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A Study on the Care Policy for the Elderly in Super-aged Society

초고령 사회의 노인 돌봄 정책에 관한 융복합 연구

  • Dong-Gun Kim (Graduate School of General Studies, Silla University)
  • 김동건 (신라대학교 일반대학원 사회복지학과 )
  • Received : 2024.05.21
  • Accepted : 2024.06.20
  • Published : 2024.06.28

Abstract

This study analyzed the current status of care policies and senior citizen issues in Korea, which has entered a super-aging society, and attempted to suggest improvement measures for desirable convergence policies. The problems of the elderly in Korea have emerged as health problems, poverty problems, loss of roles, and care problems due to changes in the concept of family, values, and socioeconomic structure. In addition, poor seniors need jobs and employment policies, and healthy middle-class seniors need policy development to enable leisure activities and volunteer activities. In particular, it is necessary to establish policies to enable people to spend the rest of their lives in elderly care facilities and elderly care hospitals through community care policies. The super-aging society accounts for more than 20% of the total population among those aged 65 or older, and according to the National Statistical Office, it is expected to become a super-aging society by 2025. Elderly welfare policies must provide various programs and the needs and services of elderly care, and in the future, a super-aging society will need to secure a lot of financial resources and maintain a productive population to cover the financial resources. In other words, the human life cycle is from birth to death, and when the ratio of natural deaths of the elderly and infants born is appropriate, the society and the country can be seen as stable, vibrant, and healthy societies.

본 연구는 초고령 사회로 진입한 우리나라의 당면한 돌봄 정책의 현황과 노인 문제를 분석하여 바람직한 융복합 정책에 관한 개선 방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 우리나라의 노인 문제는 가족 개념, 가치관, 사회경제적인 구조의 변화로 노인의 건강 문제, 빈곤 문제, 역할상실의 문제, 돌봄 문제로 나타났다. 또한, 빈곤한 노인은 일자리와 취업 정책이 필요하며, 건강한 중산층 노인들은 여가생활과 자원봉사 활동을 할 수 있는 정책적인 개발이 필요하다. 특히 지역사회의 돌봄 정책을 통하여 노인요양시설과 노인 요양 병원 등 여생을 보낼 수 있는 정책적인 수립이 필요하다. 초고령 사회는 65세 이상 노인인구 중 총인구의 20% 이상을 차지하며, 통계청의 예상으로 2025년이면 초고령 사회로 진입할 것으로 보인다. 노인 복지정책은 다양한 프로그램과 노인 돌봄의 필요성과 서비스가 제공되어야 하며 향후, 초고령 사회는 많은 재원의 확보와 재원을 충당해 줄 생산인구의 유지가 필요하다. 즉 인간의 생애 주기는 출생에서 사망까지 노인의 자연 사망자와 출생 유아의 비율이 적절할 때 그 사회와 국가는 안정적이며, 활기가 있는 건강한 사회를 이룰 수 있다고 볼 수 있다.

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