• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.107-127
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to examine demographic characteristics, psychological characteristics and patterns of supportive relationships with their children that affect the successful lives of the elderly. A survey was conducted of 410 people aged between 65 and 85, and 405 samples were used for the analysis. First, the supportive relation between the elderly and their children was categorized into four groups depending on the total amount and direction of support. The four groups consisted of the elderly who exchanged little or no support, those who only received support from their children, those who only gave support, and those who both gave and received support. Second, the more the elderly exchanged support and gave emotional support to their children, the better the chance that the elderly would lead a successful life in later years. Third, subjective health conditions most significantly affected the successful lives of the elderly who exchanged little or no support. The level of education was most significant for the elderly who only received support. The level of housing satisfaction mostly affected the elderly who only gave support. Mutual support primarily affected the elderly who both gave and received. Thus, we should provide health programs for the elderly who exchange little or no support to encourage a healthier lifestyle. In addition, opportunities for continuing education should be provided for the elderly who only receive support to make up any deficiency in education. Because spouses are mostly affected for those elderly who exchange little or no support and the elderly who only receive support, we should provide educational programs about how to be better lifetime companions to each other and also provide medical and in-home care for the remaining spouse even after the other partner is gone. Because housing satisfaction greatly affects the elderly who only give support, improvements in the residential environment are essential. Since the level of mutual support is crucial to the elderly who both give and receive support, programs on the development of human resources are needed for the elderly to interact dynamically and intimately with their children.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2009

This study investigated differences in related factors affecting life satisfaction with the elderly in or above middle class experiencing successful ageing. In the study, the respondents were 206 elderly people whose occupation (professional career) placed them in the middle and upper class range residing in metropolitan Seoul. Major results are summarized as follows: (1) In order to test gender differences, results of t-test show that there are 13 variables with seven of those being statistically significant and the rest being insignificant. (2) Needs fulfillment and physical functioning are significant factors for Korean male elders to be satisfied with their later lives. Needs fulfillment, physical functioning, group activity, and learning activity are significant factors for Korean female elders to be satisfied with their later lives.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.413-422
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• 2017

본 연구는 노인복지관을 이용하는 65세 이상의 노인을 대상으로 웰다잉 프로그램을 적용하여 삶의 의미, 자기 효능감 및 성공적 노화에 효과가 있는지 알아보고자 한다. 방법: 웰다잉 프로그램 교육은 주1회에 120분씩 8주 동안 8회기에 걸쳐서 이루어진 비동등성 대조군 전후 실험설계이다. 자료 분석은 ${\chi}^2$-test, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon rank test로 분석하였다. 결과: 웰다잉 프로그램 교육을 받기 전보다 받은 후에 노인의 삶의 의미, 자기효능감 및 성공적 노화에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 결론: 웰다잉 프로그램은 노인들의의 삶의 의미, 자기효능감, 성공적노화에 긍정적인 효과를 주는 것으로 나타나 노인들이 자신의 죽음에 대해 의미 부여와 함께 올바른 죽음에 대한 가치관 정립에 도움을 주며 삶을 행복하게 유지 할 수 있는 올바른 인식 함양을 돕는 유용한 교육으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 이러한 연구 결과를 통해 노인들에게 필요한 웰다잉 프로그램 개발 빛 적용 관리가 체계적이고 지속적으로 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.23-41
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to explore social supports for elderly housing and their residential lives in small cities along rural counties of the United States and Canada, and suggest future implications for age-concentrated rural villages in Korea. In this study, five small and medium cities in non-metropolitan counties of California and Ontario province were visited and elderly residents and service experts were interviewed about their perceptions of community integrated social support networks for senior residences. The senior housing complexes were built due to influx of both metropolitan and rural residents seeking warm localities, traffic connections, business purposes in active production areas. and leisure attractions. There are five main social support networks for senior housing issues in these areas. First, the areas are claimed for senior zones and accordingly health industries are encouraged by local authorities. Second, the community is homogeneously constructed as a senior friendly environment and include features such as an RV park and mobile cottages. Third, senior-helping seniors are offered active work through golf-cluster active retirement communities. Fourth, traditional theme production camps are mobilized by the elderly workers. Lastly, an information system is maintained for screening volunteers and for senior abuse prevention. On the other hand, residential lives are occasionally negatively influenced by unbalanced concentrations of elderly facilities such as nursing stations and funeral homes. For the future of Korean rural elderly policies, suggestions are made as follows: first, an integrated urban and rural township that contains attractive places for early retiring people who seek a warm atmosphere in later life needs to be constructed. Second, an integrated model retirement village of urban and rural retirement life needs to be initiated as a measure of evaluating the adaptation process of movers in senior concentrated zones. Third, a cooperation system among governmental ministries needs to be formed with the long- term goal of establishing a traditional rural town of independent housing districts and medical facilities in rural areas. Fourth, productive and active lifestyles need to be maintained as the local community and government develop successful retirement rural villages, by limiting the expansion of nursing related facilities. Finally, generation integrated visiting welfare programs and services need to be further developed for the housing areas especially in the winter, when social integration and activity are relatively low.

