• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.117-127
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• 2021

The purpose of this study was to identify nurses' communication style and the extent of their health literacy and to discern the impact of nurses' communication and health literacy on self-care behaviors, as perceived by elderly diabetic patients in comprehensive nursing-care service wards. This study provides basic data for establishing an efficient nursing-care service-system environment through high-quality self-management. The measurement and improvement of an accurate health literacy level of elderly diabetic patients is an important intervention method to increase the self-care behavior of patients. Therefore, by developing a distinguished nursing intervention plan, early treatment of diabetic patients and quality of care may be possible.

• Journal of Digital Policy
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.11-20
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• 2024

The intelligent information society is expected to drastically change our lives. The purpose of this content is to derive tasks in the field of media education for the elderly for the realization of digital inclusion in an intelligent information society. To this end, the vision, goals, strategies, and tasks of the intelligent information society were examined through the 6th National Informatization Basic Plan(2018~2022) and the 2022 Education Informatization White Paper(2022). In addition, the current status of the digital gap among the elderly classified as vulnerable groups was identified through the results of the 2022 Digital Information Gap Survey. In order to ease the digital information gap between the elderly in the intelligent information society, it is believed that the development of intelligent media education services using intelligent information technology, provision of media education services for the elderly through learning online service channels, and support for digital intelligent media education for the elderly are necessary.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.332-345
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• 2020

This study sought to explore the demand in the social service sector and present policy implications, focusing on the vulnerable in rural villages exposed to worse conditions amid the Covid-19 crisis. To this end, the social service needs of vulnerable groups by household type were analyzed by utilizing the raw data of the 2018 Survey on Rural Well-Being. Analysis showed that the greatest demand social services for all rural villages, the elderly, the disabled, one-person, one elderly and low-income households were income support services, while in household that included children the demand was for childcare and education-related services. The second-highest social services in terms of demand were cultural leisure vacation support services for all rural villages, healthcare-related services for the elderly, the disabled, one elderly and low-income households, cultural leisure vacation support services for households including children and daily life support services for single-person households. Based on these results, a measure was proposed to support social services, tailored to vulnerable groups in rural villages. In addition, the government's lack of a consultation system between urban and rural welfare policies, such as a basic plan for health and welfare in rural villages, led this paper to discuss the need for a feedback function and dedicated formulation of mid- to long-term policies in rural villages. It also proposed the establishment of conditions for providing customized social services for rural villages.

• 한국노년학
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.1043-1061
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to evaluate cost side by type of long term care services economically, and then to discuss the findings and implications for the results of analysis. For this research, primary caregivers that provide care the elderly requiring long term care services sanctioned by National Health Insurance Corporation were drawn and surveyed. Among collected data, data for 422 primary caregivers were used for this study. The subjects used in this study consisted of family caregivers from various settings that give care to the elderly. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, caregiver's household income level is low. Therefore, caregiving families with the elderly are likely to have financial difficulties. Second, under coverage of long term care insurance system, the direct cost caregiving households pay for the elderly is still very high. Third, indirect cost of caregiving households accounted for the larger proportion caregiving costs. Fourth, social cost burden for caregiving the elderly is very high. This cost amount is appropriately equal to household income of caregivers surveyed in the research. Fifth, service use cost of caregiving households is differentiated by type of long term care service. Sixth, direct cost of caregiving households is statistically significantly differentiated by type of long term care service, but is differentiated less than service use cost. Seventh, social indirect cost for caregiving the elderly is statistically significantly differentiated by type of long term care service. Eighth, social cost amounts for the elderly utilizing long term care service is very high, total social cost per capita by types of long term care service tend to converge on average social cost per capita of total service.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.11-21
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to analyze the moderating effect of social support on the effect of the use of social services by the elderly with disabilities on life satisfaction.To this end, the 15th data of the Korean Welfare Panel 2020 were used to verify the characteristics, correlation, and multiple regression analysis of variables related to life satisfaction. The SPSS WIN 25.0 program was used. The survey subjects extracted 684 elderly people with disabilities aged 65 or older, and the use of welfare services was divided into income Service, health Service, home welfare Service, and social participation Service, and the analysis results are as follows. First, it was found that the experience of using welfare services for the elderly with disabilities had a positive (+) effect on life satisfaction. Second, social support showed a moderating effect on the effect of using welfare services for the elderly with disabilities on life satisfaction. Through these results, the necessity of practical intervention measures and development of various programs in social welfare policies that can improve the quality of welfare services for the elderly with disabilities and increase life satisfaction through various social support was suggested.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.251-254
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• 2013

