• 한국사회복지학
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• 제67권4호
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• pp.279-299
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 노인장기요양서비스를 이용하는 부양가구원과 여성가구원의 노동공급효과를 확인하는데 있다. 노인장기요양보험제도의 공식적 돌봄 서비스가 부양가구원들의 비공식적 돌봄을 대체한다면, 이는 부양가구원들의 시간제약을 변화시켜 노동공급을 증가시킬 것이다. 따라서 이러한 노동공급효과는 각국의 공적 돌봄 서비스의 제도적 수준에 따라 달라질 수 있다. 지금까지 서구국가들에서는 이에 대한 연구가 활발히 전개되어 왔으나, 이러한 실증분석들은 혼재된 결과를 보인다. 선행연구들에서는 무엇보다 방법론상 내생성의 문제가 지속적으로 제기되어 왔다. 본 연구는 이러한 문제를 해결하고자 유사실험설계인 PSM(Propensity Score Matching)과 DD(Double Difference) 결합모형을 활용하여 선택편의를 최소화하였다. 한국복지패널 3차, 9차 데이터를 활용한 분석 결과, 한국의 노인장기요양보험제도의 노동공급효과는 나타나지 않았다. 단순이중차이분석에서는 노동시간과 근로소득이 유의미하게 증가한 것으로 나타났지만, 더 엄격하다고 볼 수 있는 이중차이 고정효과모형분석에서는 그 효과가 나타나지 않았다. 이를 서구의 경험적 연구결과에 비춰보면, 한국의 공적 돌봄서비스인 노인장기요양보험제도가 비공식적 돌봄을 대체하지 못하고 일부만을 보완하는 수준에 머물러 있는 것이라고 해석할 수 있다. 본 연구의 분석결과는 그동안 제기되어온 노인장기요양서비스의 급여불충분성에 대한 증거가 될 수 있으며, 노인장기요양서비스의 제도적 배열이 대상자 및 부양가족의 욕구에 맞도록 선택되어져야 한다는 함의를 가진다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제54권
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• pp.203-220
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 비공식 부양자가 기능제안이 있는 중증 장애노인에게 제공하는 노인보호의 양과 유형에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 65세 이상 중증장애노인을 수발하고 있는 주부양자들을 대상으로 설문조사를 하여 회수된 설문지 중에서 사용 가능한 211부를 본 연구의 분석 표본으로 선정하였다. 연구목적에 따라서 부양상태에 대한 확률 추정과 보호제공시간량에 미치는 요인을 분석한 결과, 부양상태와 부양결정에 관련된 요인들에 대하여 유의미안 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 보호제공시간 시간량에 OLS분석을 실시한 결과에 따르면, 첫째 소득은 총가족보호시간에 회귀한 모형 1에서만 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 부양생산기술의 구성요소들 중 일상생활동작제한과 수단적 일상생활동작제안, 부양팀원수, 공식서비스 이용이 보호제공량에 유의미한 영양을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 가계생산기술을 구성하는 요소들은 부양시수에 유의한 영양을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 부양자 선호의 구성요소에서는 부양자의 경제활동 여부, 노인보호 구입을 위해 지불할 용의가 있는 금액이 유의한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.297-308
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• 2008

