• Archives of design research
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.151-160
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• 2003

Out of the OECD countries, Korea is showing the fastest growth of elderly population. Taking into account the rate of increase of the elderly and average lifespan, we can deduct that the future society will be an elderly society . Therefore, the market in Korea targeted to this group will quickly increase into a large market. Leading nations already into the elderly society , have actively pursued studies into silver generation product design and compared to these countries, Korea is far behind them. There is an immediate need for a detailed overall study on the design of products used daily by the elderly, This study has based its focused on the elderly society and silver generation products and was accompanied by thorough interview research method through questionnaires. The result showed that the Korean elderly were very aware about silver generation industry. However, they Pointed out that there are many Problems regarding silver generation products. Therefore, a need for a new design reflecting more of the lifestyle of the elderly is required. Also, there is an immediate need for development of more comfortable products and a well-structured system that enables easy access to these products.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food and Cookery Science Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.48-57
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• 2003

노화는 자유라디칼에 의해 발생한다는 이론을 발표한 Hannan$^{(1)}$ 은 현재 선진국 수준의 환경이 주어질 경우 평균 기대수명은 85세 정도이며, 최대수명은 122세로 보고 있다. 2000년 현재 우리국민의 평균수명은 75.9세로서 1979년의 65.8세보다 약 10세가 증가하였으며, 이러한 수명증가 추세는 세계적으로 높은 기록이며 앞으로도 계속 증가할 것으로 예측되고 있다. 이에 따라 우리나라는 2000년에 65세 이상의 노인인구가 전체인구의 7%를 넘어서는 소위 “고령화사회”로 진입하였으며, 2020년에는 노인인구의 비율이 15%를 넘는 “고령사회”가 도래할 것으로 예상되고 있다. (중략)

• 주택과사람들
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• s.188
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• pp.80-83
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• 2006

우리나라의 평균 수명이 77.5세로 지난 20년새 8.4세가 늘어난 것으로 나타났다. 이 같은 고령화 사회의 진입은 저출산 문제와 맞물려 우리나라의 산업전반에 큰 영향을 끼치고 있으며, 특히 노령화에 따른 주거의 변화가 빠르게 이루어질 전망이다. 절대 평균수명(2005~2010년)으로 세계 제일을 자랑하는 일본의 경우 '유료 노인홈'이나 '공동간호형 특별보호 노인홈' 등 다양한 주거시설을 채택, 고령화 인구의 유입을 꾀하고 있다. 본지에서는 日經아키텍쳐에서 "고령자 복지시설의 트렌드가 하루가 다르게 변한다"고 진단하고 '고령자 주거의 바람직한 모습'을 제시한 특집 '고령자 주고'를 통해 일본 실버주택의 현주소를 점검해 본다.

• 건강소식
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• v.32 no.8
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• pp.42-43
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• 2008

바야흐로 웰빙 시대다. 건강에 대한 관심은 그 어느 때보다 높다. 단순히 오래 사는 것이 아닌 건강하게 잘 살기 위한 노력들은 사회전반에서 열풍을 넘어 신드롬이라고 해도 과언이 아니다. 특히 고령화 사회가 도래하면서 건강과 의료에 대한 관심은 더욱 깊어지고 있다. 대구시 동구 신천동에 위치한 한국건강관리협회 대구지부는 최첨단시설로 대구 시민들의 편안한 쉼터로서 차원이 다른 프리미엄 건강검진 서비스를 제공하고 있다.

• The Monthly Diabetes
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• s.216
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• pp.14-18
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• 2007

국내의 질환별 사망률에 대한 보고를 참조하면, 뇌졸중은 암에 이어서 높은 사망률을 보이는 질환이며, 단일 질환으로는 가장 높은 사망률을 보인다. 뇌졸중은 높은 사망률을 나타내는 문제 외에도 후유증으로 심한 장애를 남길 수 있다. 그러므로 고령화 사회로 접어들고 있는 우리나라의 상황을 고려할때 뇌졸중은 치매와 더불어서 주요한 노인 질환일 뿐만 아니라, 뇌졸중이 발생하게 되면 후유증으로 장애가 남는 경우가 많으므로 지속적으로 환자의 가족과 주변에 대한 사회적 부담을 가중 시키는 문제를 불러온다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.1063-1086
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to understand the current state of the older people's social exclusion by identifying patterns of the change in social exclusion level through a longitudinal analysis with an aim of exploring the predictors of changes. To this end, this study has adopted the panel data, the English longitudinal Study of Ageing(ELSA). The data of 7631 respondents who aged over 50 were used for the final analysis. The social exclusion of the older people was analyzed into five different sub-dimensions: social relationship; cultural activities; access to health services; financial security; and sense of loneliness. The person-centered approach that focuses on the various patterns of the trajectories of change has used semi-parametric group based model in order to estimate different trajectories among individuals. The data was analyzed using Spss 18.0 and SAS 9.2 proc traj. In results, First, semi-parametric group-based model analysis has shown that the older people are not 'homogeneous' group with similar exclusion level in every individual with same trajectories of change, but can be divided into various categories with diverse intercept and slope. Second, different trajectories in change of exclusion level help to confirm that the older people's social exclusion level increases gradually over time or remains unchanged. Third, this analysis has provided the useful guidelines to identify the high-risk groups of social exclusion. Forth, the variables that make difference in more than three dimensions include gender, age, self-perceived health, physical activity, weekly income, marital status, family relation, and beneficiary status. Implications and further suggestion were discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.185-194
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• 2012