• 한국농촌간호학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.16-29
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• 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect on depression and self-esteem in elders taking part in the Magma healing program. Methods: This study was a single group pre-post quasi-experimental design. The participants were elders over 60 who had complained of depression more than once within the last 3 months, and who were living in the jurisdiction of a health clinic in the 3-area of Chungnam. Data from 14 elders who participated in the Magma healing program were analyzed using nonparametric paired t-test with SPSS 25.0. Results: The study results showed that the Magma healing program had statistically significant results in reducing depression (z=-2.91, p=.004) and improving self-esteem (z=-2.91, p=.004) in elders. Conclusion: The Magma healing program has been proven to be a very useful program to reduce depression in elders and promote self-esteem, thereby integrating their lives and leading to successful aging.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.89-102
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• 1990

The research is a comparative study of death attitudes between male and female elderly people. There is no doubt as to the inevitability of death. And yet, there is a vast conspiracy involved in the word of dead or death. The aged are considered to be nearer death than are people in other age groups. Kalish(1976) emphasized that for the aged two meanings of death have significance for evaluating their life ; first, that older people are known to have a limited life time and face death ; second that older people are known to have suffered many death-imposed losses that are often associated with the dying process. In considering these implications, the level of anxiety regarding death and dying is a crucial factor in determining mental health. In the study, 152 male elderly and 145 female elderly residing in Seoul, Korea was compared on the four dimensions of death anxiety and assigned personal variables. Therefore, the purpose the research was (1) to examine the characteristics of subjects on the independent variables(age, marital status, family relationship, social activities, religiousity etc.) ; (2) to examine the relationship between the independent variables and each dimension of death axniety ; (3) to determine the proportion of variance in the respective of death anxiety which is accounted for by the respective independent variables ; (4) to examine whether a significant difference between the respective independent variables and each dimension of death anxiety has ; (5) to determine the combination of variables which is the most successful in explaining the variance in death anxiety. Finding from this study support the following conclusions; 1. There was a significant differences between the male and female subjects in the level of death anxiety. In turn, the male older adults had lower death anxiety than did the female elderly. This implies that male tend to look forward to death rather than deny it. 2. As there was evidences from several studies, this research found that fear of death decreases as age increases. 3. The following two variables that correlate best with dying anxiety of others in both male and female older adults : 'marriage life', 'social interaction'. 4. The variables 'age' and 'children' for both female and male elderly accounted for the most variance in death anxiety of self. The findings of the study lend this investigator several suggestions, implications and recommendations for future research. There can be no death without life, and conversely, no life without death. Psychologists and health-related professionals may be learn as much about death as they can in order to develop more healthy attitudes and in order to be able to better aid and comfort dying people and their familities. Perhaps most importantly, professionals may be help those who are not faced with death at present to develop an understanding of it and healthy attitudes toward it. The programs of death education are needed for dedication to the evitability of death and the preparation of life for the older adults. More seminars, symposiums and research on death attitudes are needed. Finally, study for female older adults has been negelected topic in the areas of women's study and health education. Future study, for female elderly, have to deeply investigate where those problems come from and how to cope with in order to the female elderly segment can live the rest of their lives in satisfaction with well-being.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.117-125
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• 2010

Entering into the 21th century, the whole world is facing the various problems such as environmental disruption, resource exhaustion, and social isolation due to the consequences of population growth and economic development. Especially, as the world population is aging, the solutions for these problems are being suggested with a new paradigm of environmental design for sustainable society providing more affluent and safer life for them. Aging societies are experiencing the difficulty in pursuing persistent vitality of life when aged population is socially excluded, and communities are stagnant due to the decrease of economic activities. In other words, those factors are causing the problems of social sustainability associated with the vital duration of local society and communities. In order to develop successful environment for aging society, it is necessary for us to precisely review how advanced countries are changing their directions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine current trends of the aging friendly environment and find out the measures to promote social sustainability under the crisis of aging society. For this purpose, using qualitative methods, this study analyzed the contents presented at a professional conference , that showed current trends clearly, into three dimensions of social sustainability; the social integration of senior living communities with local society, the vitality of the communities, and the invigoration of individual senior lives. As a result, this study found that the measures that attempt to enhance the social sustainability of aging population can be also used to invigorate the communities.

