• 한국노년학
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.1409-1427
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 K지역의 노인복지회관에서 자원봉사활동을 하고 있는 노인자원봉사자의 봉사경험을 내부자적 관점에서 이해하고 그 의미를 파악하는데 있다. 연구대상은 노인복지회관에서 자원봉사활동을 하고 있는 노인자원봉사자 15명과 2명의 사회복지사이고, 연구는 2009년 9월 2일부터 10월 21일까지 관찰과 심층면담을 통한 질적 연구방법을 사용하였다. 자료 분석은 질적 분석 프로그램인 Nvivo 2.0을 활용하였고, 분석된 자료는 Strauss와 Corbin의 근거이론에 따라 분석하였다. 연구결과, 노인의 자원봉사경험에 대한 의미는 크게 고령화 사회의 노인 정체성, 노인자원봉사를 통한 욕구 충족, 심신 건강을 돕는 다양한 여가활동, 노화에 대한 수용적 태도, 가족으로부터의 정서적 지지, 개인의 적성과 능력에 적합한 활동 찾기, 장애에 대한 인식 변화, 의미 있는 노년기를 보내기 위한 노력 등 8가지 요인으로 도출되었다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과와 논의를 통해서 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 첫째, 노인자원봉사에 있어 고령화 사회의 노인 정체성, 노화에 대한 수용적 태도, 가족으로부터의 정서적 지지는 참여 유발 요소이다. 둘째, 노인자원봉사 활성화를 위해 개인의 적성과 능력에 적합한 활동이 이루어져야 한다. 셋째, 노인자원봉사 참여는 노인자원봉사를 통한 욕구충족, 심신건강을 돕는 여가활동, 장애에 대한 인식변화 등의 삶의 변화가 나타난다.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2011

According to the aging society, the housing environments of senior citizens who live alone are faced with social various problems. On the dwelling welfare, development of model for the silver house is necessary at the reducing of social expense. Particularly, the silver housing conditions of rural and fishing villages are poor than urban region. The results of this research are as follows. First, the senior citizens who live alone looked to an negative opinion about cohabitation of the aged, but the senior citizens who don't live alone and preliminary old man group showed a positive opinion to the regarding cohabitation. Second, Most of the aged was in poor health, On this account they expressed an opinion that they were opposite to the cohabitation opinion. Although considering health, simultaneous design of both private life and community life shall be reflected to the preferential design element in co-housing of the aged. Through these co-housing for the aged in rural and fishing village, the senior citizens who lives alone have prevented poor housing surroundings, loneliness, loss of role, uneasiness, gloomy, chronic disease.

• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2008년 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.327-331
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• 2008

In Korea, welfare needs brought on by the rapidly growing of elderly population. Also, the senior group with spare time, wealth and health is increasing. Currently, the people have known about needs welfare system for improving quality of life during senescence personally and socially. In addition to the senior friendly industry, having distinction with simple approach medical services, will be great expanding after 2010. And there will be a new welfare services plan supporting long term care insurance for senior citizens. But we don't have prepared systematically organized senior friendly industry and products yet. So, the purpose of the study is to analyze systematically the classification characteristics of the senior friendly products according to the difficulty of daily living for senior citizens. Above all, the study finds out the senior friendly products characteristics according to the consumer's various situations about health and housing space. Therefore the result of the study reveals that the simulation guidelines for choosing the products depend on the customer's needs are essential and useful to improve senior friendly industry. And the post evaluation data of senior friendly products would be put to practical use in the industry.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.187-196
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• 2018

본 연구는 노인의 성에 대한 인식이 삶의 만족에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하고자 하였으며, 분석결과를 바탕으로 노인의 성에 대한 인식 개선과 삶의 질 향상을 위한 실천적 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 전라남도 K, S시의 65세 이상 노인을 대상으로 유의표집하여 설문조사를 실시하였다. 회수된 설문지 중 불성실 응답을 제외한 168부를 최종 분석 자료로 사용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 20.0을 이용하여 요인분석, 신뢰도 분석, 빈도분석, Pearson 상관관계 분석, t/F-test, 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과를 바탕으로 성에 대한 지식과 정보 제공을 위한 노인 성교육 프로그램 개발, 노인의 성을 전담으로 하는 전문가와 상담기관의 구축, 일반인을 대상으로 한 사회교육 실시 및 홍보를 제언하였다.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2005

Since Korea has already become the 'aging society' and is expected to become the 'aged society' by 2019, development of the facilities and dedicated housing for the senior citizens have become the key issues. The growing population of the senior citizens, changed in the social structure, family type, and the way of living brings a moment to consider the various aspects to support the senior citizens. Now the situation in Korea requires development of congregate housing as a type of residential units for elder who can live at home with some help. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to analyze preference tendency on the interior finishing materials and colors of the congregate housing for the senior citizens who are healthy enough not needing the nursing home. For this research, the preference of 500 Korean pre-senior citizens on the interior finishing materials and colors of congregate housing for the seniors was investigated. The collected data was processed using SPSS 10.0 for Windows regarding frequency, percentage, average, Chi-squared test with cross tabulation. The results are as follows: First, about $60\%$ of the respondents preferred Korean traditional interior image for individual units, and modern interior image for common areas. Second, the respondents preferred wood flooring and wallpaper interior finishing. Third, the respondents Preferred Y, YR color for individual units, and N color for common areas and very pale tone for all spaces. Fourth, the respondents preferred luxury finishing to living room in the all spaces.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.245-252
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• 2020

