• Korean Journal of Gerontological Social Welfare
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• v.74 no.2
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• pp.219-253
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• 2019

The study explored the University Based Retirement Community (UBRC) program, which is suggested as an alternative to sustainable care in crisis of caring for our society. UBRC is one of the specific community care programs based on the philosophy of the Aging in Place (AIP). The UBRC is a program for retirees to be linked by senior housing complexes and universities to meet their intellectual, social and physical needs. Currently, the UBRC is being conducted as a pilot project at Y University in Yongin in Korea. The study explored the characteristic, effectiveness, ustainability of care in the UBRC program conducted at Y University through qualitative research. Characteristic was defined as university-based integration program, university association program, and community-adult program. The effects of the UBRC program increased the ability of the elderly in general, including satisfaction, health, interaction between generations, relaxation of loneliness and depression, and satisfying intellectual self-esteem. The study participants were positive in that UBRC contributed to the sustainability of care. Although the UBRC is still in its early stages, if the UBRC were to be institutionalized in the future, it would contribute in terms of efficient use of resources, revitalization of areas, community building and increasing community care systems. In Korea, the Act on Long-term Care Insurance, which was enacted in 2007, is based on the principle of priority, but it has not yet been implemented due to the relatively large number of facility users. If the UBRC program is activated, it will contribute not only to the principle of the Long-term Care Insurance Act, but also to the efficient use of resources as well as to increasing social solidarity.