Effects of Job Satisfaction (요양보호사의 직무환경이 조직몰입에 미치는 영향: 직무만족의 매개효과 검증)

  • Hong, Seo-Joon;Kim, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of the job environment of nursing care workers on organizational commitment and to verify the mediating effect of job satisfaction based on this. Data collection was conducted on 340 nursing care workers, centering on elderly care facilities in Gyeonggi-do, and the uncollected questionnaires and abnormalities were removed and the final 267 were selected as the subjects of the study. Data analysis results were derived through SPSS WIN 2.0 and PROCESS Macro V3.5, and Hayes (2013)'s Macro Model Number 4 was applied to verify the mediating effect of job satisfaction. As a result of the analysis, the partial mediating effect of the job satisfaction was confirmed in the effect of the job environment of the caregiver on organizational commitment. Based on the analysis results, practical and policy suggestions for improving the job environment and increasing job satisfaction of nursing caregivers, and follow-up studies were proposed to overcome the limitations of this study.

Improvement Plans of Urban Policies for the Realization of a Barrier-Free City (무장애도시 구현을 위한 도시정책 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • YOON, Jae-Bong;KIM, Ji-Hyeon;OH, Se-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.26-40
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to propose improvement plans and directions of existing policies to build a Barrier-Free city for the socially underprivileged. We conducted correlation analysis and T-test based on the results of a survey of the general public including the socially underprivileged to understand how their satisfaction with the use of facilities close to their daily lives, such as housing, sales·business facilities, affects their happiness. The results are as follows: First of all, the socially underprivileged experienced discomfort and barriers in urban life more than the privileged, and there was a negative(-) correlation between the degree of discomfort and barrier that the socially underprivileged experienced and happiness in urban life. Second, as a result of analyzing the difference in satisfaction with the life·welfare·leisure environment indicators, the satisfaction with the life environment showed a significant difference between the socially underprivileged and the privileged, and it was found that satisfaction in the life environment had the greatest effect on happiness to the socially underprivileged. We examined the current status and the spatial distribution of BF-certified facilities, one of the representative policies for the socially underprivileged to support their urban life without any obstacles, based on the above outcome, and most certified facilities were concentrated in welfare environment. In addition, we used ArcGIS to analyze that BF-certified facilities have been being supplied to people who really need them and saw that the spatial distribution of the socially underprivileged (elderly, children, and infant) and the distribution of BF certification facilities were somewhat consistent, but were intensively supplied to urban areas.

Korean Physical Therapists Manpower Estimation up to the Year 2030 (21세기 우리나라 적정 물리치료사 인력 수급계획에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Hyuk-Cheol;Yi, Chung-Hwi
    • Physical Therapy Korea
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 1998
  • This study analysed national data of manpower supply for physical therapists in Korea. Based on the comparative analysis results of the future demand and supply, as of May 1998, it is estimated that there was already an oversupply of physical therapists in Korea. This oversupply is expected to continue even though there would be an increase in hospital beds, rehabilitation facilities for the elderly, and nursing homes. Thus it would be desirable to cut down the number of students admitted to physical therapy schools each year. Our estimation shows that the Ministry of Health and Welfare must take measures to reduce the supply of physical therapist as soon as possible.

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A Study on Microbial Pollution of Indoor Air at Elderly Care Facilities (노인요양시설의 실내공기 중 미생물 오염에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-Ha;Kim, Young-Kwon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.10 no.9
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    • pp.2485-2491
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    • 2009
  • Culture was performed by using Sheep Blood Agar Plate (BAP, Asan Pharmaceutical) and Sabouraud Dextrose Ager (SDA, Asan Pharmaceutical) along with air $IDEAL^{TM}$ (Biomerieux), which is a microbe interceptor based on inertial impaction interception, in order to investigate bioaerosol in indoor and outdoor air at five elderly care facilities in a metropolis and an urban-rural consolidated city for two months from April 1 to May 31, 2007. From the culture followed by isolation and identification, the following conclusions were drawn. 1. As for the general isolation of microbes in each facility, care center S had the largest amount of microbes (263 cfu/$m^3$) isolated in a 300L room, followed by care center U having 123 cfu/$m^3$ isolated. 2. As for the number of bacteria isolated from a medium intercepting 300 L indoor, the largest amount of other unidentified or non-pathogenic Gram positive cocci (321 cfu/$m^3$) was isolated and most of the other Gram positive cocci were CNS (Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus). 3. As for the number of fungi isolated from a medium intercepting 300 L in a room, the largest number of Aspergillus spp. (66) was isolated, followed by Mucor spp. (62 cfu/$m^3$), Penicillium spp. (53 cfu/$m^3$), Alternaria spp. (50), and other unidentified or non-pathogenic fungi (42 cfu/$m^3$). 4. As for the rate of indoor and outdoor pollution, the average number of interceptions was all larger indoor than outdoor; the research differentiating the amount of air into 300 L and 500 L demonstrated that the larger amount of air led to more bacteria, making no great variation in the species.