Previous research on elderly care in rural areas has focused on inter-generational support, ignoring the possibility of elderly care among community members in the rural areas of Korea. This study attempts to explore the roles and potentials of community-based elderly care in rural areas where nearby family or formal services are unavailable. For this purpose, data was collected from the elderly in three Korean rural villages using qualitative case study methods. Each village was studied as a separate case study and in-depth interviews with the elderly in each village were conducted. All interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim for the analysis. The data was analyzed using the Reflective Qualitative Analytic Technique. Results showed that rural elderly in all three villages had lunch, talked, and played together; almost everyday in the winter. However, the nature of care among rural elderly varied depending on the characteristics of the rural community (the traditional rural, the rural mixed with the urban, and the neighboring rural with the urban). Specifically, the use of mutual aids (providing food, repairing housing, and checking personal safety by telephone or visit, etc.) was most consistent at the traditional rural village. Because both the rural village mixed with the urban and the neighboring rural village with urban have better access to many aids and programs from formal institutions, mutual aids among community members decreased compared with the traditional rural village. However, regular group activities such as sports, dancing or debate help to provide pleasure and integrate the community. These results suggest that community relationships as a substitution for social support provide by family or formal services can be utilized in rural areas.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.585-595
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to examine the predictors of burnout among informal caregivers of older adults. One hundred thirty seven caregivers who had provided care to older adults over 60 years of age for more than one month were included in the study. Most of the caregivers were white (91%) and female (78%). Mean ages of the caregivers were 64 years and 78% of them were married. Seventy percent of the older adults suffered from Alzheimer and related disease. In this study, caregivers reported that they experienced burnout once a month. The scores of emotional exhaustion and reduced personal accomplishment of the caregivers were in the moderate burnout range. To examine the predictors of burnout, discriminant analysis was used. Caregivers were divided by two groups based on the sum of scores (cutpoint＝6) on three dimensions of burnout after each dimension was categorized into high(3), moderate(2), and low(1). Nine predictors were included in the analysis : Caregiver's age, employment status, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) of the older adult, presence of dementia of the older adult, caregiver's empathy toward the older adult (emotional and cognitive), and 3 coping strategies (negative, problem-focused, cognitive reconstructioning). Caregivers who reported high burnout showed higher cognitive empathy toward the older adults than those who showed low burnout. Caregivers who experienced high burnout used negative coping more often, and cognitive reconstructioning coping and problem focused coping less often than their counterparts. Wilks' Lambda was .78 indicating that differences between the two groups were significant. Cognitive empathy and cognitive reconstructioning coping showed high standardized canonical discriminat function coefficients over .40. Discriminant function with 9 predictors correctly classified 71% of the sample. In conclusion, informal caregivers also experienced certain level of burnout. Cognitive empathy and coping strategies predicted burnout experience of the caregivers. Based on this study, nursing intervention to the informal caregivers to improve their cognitive empathy toward the older adults and to modify their coping strategies in a way to reduce burnout experience can be applied. Further research to develop effective nursing interventions for the purpose of reducing burnout experience by modifying predictors was suggested.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to describe 1) the prevalence of caregiving among adult men and women in Korea and 2) the characteristics of caregiving context. The main results were as follows: 1) About 1 in 6 adults reported that they provided care for the relatives and friends during the previous year. 2) The proportion of male to female caregivers was similar, indicating a higher prevalence of male involvement than previous studies indicated. Yet, the relationships to care recipients and types of care were found to be different by gender of caregiver 3) Adult caregivers are most likely to provide care for the elderly, but continue to provide care for younger persons as well. 4) A nontrivial proportion of the respondents reported providing care for more than one person, suggesting the need to pay special attention to these multiple caregivers.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-37
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• 2006

As the fertility rate of Korea has recently decreased to the lowest level in the world, the recognition of the needs for social support for the child-care has been increased. This resulted in the announcement of National Policy of Child-Rearing Support in 2004. This study attempted to propose the activation of the family child-care for the preparation of the introduction of the National Policy of Child-Rearing Support. Using literature review and interview, the following research questions were addressed. Firstly, the actual situation of the family child-care was compared with that of the other types of child-care. Secondly, the policies of child-rearing support and the family child-care systems in other countries such as United Kingdom, Sweden and Japan were introduced. Finally, activations of the family child-care were discussed in terms of the introduction of the National Policy of Child-Rearing Support. The results of this study implies that the family child-care in Korea is different from that of other countries as well as other types of child-care in Korea. Also, it suggests that key factors of the activation of the family child-care in Korea are to identify as the small, informal and family-like child-care, to differentiate as the infant-care and non-standard time child-care from other types of child-care, and to increase the level of professionalization. In conclusion, family child-care should become an alternative for the low fertility problem.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.104-122
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• 2010

Long-term care insurance has been introduced in Korea a year ago, and we are in a stage requiring to set principles regarding the generosity of coverage and how to gradually extend the coverage. This study empirically analyzes how the long-term care insurance in Korea is operated. Special attention is given to who is the main beneficiary of the long-term care insurance introduction, and what is the factors influencing the elderly's decision to apply for or use long-term care services. Use of a detailed information of individuals' public health insurance and long-term care insurance from administration data made it possible to control for health status, socioeconomic status including family type, housing tenure, income level. Logit models were employed to analyze the effects of various socioeconomic factors on the likelihood of applying and using long-term care services. Also, this study employed a survey questioning whether to ever willing to take other option as a alternative to residential care or home-care and the level of cash benefit for which they are willing to replace the formal care with informal care. The result indicated that although the poorest elderly population groups are in the greatest need for the long-term care service, they are in difficulty using the service due to economic burden. This implies the copayment amount needs to be adjusted in order for the poor elderly group to be able to get the benefit of the long-term care service.

