• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.354-377
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• 2002

Aging population is a global trend and Korea is no exception. Due to the progress of the medical and scientific sectors, increase in the average lifetime incurred increase in the number of elderly people. Meanwhile, the family function of supporting the elderly has become a major issue in a society due to the changes in the society's structure and increased entry of the women into the workforce. As a means to substitute the protection of the elderly who are not protected at their respective homes and to replace the tending needs, weekly protection centers and short-stay centers for the elderly were established and operated in Seoul since 1992. However, structured and satisfactory services are not yet to be provided, thus this research intends to understand the current situation at the short-stay centers for the elderly, to identify users' characteristics and to conduct study on nursing need for the health reasons so that the results of the research can be utilized as basic data for the development of nursing care program. Towards this end, this research targeted 142 elderly people who were undergoing treatment at the 11 short-stay centers for the elderly out of total of 13 located in Seoul that were willing to cooperate. The research was conducted from April to May 2002, with the measurement tool developed by Rhee, Seon-ja (2001) to measure the level of nursing need. Then data was collected and analyzed using SPSS program. The results are as follows. The general characteristics of users of the short-stay centers for the elderly were: 123 females $(86.6\%)$, 19 males $(13.4\%)$ and 72 elderly were over the age of 80 $(50.7\%)$. Among these, 24$(16.9\%)$ were living by themselves. Among the illnesses that the subjects were inflicted with were: dementia $(54.2\%)$, stroke $(54.1\%)$ and high blood pressure $(50.7\%)$, in the respective order. Despite the fact that they were diagnosed with illnesses, $47.2\%$ responded that they do not undergo special treatment due to financial reasons. When the level of needs for nursing care among the elderly who use the short-stay centers is divided into informational. physical. and emotional need levels and scored between zero to two, the level of emotional need is the highest with 1.80, followed by physical (1.45) and informational (1.44) need levels. As for the realities of services at the centers and improvement areas, restriction on term was cited as the greatest inconvenience with $38.7\%$, followed by lack of budget (24 respondents, $16.9\%$). Wishful services were financial assistance $(46.5\%)$, medical and nursing services $(40.1\%)$, meal provision service $(8.5\%)$ and counseling service $(4.9\%)$, in the respective order. Based on the above mentioned results, the research identified the need to develop nursing program for the patients of dementia that can be applied onto the short-stay centers and the need to develop volunteer service, backed by societal support. Also, placement of specialized cadre of professionals is needed so that medical and nursing service functions can be provided in a complementary manner.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.93-103
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 60세 정년입법화에 따른 60세까지의 정년제의 순조로운 정착을 위하여 일본에서 활용되고 있는 임금피크제의 효과적 도입방안을 검토하여 시사점을 마련하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 제도적으로 우리나라는 정년 이전 일정시기부터 임금을 삭감하는 정년보장형이 비중이 높은 편이고, 일본은 정년 이후 고령자 고용유지에 초점을 맞춘 정년연장형이 주류를 이루고 있다. 임금피크제 도입배경에 있어서도 우리나라는 임금비용 절감에 무게를 두고 있지만 일본은 고령노동력 활용에 중점을 두고 있다. 우리나라는 60세 정년을 목표로 하고 고령자고용을 촉진하고자 하고 있지만 일본은 65세 정년과 그 이후까지를 적극 추진해 나가고 있다고 평가할 수 있다. 향후 우리나라는 일본과 같이 임금피크제가 고령인력의 활용 및 고용촉진 유지를 통한 정년연장을 통한 연금수급연령과 연계성을 강화할 필요가 있을 것이다. 임금피크제를 통해서 정년을 연금수급연령까지 연계시켜 정년을 보장 내지 연장하고 연금수급상의 공백이 없도록 제도적인 방안을 마련해 나갈 필요가 있다. 임금피크제의 활성화를 위해서 취업규칙 등의 합리적 변경을 인정하는 등의 법제도적 개선이 필요하다. 현재 적극적인 해석도 필요하지만 일본의 입법례처럼 판례에 의해 확립된 취업규칙의 합리적 변경의 효력을 명문화를 검토할 필요가 있다. 취업규칙 불이익 변경 시 근로자 과반수의 동의를 받도록 하고 있는 "근로기준법" 제94조 단서를 직접적으로 개정하기 보다는 일정기준을 충족하는 "합리적 기준"에 한하여 위 단서규정을 적용하지 않을 수 있게 차라리 "고용 상 연령차별 금지 및 고령자고 용촉진에 관한 법률"에 해당 조항을 신설하는 방안을 고려할 수 있을 것이다.