현재 많은 국가들이 복지를 위해 많은 투자와 지원을 하고 있으며, 이러한 시대의 배경을 바탕으로 복지에 많은 관심이 몰리고 있으며, 연구들이 이루어지고 있다. 전 세계적으로 의료가 발달하면서 인간의 수명은 늘어나게 되고, 노인들의 증가로 인하여, 노인에 대한 복지가 문제가 되고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 본 논문에서는 이동에 불편함을 느끼거나, 주기적인 관리나 보호가 필요한 노인들이 집에 있으면서 여러 가지 서비스들을 이용 가능하도록 도와주는 기능을 제공한다. 이 시스템을 사용하는 노인들은 기본적인 혈압이나 몸무게 등 측정과 관련된 서비스를 이용할 수 있고, 기초적인 집안일도 서비스로 이용 받을 수 있다. 또한, 관리자가 집을 방문하고, 관리자는 노인이 설정해 놓은 측정 및 서비스들을 확인할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.341-349
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• 2018

In this study, the effect of chronic pain on the lives of elderly people in long-term care service was analyzed based on the mediated effect of depression. The research data was sampled from elderly people in long-term care services, 204 people participated. From mediated regression analysis, depression was the most relevant factor on the quality of life, followed by chronic pain. With chronic pain and depression as independent variables and quality of life as a dependent variable, depression was proved to have had a fully mediated effect on quality of life. The result of this study suggested that convergence of various support systems should be implemented for the elderly in long-term care services.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.39-48
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• 2020

This study intends to the estimate the determinants and state dependence of long-term care services in Korea. For this purpose, we analyzed the transition patterns among three states of long-term care service utilization over time by using the Korea Welfare Panel Study data with the random effect multinomial logit model. It is found that the result showed a strong state dependence in long-term care service utilization. Especially, long-term care insurance for the elderly showed a strong state dependence among others. Among the individual demographic characteristics, the higher the age, the higher the probability of using long-term care insurance for the elderly, while the lower the probability when married. The characteristics of the residential region showed that the residents of the urban-rural integrated region had a significantly higher probability of using long-term care insurance than the reference region. The results of this study suggest that the long-term care service users have a strong state dependence, which means that it is important to take into account the increase in the utilization period of existing users in future demand forecasting.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.983-985
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• 2022

2022년 기준, 독거노인 가구 수 176만 가구 시대에 노인을 위한 케어 서비스가 필요하다. 고령화 사회에 맞춰, 노인 케어 서비스가 많이 출시되었으나 비대면 케어 서비스는 부족한 면이 있다. 비대면 케어 서비스의 경우, 특히 비싼 값에 판매된다는 단점과 로봇과 소통해야 한다는 단점이 있다. 이를 보완하여 저렴한 가격에 생명력을 지닌 식물을 이용해 소통을 증진시켜 우울감 해소를 돕는다면, 노인 비대면 케어 체계에 큰 도움을 줄 것이라고 확신한다. 이에 따라, 본 연구에서는 식물와 어플리케이션을 이용하여 저가격 보급화가 가능한 비대면 복지 시스템을 개발하고자 한다. 구체적으로, 화분이라는 대화 매개체를 통해 어르신들의 대화 증진을 유도하여 우울증 완화에 도움을 주고자 한다. 또한, 시스템을 통해 수집되는 일상 데이터를 활용해 이상징후를 파악하여 고독사 예방을 위한 후속 조치를 취할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 위의 시스템을 통해 복지 사각지대를 해소하며, 어르신들의 정신 건강 증진에 기여할 수 있을거라 기대한다.

• 한국노년학
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.1067-1081
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• 2011

This study aimed to compare job stress and job satisfaction of long-term care staffs caring for demented seniors with rating 3 and physically disabled seniors with rating 1. Survey was conducted upon 212 long-term care staffs in long-term care institutions in Ejungboo, Goyang, and Paju. There were, first of all, statistically significant differences between those groups in the level of overall stress, stress related to service subjects, and stress in service procedures. Regression analyses, secondly, showed that the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction was statistically significant only for long-term care staffs for demented seniors with rating 3. The results suggest that it is necessary to lower the level of stress especially for the staffs caring for demented seniors with rating 3. Furthermore, we need to consider the stress, that the staffs feels in the process of caring for long-term care service beneficiaries, as a important variable for intervention programs to reduce the level of stress among long-term care staffs.