Background: Happiness is one of the most important indicators of health, wellbeing, and quality of life among older adults. The objective of the study was to investigate factors associated with happiness among senior citizens residing in rural areas using the 2017 National Survey of Older Koreans. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 3,149 senior citizens living in rural areas using secondary data from the 2017 National Survey of Older Koreans. Happiness was measured by a single question and responses were recorded dichotomously. Descriptive and inferential statistics were computed at a 5% level of significance. Results: In all, 64.5% of the participants considered themselves as happy most of the time in the last 1 week. In the study, socio-demographic factors did not predict happiness except age. Satisfaction with a health status, financial situation, relationship with children, cultural satisfaction, and satisfaction with friends and society were positively associated with happiness among senior citizens residing in rural areas of Korea. Odds of reporting happiness were higher among those who traveled in the last 1 year, visited elderly welfare centers, and were involved in voluntary work than among those who did not. Conclusion: Happiness among senior citizen was significantly associated with life satisfaction with regard to health, finance, relationship with family, friends and society, and social activity participation.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.801-815
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• 2012

Objectives : To obtain necessary fundamental data for the development of oral health improvement programs for senior citizens in the manner of investigating the Status of their oral health. Methods : Data were collected from 346 senior citizens aged 65 years or older who had lived in Seoul and Gyeonggido province, Republic of Korea. This study was conducted for 3 months from April 2011 to June 2011. Excluding those obtained from 34 respondents who gave inadequate responses to given questions, the data from 312 respondents were analyzed. Results : 1. The number of senior citizens who chose 'Sometimes' to as an answer to the question about the self-perception of their own oral conditions such as mastication, swallowing, gingiva hemorrhage, dry mouth, and/or oral malodor was the largest. As an answer to the question about the presence of interpersonal avoidance, 'No' accounted for the largest proportion. The number of respondents choosing gingiva treatment regarding the perception of the necessity for medical interventions was the largest. 2. In regard to the knowledge of oral health care, the percentage of correct answers was the highest for 'I brush my tooth before each meal' ($0.69{\pm}0.156$), while the lowest percentage of correct answers was seen for 'Gingival diseases can be improved by medications' ($0.33{\pm}0.472$). Conclusions : Based upon the above mentioned results, the author conclude that developing relevant national programs and support policies at a national level as well as implementing proactive and systematic home-visiting oral health programs at the levels of local autonomous entities or communities will lead to significant improvements in senior citizens' oral health and QoL (quality of life).

• 지식경영연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.69-89
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• 2022

초고령사회로 접어들면서 노인의 건강 문제는 의료분야를 포함해 경제, 사회, 문화 등 다양한 분야에 영향을 미치고 있다. 본 연구에서는 노인의 인지능력 개선을 위한 디지털 헬스케어 서비스디자인을 적용하기 위하여 텍스트마이닝, 사회연결망 분석 등 비정형 데이터를 분석하여 시사점을 도출하고자 한다. 본 연구의 연구 절차는 서비스디자인 방법론을 비정형 데이터 분석에 적합한 프로세스로 개선하여 6단계로 적용하였다. 소셜미디어에 존재하는 노인인지 개선, 헬스케어를 중심으로 관련 키워드를 수집 및 분석하였고, 이 결과를 바탕으로 노인 인지능력 개선을 위한 헬스케어 서비스디자인의 방향성을 도출하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 빅데이터 분석 방법의 활용 범위 확장 및 기존 헬스케어 서비스 개발 방법론 개선에 도움을 줄 수 있는 학술적, 실무적 시사점을 제공할 것으로 사료된다.

• 4차산업연구
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2024

Purpose: This study is based on the results of the National Information Society Agency's the Report on the Digital Divide in 2022. This study sought to develop digital literacy education programs for senior citizens, a digitally disadvantaged group, and to utilize smart devices to enhance their digital capabilities. Research design, data and methodology: Based on Gagné's nine events of instruction, a total of 7-session educational programs using smart devices were developed, and teaching-learning goals were set at a level that older learners can realistically perform. In preparation for the era of digital transformation, AI utilization methods are introduced and utilized in some sessions of the educational program. Results: Among a total of 7 sessions of the educational program, 5 sessions using KakaoTalk and Naver App, and 2 sessions using other apps were developed. There are a total of three sessions using AI. Conclusions: This study presented a digital literacy education program that combined AI, addressing the insufficiency of AI-based education programs targeting senior citizens. It is expected that this educational program will be able to improve the digital literacy skills and provide a basis for fulfilling their responsibilities as digital citizens by suggesting a direction for AI utilization education for senior citizens.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2013

It is not surprising that senior centers are widely used nationwide as Korea becomes an aging society. This study attempts to figure out senior citizens' needs and evaluations of senior centers in terms of characteristics of their usage and spatial composition. A face to face interview using a questionnaire was conducted on 255 senior citizens who has been using senior centers located in Jangyu new city apartment housing complex. The questionnaire is composed of questions asking characteristics of their usage, evaluations of spatial composition, and respondents' demographic data. Findings are: First, it is found that many respondents visit senior centers everyday and spend 4 to 6 hours a day. Their main activities are meeting friends, taking hobbies, and dining. That is, senior centers play a pivotal role in daily lives of senior citizens. Such characteristics should be taken into account in space design when planning to build a future senior center; Second, it is found that senior centers play a role of auxiliary space for building their sense of belonging and familarity. It is found that furnitures in senior centers are worn out and safety measures are not sufficiently considered; Third, it is found that they highly evaluate flexible spacial composition that could be partitioned or extended depending on occasions even though they prefer independent space; Fourth, it is found that kitchen facilities are not large enough considering the fact that more that half of the respondents have their lunches in senior centers. Even though they do not cook for themselves kitchen space should be large enough for preparing meals simultaneously for a large number people.