• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.696-704
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• 2015

The coverage of the National Health Insurance for the elderly is expanding to denture and implants. Although the National Long-Term Care Insurance was just being settled, Oral health service was not provided to the Elderly in Long-Term Care Facilities. The long-term care facilities had part-time facility doctors. However, there is no dentist in the long-term care facility because of lack of long-term care insurance-related legislations. The amendments of long-term care insurance-related legislations for the introduction of part-time facility dentists are needed because the elderly in long-term care facility are vulnerable to oral health. For the substantial management of the National Long-Term Care Insurance, the development of oral health service model for the elderly and education materials for the dental team will be needed. Also, adequate dental service fee of the National longterm care insurance will be needed.

• 한국직업건강간호학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2023

Purpose: This study explored caregivers' support needs to relieve their physical burden while working in long-term care facilities. Methods: Participants were 12 caregivers with more than 10 years of experience working at six long-term care facilities in Gwangju, South Korea. Data were collected through individual interviews conducted between June and July 2023. The results were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: Of the four sub-categories and 13 codes, two categories emerged: "need for welfare medical devices" and "need for improved working conditions." Conclusion: Caregivers working in long-term care facilities require support in deploying and utilizing welfare medical devices to reduce their physical burden, along with improving staffing standards and ensuring they receive the proper amount of days off. Therefore, it is necessary to mandate the provision of a certain level of welfare medical devices to ease the physical burden on caregivers and improve the standards for the placement of caregivers in long-term care facilities.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.384-394
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• 2010

Purpose: This study was to explore family member's caregiving stress and satisfaction of care for patients with dementia in long term care facilities and day care centers. Methods: The subjects were 129 family members of elders with dementia from ten long term care facilities and eight day care centers in Daegu and Kyungsangbukdo. Data were collected from August to October, 2007. The instruments were self administered questionnaires and included. The Family Perceptions of Caregiving Role (FPCR) and the Family Perceptions of Care Tool (FPCT) which were developed by Maas and Buckwalter (1990) and translated by Park (2002). Results: Family member's care giving stress in day care centers were higher than that of long term care facilities (t=-2.89, p=.005) especially in the categories of captivity (t=-3.27, p=.001), guilty (t=-2.93, p=.004), and loss (t=-2.44, p=.016). Family member's satisfaction of care in day care centers was higher than that of long term care facilities (t=-3.21, p=.002) in the (use - categories or measures since you are referring to the instrument and delete aspects) aspects of effective management (t=-3.69, p=.000) and activity (t=-2.00, p=.045). Conclusion: The results of this study showed that family members' perceptions toward their care giving roles and satisfaction of care differ whether the facilities are long term care or day care centers. This study provides baseline data that could be used for improving the quality of long term care services.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of compassion satisfaction, compassion fatigue, burnout on the attitude towards terminal care among care providers in long-term care facilities. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, data was collected from 126 care providers in long-term care facilities in Chungbuk and Kangwon province. Data were collected with self-administrated questionnaires and analyzed by hierarchical multiple regression. Findings of this study is as follows. Firstly, attitude towards terminal care was positively affected by compassion satisfaction. Secondly, the attitude towards terminal care was negatively affected by compassion fatigue. Thirdly, the attitude towards terminal care was negatively affected by burnout. In conclusion, these findings provide strong empirical evidence for the importance of compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and burnout in explaining attitude towards terminal care among care providers in long-term care facilities. Therefore, strategies to decrease compassion fatigue and burnout and improve compassion satisfaction are needed to improve the attitude towards terminal care among care providers in long-term care facilities.

• 한국사회정책
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.67-95
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 장기요양시설내 노인학대 문제에 대한 WHO 및 주요국의 정책을 검토하고, 이를 바탕으로 한국의 장기요양시설 노인학대 예방정책의 방향을 도출하고자 하는 것이다. 이에 본 연구는 WHO의 노인학대 위험요인으로 지적된 요인 중에서 장기요양시설에서 문제가 되고 있는 세가지 이슈(노인의 특성(시설내 치매노인 분리수준), 종사자 특성(신체억제대 사용수준, 야간 돌봄인력 처우수준), 시설 특성(시설내 CCTV설치수준))을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 연구결과, 첫째, 많은 국가들에서 시설의 개방성에 대해서 강조하고 있었다. 관련 정책으로 옴부즈맨제도, 성인후견인제도 등을 통한 시설방문, 외부 감시체계를 운영하고 있었다. 둘째, 시설의 입소노인의 특성에 대한 고려가 필요하다. 특히, 장기요양시설 특성상 치매노인, 야간시간대 입소노인의 특성이 고려된 학대예방책이 요구되었다. 셋째, 장기요양시설의 시설종사자의 처우조건, 종사자의 시설환경 수준 등이 각 국가별로 차이가 있었다. 시설내 학대예방을 위해 시설환경의 향상과 종사자의 처우개선이 중요하였다. 넷째, 향후 입소자 중심 예방정책으로의 패러다임 변화가 요구된다. 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 본 연구는 한국의 장기요양시설내 노인학대 문제를 예방하고 해결하기 위한 정책적 제언을 제시하였다.

