Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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A Study on Human-Centered IT Utilization in Caring for Elderly People Who Live Alone

독거노인 돌봄에 있어 인간중심의 IT 활용방안에 관한 연구

  • Choi, So-Yun (Department of Social Welfare, Namseoul University)
  • 최소연 (남서울대학교 사회복지학과)
  • Received : 2021.12.26
  • Accepted : 2022.02.20
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

This study was conducted to find ways to utilize human-centered IT in caring for elderly people who live alone. Through focus group interviews with experts, this study investigated the problems with delivery system, and ethical issues. Problems such as lack of trust, supplier-centered care, and uniform service provision were derived as major problems in the delivery system. These findings indicate that IT should be used as an auxiliary means of face-to-face services and to be controllable and convenient. Issues such as "guaranteeing the right to self-determination," "protecting privacy," "sufficiently guaranteeing the right to know," and "encompassing blind spots" were raised as important ethical issues related to human-centered IT utilization. Based on the research results, this study presented the necessity of designing user-centered information technology and the necessity of developing ethical indicators for the use of human-centered technology.

본 연구는 COVID-19로 기술을 활용한 비대면 지역사회 돌봄서비스의 수요가 증가함에 따라 독거노인 돌봄에 있어 인간 중심의 IT 활용방안을 모색하기 위해 진행되었다. 전문가 대상 FGI를 통해 ICT 활용 돌봄서비스 현황, 전달체계의 문제, 윤리적 이슈를 확인하였다. IT를 활용한 서비스로 독거노인의 생활안전과 고독사 예방을 위한 보조기술인 '돌봄플러그'와 정서적 지지의 반려로봇이 활용되고 있었다. 전달체계 상의 문제로는 일상생활 지원을 위한 보조기술 활용에 대한 신뢰 부족, 공급자중심, 일률적 제공이라는 문제가 도출되었으며 대면서비스의 보조적 수단으로 활용되어야 하고 통제 가능하며 편이성이 담보되어야 할 필요성이 제시되었다. 인간중심의 IT 활용을 위한 윤리적 이슈로 '자기결정권의 보장', '사생활보호', '충분한 알권리의 보장', 그리고 '사각지대 포괄'의 이슈가 제시되었다. 연구 결과를 토대로 이용자 중심의 설계 필요성과 인간중심의 보조기술 활용을 위안 윤리지표의 필요성을 제시하였다.

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Acknowledgement

이 성과는 2021년도 정부(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2021R1I1A4A01049755)

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