• 한국사회정책
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.227-256
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• 2016

본 연구는 노인 재가서비스의 확대가 노인을 돌보는 가족 구성원의 생활시간에 미친 효과를 분석하였다. 고령화와 가족구조의 변화 등으로 노인에 대한 가족의 돌봄부담이 가중되면서 공적 노인돌봄서비스를 확대해야 한다는 사회적 공감대가 형성되었고, 2000년대 이후부터 관련 제도가 본격화되었다. 본 연구에서는 가족의 노인돌봄 부담을 구성원이 직접 노인을 돌보는 부분과 이로 인해 노동이나 가사, 여가 등의 다른 주요 생활에 제약을 받는 부분으로 구분하고, 노인 재가서비스의 확대로 이러한 부담이 감소하였는지를 확인하였다. 분석자료는 통계청의 생활시간자료를 이용하였으며, 제도 확대의 효과는 건강이 취약한 노인을 돌보는 중하위 소득수준의 가구를 처치집단으로 삼아서 비교적 건강한 노인을 돌보는 가구 및 고소득 가구와의 비교를 통해 제도 효과를 추정하는 삼중차이(DDD) 방법을 통해 확인하였다. 분석결과, 노인 재가서비스의 확대는 노인을 돌보는 가족 구성원의 노인돌봄 시간을 감소시켰다. 이는 제도 확대의 목적과 부합하는 결과이지만, 돌봄 시간의 감소 정도가 크지 않았고, 여성 가구원에게만 그러한 효과가 관측되었다는 점에서 한계도 드러났다. 또한 노인돌봄 시간이 감소한 여성 가구원의 경우에도, 가사, 노동, 여가, 비노인돌봄 및 개인유지 등의 다른 생활시간 범주에서는 유의미한 변화를 보이지 않았다. 가족의 노인돌봄 부담을 실질적으로 줄이기 위해서는 공적돌봄의 대체효과를 높이기 위한 노력이 더 필요해 보인다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.21-39
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate service support programs for the work-family balance in the community. Service support programs in the community are at beginning stages of development, because it has taken about 10 years to put a self-governing system into practice in Korea. This study concentrates on service support programs developed by various service organizations in the city and does not include any rural districts. First, the developmental process of the work-family balance model and type of the service support program in the community were studied. Next, the situation of care service support was examined based on written articles. Finally, a few suggestions were made f3r work-family balance in the community. The developmental situation of work-flmily balance in Korea is in a stage which is shifting from the company-leading model to a family-company-community model. The most common type of service support program offered in the community until now has been the informal sector through relatives, neighbors or friends. However, service support programs, in the public sector by the government and in the voluntary sector by nonprofit organizations and corporations, has rapidly been growing and the number of services from each sector has also increased. Profit organizations in the private sector, such as medical and care service centers, are also now rapidly increasing. It appears that service support programs contributing to the work-family balance in the community come from a number of sectors, including public, voluntary, private and informal sectors, to suit consumer needs.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.893-904
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• 2000

The sample of this study consisted of 140 informal caregivers who provided care to the older adults(over 60 years of age) in Great Cleveland, USA. Self-rated questionnaires were utilized to collect information. The purpose of the study was to identify coping strategies most frequently utilized by informal caregivers of older adults and to examine predictors of the caregivers' health responses to the caregiving situation applying Lazarus and Folkman stress model(1984). Stepwise multiple regression was used to identify significant predictors among caregivers' demographic-socio-economic factors, older adult's dependency of activities of daily living(ADLs), caregiver's appraisal to the caregiving situation, and coping strategies. Informal caregivers (N=140) included in the study utilized help-seeking and problem-solving coping strategies more than self-blame and minimization of threat coping strategies. Caregivers' responses to the caregiving situation were observed by caregivers' perceived physical health, depression and life satisfaction. For perceived physical health, threat appraisal, older adult's dependency on ADLs, existential growth coping strategy, and monthly income accounted for 25% of the variance. Caregivers who appraised the caregiving situation as more threatening, reported higher dependency on ADLs, used more existential growth coping strategy, and had higher monthly income reported better physical health. For depression, threat appraisal, stress appraisal, existential growth coping strategy, self-blame coping strategy, and monthly income accounted for 48% of the variance. Caregivers who used more existential growth coping and less self-blame coping, appraised the situation as less threatening, less stressful, and had higher monthly income reported less depression. For life satisfaction, self-blame coping, existential growth coping, monthly income, stress appraisal accounted for 49% of the variance. Caregivers who used more existential growth coping, less self-blame coping, less stress appraisal, lower monthly income reported better life satisfaction. In conclusion, informal caregivers in this study utilized positive coping strategies such as problem-focused, existential growth, help-seeking, rather than negative coping strategies including self-blame. When they utilized positive coping strategies more often, caregivers experienced higher perceived physical health, higher life satisfaction and lower depression. Therefore, nursing intervention which utilized positive coping strategies is needed to enhance informal caregivers to have positive health responses to the caregiving demands.