• 한국학교수학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.509-522
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• 2009

본 연구는 우리 사회의 가장 큰 변화 중 하나인 노인인구의 증가에 따른 고령사회에 적극적인 대비책 중 일환으로, 노인 수학 교육의 적용 효과를 파악하는 데 목적이 있다. 노인의 지적 욕구와 신체적 정신적으로 건강한 삶을 위한 프로그램으로써의 역할을 하는 실버 자료를 개발하고 보급하는 일은 노년기에 질적으로 성공적인 삶을 향유하기 위한 평생 교육 관점에서 중요한 일이며 이를 위한 보다 체계적이고 과학적인 증거를 제시함을 필요로 한다. 본고에서는 개발한 자료를 기본 수 연산이 가능한 노인 학습자에게 적용하여 뇌파를 분석한 결과 인지적 측면에 많은 영향을 미친다는 것을 파악하였다. 마지막으로 실버수학이 젊은 세대와의 상호작용이나 의사소통에 미치는 영향을 제기하기 위하여 뇌 활동에 어떠한 영향을 주는 가를 뇌파 분석을 통하여 분석하였다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.151-171
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• 2017

본 연구는 사회변동의 한 실태로 나타나는 다양한 가족형태 중 꾸준히 증가하고 있는 40세 이상 60세 미만의 직업이 있는 중년 여성가구주를 대상으로 그들의 현재 삶을 생생히 들여다보고 노후를 위한 준비 현황을 파악함으로써 여성가구주에 대한 삶을 이해하는 데 목적이 있다. 따라서 여성가구주가 된 배경 및 여성가구주로서 삶에 적응하기까지의 삶의 궤적과 향후 노후준비를 해가는 경험에 대한 본질과 의미를 탐색하고자 Colaizzi의 현상학적 질적 분석방법으로 진행하였다. 자료 수집은 2014년 9월~12월까지 총 4개월에 걸쳐 진행하였으며, 1회당 1시간~1시간 30분의 개방형 질문을 통한 인터뷰를 총 2회에 걸쳐 실시하였으며 자세한 답변에 대한 불충분한 부분은 전화나 메일을 통해 추가하였다. 본 연구의 본질주제는 <외발로 선 낯선 세상>, <서서히 밀려오는 노후불안>, <힘이 되어주는 울타리>, <한걸음 다가선 자립적 노후준비>, <채우고 싶은 반쪽>, <노후 삶에 대한 소망> 등 6개였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 중년 여성가구주에게 노후를 자연스럽게 받아들이고 긍정적으로 인식할 수 있도록 다양한 정보 제공과 노후대비 교육 및 노후 적응프로그램 등 국가적인 지원이 필요함을 제언하였다. 마지막으로는 연구의 제한점과 의의, 그리고 후속연구를 위한 제언을 논의하였다.

• 한국학교수학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.459-483
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• 2010

본 연구는 우리 사회의 가장 큰 변화 중 하나인 노인인구의 증가에 따른 고령사회에 적극적인 대비책 중 일환으로, 노인 수학 교육에 관련된 자료 개발 및 적용 효과를 파악하는 데 목적이 있다. 본고를 통해 노인 교육으로서의 실버수학 자료를 개발해야 할 필요성 및 목적을 밝히고 노인학습자가 수학 학습을 할 수 있는 인지적 능력, 즉 사고 기억 계산 주의집중 등에 대한 특정들에 대한 연구가 이루어졌다. 이에 따라 노인의 지적 욕구와 신체적 정신적으로 건강한 삶을 위한 프로그램으로써의 역할을 하는 교육 자료 개발이 이루어졌으며, 개발한 자료를 노인들에게 적용해 나가면서 실버 수학의 효과를 탐색하였다. 노인학습자들에게 실버 수학을 하기 위한 수업 모형을 고안하고, 고안된 수업 모형에 따라 기본 수 연산이 가능한 학습자가 수학적 활동을 통해 정의적 인지적 영역에는 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 파악하였다.