Population aging in Korea is in progress rapidly, though it isn't recognized as a critical situation now. Absolute scale of population will decrease since 2030 and that of 2050 will stay in 2005 levels. But most serious problem is that the core working age group, 25-54 ages will begin to decrease since 2012 because of low fertility and population aging. In these situation of population aging, we will face inevitably great amount of labor force shortages and we should build up policy alternatives for solving these problems. I proposed some policy alternatives. firstly, pronatalism policies including state-supported child-care system for preventing decreases of absolute scale of population. Second, facing up to labor shortages under population aging, I proposed policy alternatives for increasing labor market participation, measured by employmeny rate, of aged (or aging) people including wage-peak system of extending retiring ages and women including lowering opportunity costs of women labor market participation rates, given laboer forces. And to conclude, we should approach to the aging problems by steady state equilibrium ecnomic growth, under inevitable population aging.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.219-227
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• 2022

In Korea, as the aging phenomenon accelerates, the problem of traffic accidents related to the elderly is continuously emerging. Efforts to improve this are being implemented, but unfortunately the results of these effects are not clear. Therefore, in this study, the effect of traffic characteristics and incentive policies on the return of driver's licenses of elderly drivers was reviewed. As a result of the analysis, it was confirmed that the intention to return the driver's license was low in the case of men, older people, those with low dependence on public transportation, those who undertook long driving hours, and those who took frequent trips. On the other hand, financial incentives were found to play a positive role with regard to the intention to return the driver's license. However, the effect is expected to be insignificant for those with a low intention to return the driver's license. As a result, under the current policy, it is predicted that there is a limit to improving the social problems caused by elderly drivers, meaning that it is necessary to review approaches that induce the return of their driver's licenses.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.231-252
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• 2005

The changing Agenda of the family policy is to be influenced by many factors. The structural change of population and aging problem in modern society are generally included in main factors which produce political needs. Therefore, migrant family is recognized as a alternative which is to resolve the socioeconomic problems of aging industrial societies. In Germany, Gerhard Schroeder who leads the SPD governs since 1998. The Schroeder's new conception of welfare policy is known as the third way("neue Mitte") which the social economic structure intends to neo-liberalistic trend. The concern on the welfare policy for the migrant families has grown recently in neo-liberalistic age, but research on german welfare policy for migrant families is very limited in quantity and Depth. The main purpose of this study is to examine how the welfare policy for the migrant families of Schroeder-government has been developed in Germany. And this paper evaluates the results of transforming policy. Based on this evaluation, this paper attempts to be manifest the problem of korean family policy for the migrant population and to find out implications of german model.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.472-481
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• 2017

Purpose: The purpose of this study were to compare working condition, socioeconomic status, and health status between elderly and non-elderly workers and to examine the influencing factors of health status according to age groups. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of data extracted from the 2014 Korean Working Conditions Survey. For the present analysis, 15,980 elderly workers over the age of 55 and 32,037 non-elderly workers under the age of 55 were selected. Results: The prevalence of subjective unhealthy status and poor mental health were significantly higher among the elderly workers than the non-elderly workers. The elderly workers were more likely to have lower level of education and income than the non-elderly workers. They also reported less support from colleagues and managers, however, have more decision authority. Among the elderly workers, long working hours, awkward posture, physical environmental risks, quantitative demand, decision authority, social support, age discrimination, education level, and income level were significant predictors of subjective health status or mental health. Conclusion: For keeping elderly workers healthy and productive, work environment needs to become more age-friendly. An age-friendly workplace may include: accommodative support, workers' participation, minimization of environment risk, etc.