• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.357-363
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• 2022

South Korea faces elderly care crisis with both low fertility rate and rapid ageing rate. Long-term care insurance in 2008 has taken care burden from family to nation. However, few options, lack of tailored services, and unstable community care plan caused blankness of care in some areas. Especially, increasing dementia rate has become an emergent social issue. Welfare technology could be a useful alternative to fill out the gap between demand and supply. Using FGI method on two groups(high-risk dementia group and MCI group), intimacy, accessibility and preventive way of dementia with welfare technology are analysed in this paper. Despites of a few differences of dementia progress, interests towards technology are expressed. More suggestions using TV and normal telephone to improve daily independence are presented as well. Amongst MCI group, help-service for technology-use at ADS and linkage ways of in-home services are also suggested.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.62 no.4
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• pp.5-32
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• 2010

Although social work practice skills are one of the important components of social work practice, research on social work practice skills has been very scarce. It seems that the reason might be a lack of standardized instruments used to measure social work practice skills. The purpose of this study is to validate a Korean version of the Practice Skills Inventory(PSI) developed by O'Hare and colleagues. The PSI is the only instrument developed in the field of social work to measure the frequency of social work practice skills that social workers use. A total of 310 social workers working in medical or mental health field were participated in this study. A result of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the Korean version of the PSI is composed of 4 factors like its english version. The Korean version of the PSI was also reliable and valid. Implications for social work research, practice and education are provided.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.34 no.4 s.383
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• pp.16-17
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• 2001

올해 새학기에 개원한 광운대 정보복지대학원은 첨단 공학기술, 정보통신기술을 바탕으로 인문사회과학분야를 지식산업화 시키는 이색전문대학원이다. 인터넷 등 정보활용능력을 통하여 복지를 효율적으로 실현시킬 수 있는 전문가를 양성하는 이 대학원은 행정정보학과, 문화산업정보학과, 마약범죄정보학과, 사회복지학과 등 4개 학과와 6개 전공과정이 개설되어 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.12 no.8
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• pp.215-228
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• 2021

The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify cultural factors among older Americans that could influence them to accept new welfare technologies. This study also explored how social and cultural-based plans could increase the acceptability of welfare technologies for improving the quality of life of older adults in the future. In-depth interviews were conducted with ten professionals who work with older adults. The collected interview data were subsequently analyzed using a two-cycle open coding process. The data analysis generated 29 codes that were organized into 7 primary codes, or categories, and 22 secondary codes nested within the primary codes. Several themes were identified: individualism, family-oriented culture, pragmatism, low-context culture, privacy, fun-seeking culture, and a less hierarchical culture. These findings will inform the development of a future survey to examine the relationship between older adults' intentions when using technology and socio-cultural factors in community settings. In order to explore the different impact levels of the cultural factors found in this study, the future study will need to include measures for identifying socio-cultural variations among individuals in one country or across countries.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.47-58
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• 2023

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.2 no.2 s.4
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• pp.145-189
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• 2002

This paper explores into the potential contribution of welfare science and technology(WST) to meeting the challenges of ageing. Drawing on the literature about gerontechnology, this paper considers the application of scientific knowledge for welfare of an aging population. WST for the improvement of the daily functioning of the elderly people can not only prevent, delay or compensate for the declines or impairments of coginitive and physical functions (by assistive technology) but also enhance personal ability to overcome problems either by supporting the person's abilities (by supportive technology) or by changing the environment (by public welfare technology). This paper draws attention to a paradigm change in the conceptualization of disability and its ramifications for the role of technology and aging. A range of approaches such as Barrier-Free design, Universal Design points to new directions of WST in which products and services are devised to improve the quality of life for all people, and hence enhancing the socio-economic vitality. It is suggested that the future of welfare science and technology will be based in large measure on its goal to reduce or prevent individual and structural lag in the relationships between people and their environments. Addressing issues of the broader physical and social environment will emphasize the goal of prevention and the view that environmental needs for aging population are changing over time.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.11 no.4 s.42
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• pp.165-180
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• 1996

세계 각 국은 출생률 감소와 평균수명 증가에 따른 인구 고령화의 급진전과 다양한 선천성 또는 후천성 장애로 인한 장애자의 급증에 대비, 이들을 위한 복지정보통신시스템 및 기기 개발을 적극 추진하고 있다. 본 고에서는 고령자 및 장애자를 위한 복지정보통신시스템 및 기기의 현상과 미래 파악에 초점을 두고, 시스템 및 기기가 갖추어야 하는 기능과 이러한 기능을 실현하기 위한 기술을 장애형태별로 정리해보았으며, 또한 정보통신기술의 발달에 따라 출현가능한 새로운 복지정보통신시스템 및 기기와 이러한 시스템 및 기기의 개발시 고려되어야 할 여러가지 요인 및 추진방법들을 살펴보았다.

• Digital Contents
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• no.10 s.89
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• pp.68-78
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• 2000

선진국은 인터넷 시대의 전성기를 맞아 새로운 하나의 사회를 구성하고 있는 사이버 공간에서의 복지를 구현하기 위한 노력들을 하고 있다. 사회복지가 잘 이뤄진 나라들은 늘 그렇듯이 가난한자 소외된 자, 노약자들을 위한 끊임없는 연구를 하고 한발 앞선 움직임을 보여왔다. 그들이 선진국일 수 밖에 없는 이유는 바로 거기에 있는 것은 아닐까? 아직도 우리나라는 공공적인 차원에서 장애인이나 노약자를 위한 사회복지정책이 미흡한데 하물며 정보통신분야까지 신경 쓸 겨를이 있을까?라는 생각을 가져본다. 일본은 정보통신분야에서도 고령자나 장애인을 위한 다양한 기술개발과 복지를 구현하는 준비에 한창이다. 이러한 움직임은 그들이 앞서나간다는 것만으로는 설명하기 어려운 부러운 점이다. 이에 일본의 고령자와 장애인을 지원하는 정보기술에 대한 얘기를 들어보는 것도 좋을 듯 싶다.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.147-156
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• 2021

In order for life-sports to develop sports policies need to be addressed in the conceptual categories of sports welfare policies. Beyond the concept of sports welfare, it must be recognized as an important part of general welfare to further increase the effectiveness of sports welfare policies. And for sports welfare policies to be effectively delivered to the target people, it need to be incorporated into a national-level policy system such as a general welfare system. In this study sports welfare governance and Exclusive Organization Policy Model was proposed as one of the ways in which sports welfare policies were incorporated into a national delivery system.

• Digital Contents
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• no.12 s.91
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• pp.68-73
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• 2000

일본의 사회복지적 정보기술에 대해 3회째 연재를 하고 있다. 우리나라도 장애인이나 고령자 저학력자를 위한 정보통신 기술의 개발이 이뤄지고 있긴 하지만, 아직은 미흡한 실정이다. 사회 복지적 정보기술은 반드시 필요한 부분임에도 불구하고, 연구개발이 진척되지 않고 있는 것은 역시 국가적 차원에서 기술개발과 개발된 기술의 수요를 창출해 줄 수 있어야 한다. 즉, 사회복지의 정책이 정보통신 분야로 확대되어야 함을 의미한다. 이에 일본의 고령자를 위한 정보기술 모니터링 시스템을 소개하고자한다.