The Effect of elderly Wisdom on Life Satisfaction, Self-Esteem, Psychological Wellbeing and Quality of Child Relationship (노인의 지혜가 삶의 만족도, 자아 존중감, 심리적 복지감, 자녀관계의 질에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Suk-Hee;Song, Sun-Hee
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.49-59
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    • 2014
  • This study is aimed to know whether there are any quality differences among wisdom, life satisfaction, self-esteem, psychological well-being, and child relationship in accordance with the individual characteristics of the elderly. The subjects in this study were 227 old people who were over 65 years old among people using the hall for the elderly or elderly welfare center, worship facilities in Cheonan City or Kyeonggi Province. In addition, the effect that wisdom influences each valuable showed that there were statistically significant in all of the satisfaction of living, self-esteem, psychological wellbeing, the quality of child relationship. The result of research in the interaction effects between sex and age showed the interaction effect.

A Study on Establishing Resident's Behavioral Model in Daily Living based on a Wireless Sensor Network (무선센서 네트워크를 통한 실내 거주자의 일상생활 행동 모형 정립 연구)

  • Cho, Seung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.129-138
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    • 2009
  • While the issue of caring for the elderly that faces the modern society has reached a serious level, it is expected that it will be particularly true in the Republic of Korea where an aged, not an aging, society is impending. In this paper I did research on establishing behavioral model of residents who dwell in home or welfare facilities. I suggested a behavioral model in daily living, $W_{ip}(n)$, based on event triggering. A multi-hop routing-based wireless luminance/temperature sensor network was built based on the proposed resident's behavioral model. 1 did experiments on behavioral activities of residents on the wireless sensor network system. According to experimental results. I could classify whether the daily activity of a resident someday is regular or not. These experimental results show that the proposed behavioral model is highly applicable in caring for residents in home or welfare facilities effectively in the future.

Factors Influencing the Intention of Admission into a Charged Nursing Home for the Elderly (유료노인전문요양원 입주의사 결정요인에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Young-Soon;Cho, Eun-Hi;Yu, Byung-Chul;Jeong, Ki-Won;Urm, Sang-Hwa;Kim, Sung-Jun;Chun, Jin-Ho
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2001
  • Objectives : To gather information about the factors which influence the interest and intention of admission into charging nursing hones for the elderly(CNH), as these homes represent an important method for resolving the problems related to the rapid population aging occurring in Korea. Methods : A face-to-face interview survey was carried out with 320(men 159, women 165) patients over 60 years old who were admitted at 2 university hospitals and 5 general hospitals in the Busan area between December 1998 and March 1999. Data were analyzed through t-test, ANOVA, correlation and multiple regression analysis. Results : The mean age and years of education of the study population was 67.0 and 7.7 years, and the types of chronic degenerative disease included musculoskeletal disorders(20.1%), cerebrovascular disease(17.1%), and diabetes(14.3%). The major forms of household living arrangement prior to admission were elderly alone(22.6%), and elderly couple(33.5%), while about half of them(55.5%) didn't want to live with their children id the future. Almost half were paying medication fees by themselves(46.6%). The level of actual intention of admission$(3.07{\pm}1.39)$ into a CNH was lower than that of interest$(3.22{\pm}1.33)$(p<0.01). Multiple analysis revealed that the intention of admission increased with decreasing number of future supportive persons$(\beta=-0.107)$, lower level of activity in daily life$(\beta=-0.447)$, and longer years of education$(\beta=-0.447)$ with 32.7% of $R^2$. As for the factors which determined the admission into a CNH, the fee and facilities were considered to be most important, and professional nursing and physician's care were the most desired services. In nomenclature, they preferred 'elderly hospital' or 'elderly health center' to CNH. Conclusions : Interest in CNH is increasing recently, but existing studies about patient experiences in CHN are still limited. This study may form a basis for future examinations of the needs and uses for CNH. Active financial support and public information are considered by the authors to be important factors for the induction of welfare services for the elderly, though CNH.

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A Study on the Effect of Life Behavior and Socio-environmental Satisfaction on Life Satisfaction of the Elderly People with or without Hearing Loss (난청 여부에 따른 노인의 생활행태와 사회환경만족도가 삶의 만족도에 미치는 영향 연구)

  • Jeong, Su-yeon;Byun, Jae-hee;Jung, Deuk;Jo, Changik
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.99-107
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    • 2022
  • This study was conducted to empirically analyze the effect of life behavior and socio-environmental satisfaction on life satisfaction of the elderly with or without hearing loss. To this end, 3,071 elderly people of 「the Survey on the Actual Condition of the Elderly」 in 2020 were set as the subjects. After controlling for their demographic variables, the multiple regression model showed that the elderly with hearing loss had different factors of life behavior and socio-environment satisfaction that affected their life satisfaction compared to those without. As a result, the sub-factors of life behavior in the elderly with hearing loss, such as economic activities, social group activities, the use of the center, and the sub-factors of social environment satisfaction, such as family satisfaction and environmental satisfaction, had a positive (+) effect on life satisfaction. Especially, the elderly with hearing loss had more limitations in both the area of living behavior and the area of social environment satisfaction than the elderly without hearing loss. Therefore, in order to improve the life satisfaction of the elderly with hearing loss, it is suggested that the government and local governments should simultaneously supplement welfare policies and facilities for the elderly with hearing loss.