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.28-38
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• 2020

Purpose: The aim of this study was to provide information on the extent and variations of elderly residents' nursing care needs, and provision of nursing care across long term care facilities. Methods: A nationwide survey was conducted on nurse managers from 1,041 long term care facilities, by e-mail or fax, from August 16 to September 30 in 2017. A self-reported questionnaire consisting of 5 domains was used to collect data. Results: Facilities with more than 30 residents were more likely to need skilled nursing services and to obtain the nursing staff such as a registered nurse and a nurse's aide. Awareness and satisfaction of hospital-based home nursing care was high in all facilities. In addition, there are some differences in nurse managers' perceptions of the level of healthcare resources and required action by facility size. Nurse managers of senior congregate housings were more likely to have considerable difficulty in dealing with healthcare needs of residents and recognizing the healthcare resource shortage. A majority of nurse managers agreed on the need to employ a registered nurse. Conclusion: This study confirmed that it is essential to increase nurse staffing level and to reform the long term care insurance for enhancing the accessibility of healthcare services, especially for the residents in small long term care facilities. There is also a need to provide diverse education and training opportunities for nursing staff working in long term care facilities.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2016

This study aimed to clarify the multifunctional services and space composition in the process of developing a multifunctional long-term care program in small elderly care facilities in Japan. We collected data about multifunctional long-term care at small facilities from the Community Life Support Center (CLC), a Japanese non-profit corporation, and conducted an interview survey of the members of the CLC's secretariat in 2014. Furthermore, we selected 3 Japanese pioneering care facilities (known as takurosho), and conducted interview surveys and data collection to clarify in detail the space composition and process of development of multifunctional long-term care at small facilities. Four distinct results were found. First, the facilities had gradually increased non-institutional services, including visitation, overnight stays, and long-term stays, to fit the needs of users and their families. Secondly, in the 1990s, they could offer both non-institutional and institutional services at the same facility, but after the long-term care insurance system began in 2000, non-institutional long-term stay services were not allowed. Third, the facilities had built extensions or extra rooms in response to increases in multifunctional services and users. These rooms had common characteristics, with sitting rooms at the center of the facility. Lastly, the maximum number of service users at each of the 3 facilities was limited to 15, to maintain a small scale. However, as the size of facilities was increased through building extensions or remodeling, the overall amount of area available to users increased.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.308-325
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 장기요양시설의 노인보호를 위한 시설안전 실태를 파악하고, 이를 바탕으로 한국의 장기요양시설 시설안전 정책의 방향을 도출하고자 하는 것이다. 이러한 연구목적을 위해 주요국의 장기요양시설 시설안전 대응정책에 대해서 검토하고, 한국의 요양시설 안전실태를 파악하였다. 분석에서는 수도권 지역(서울, 경기, 인천) 중심으로 장기요양시설의 시설안전 실태를 분석하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 기관의 안전관리 비교결과이다. 관련 규정 및 법률 비교결과에서 장기요양시설은 사회복지시설, 어린이집, 병원 등에 비해 안전관리가 취약한 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 입지조건 분석결과이다. 수도권 장기요양시설이 건물의 6층 이상에 위치한 시설이 많았고, 개인시설이 법인, 지자체 시설에 비해 입지조건이 취약하다는 것을 확인하였다. 셋째, 기관의 구조/설비 결과이다. 전체적으로 배연창(화재안전창문), 배연설비, 연기 질식대비 방연마스크, 방화담요 등의 배치상태가 미흡하였다. 또, 법적 필수 설치설비가 미비한 곳도 있었고, 개인시설이 지자체, 법인 시설에 비해 시설 구조/설비구조에서 대체로 미비하였다. 넷째, 안전관리 분석에서 대응매뉴얼, 화재대비훈련 등에서 개인설립 시설이 지자체설립 시설에 비해 미흡하다는 것을 확인하였다. 이상 이러한 연구결과를 토대로 본 연구는 노인장기요양보험 장기요양시설에서 입소노인의 안전한 삶을 살 수 있는 시설환경을 위한 사회복지적 함의를 제시하였다.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.98-108
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• 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing care workers' patient safety behaviors (PSB), we hoped to provide baseline data for its activation. Methods: The subjects of this study were chosen by convenience sampling, which included 114 care workers at long term care facilities. Data were collected from August 22 to October 10, 2018. The gathered data were analyzed using the SPSS program, which was used to Cronbach's alpha, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression. Results: The care workers' average PSB was at 7.81 points, patient safety culture (PSC) 3.86 points and safety of long-term care facilities 7.07. PSB positively correlated with safety of facilities(r=.802, p<.001) and PSC(r=.558, p<.001). Work attitude and satisfaction of job were explained 35.1% of the PSB. Conclusion: Administrators of long term care facilities should be interested in patient safety culture and improving job satisfaction of care workers in order to improve patient safety behaviors.

• 근관절건강학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.90-101
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• 2019

Purpose: This study was aimed to describe older adults' experiences of living with urinary incontinence and using diapers for its management in long-term care facilities. Methods: Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with 22 participants in long-term care facilities. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: Three themes and six categories were emerged. Participants navigated through those three categories as stages, including the initial stage of confronting the unacceptable reality, transitional stage of physical and emotional suffering, and adaptive stage of accepting the diaper usage as a part of life and hoping improvement. Six categories were feeling terrible with unavoidable use of diapers, being frustrated by nursing staff shortage and unsatisfactory care for urinary incontinence, physical discomfort from of wearing diapers and remaining unchanged, emotional difficulties due to using diapers, accepting and adapting to diaper usage as a part of life, hope for gender-specific quality care for urinary incontinence. Conclusion: The findings suggest that using diapers should not be mandatory to manage older adults' urinary incontinence in long-term care facilities. It is also critical to establish policies to address issues of nursing shortage and financial support for qualitative care to manage urinary incontinence in long-term care settings.