• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.2079-2088
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• 2015

Most overseas Korean seniors live in China and Japan due to Korea's historical background. Although Korean seniors living in Korea China and Japan share some similarities, the overseas seniors have become culturally different as they adapted to their countries of residence. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide basic reference data for future senior health enhancement models by comparing and analyzing the health of Korean and overseas Korea seniors. The number of subjects in this study was 603 people, which was comprised of 231 Korean seniors, 246 overseas seniors in China, and 126 overseas seniors in Japan. The average age of the subjects was 74.4 years old. The Korean seniors displayed higher average health score than the overseas seniors. Therefore, the study believes that cultural elements should be considered in a future senior health enhancement model.

• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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• v.14 no.2 s.49
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• pp.153-160
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to clarify residential satisfaction of the Living Environment according to responses of staffs in the Horsing Homes. For this, the data about residential satisfaction of the Living Environment of elderly with dementia were taken from the staffs in 2 nursing homes in Tokyo by the questionnaire. Additional information was collected by interviews and observation. It was impossible that the elderly with dementia answered their satisfaction and needs of spaces. For this reason, staffs who care the elderly with dementia during 24 hours and interact with the elderly with dementia were selected the subjects of this survey. Survey question asked for the general features of the staffs, satisfaction, dissatisfactory spaces and the reasons about dissatisfaction of the elderly with dementia. The data were analyzed using the frequency, percentage, crosstab, paired t-test with SPSS 11 program. The result of this study was as follows. First, most of the elderly with dementia were unsatisfied with their bedrooms and bathrooms in bedrooms. Second, the unsatisfied spaces among the living environment were bedroom, bathroom in bedroom, dining room, day corner, special activity room, common bathroom with mechanical bath, and dressing room. The reasons of the unsatisfied spaces were size, comfort, non-existence of the space, and noise in the space.

• 한국사회복지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.661-667
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• 2007

현재 일본 내에 거주하고 있는 외국인 중 재일 한국인/조선인(이하, 재일코리안)이 제일 많은 부분을 차지하고 있다. 재일 코리안 중 65세 이상이 13%가 넘는다(재일고령자 조사위원회, 2003). 이런 재일한국인/조선인의 고령자(이하, 재일코리안 1세라고 말함)는 대부분 식민지시대에 조국에서의 생활기반을 잃어버리고 일본에 건너오게 되거나 혹은 강제연행으로 인해 일본에 거주하게 되었다. 재일코리안 1세는 연령적으로는 후기 고령자이며, 문화의 차이, 언어적 문제 그리고 경제적인 문제 등의 어려움이 있다. 이런 많은 어려운 점 중에서도 특히 개호의 문제(노인수발 문제)는 가장 심각하다. 이런 문제들 중 먼저 역사적인 경위에 대해 선행연구 등을 통해 논해 보고자 한다. 또한 문화적 차이와 언어적 문제가 개호보험 서비스 이용에 있어서 장애가 될 가능성도 있을 수 있으며, 대다수가 무연금자인 점(길영(吉永), 2004), 개호보험과 재일코리안 1세의 경제적인 요인이 심각한 문제인 점인것(북촌(北村), 2004)을 말하고 있다. 이를 배경으로, 후꾸오까/나가사키 지역의 재일동포 1세에게 직접 설문조사를 실시했다. 조사 결과 재일코리안 1세는 일본의 고령자보다 훨씬 개호보험 서비스 이용에 소외될 가능성을 가지고 있었다. 재일코리안 1세의 개호의 문제는 한국에서가 아니라, 거주하고 있는 일본에서 해결되어 져야만 하는 문제이며 그 개선책 또한 논하였으며 향후의 방향성에 대해서도 고찰해 보았다.

• Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.420-425
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• 2006

By considering research trend how flow of elderly welfare policy of Japan, which experienced an aging society already, has changed and developed and characteristic of living environment, this study has its purpose to offer basic data to be helpful for finding out direction of Korean future elderly care facility. Way of study worked with only Special Nursing Home and Group Home where elderly with dementia mainly lived among researches of elderly welfare facility published in proceeding of Architecture Planning Engineering of Japan from Jan, 1990 to Sep, 2006. And the number of example of analysis was total 69. The result was classified by year, facilities, and keyword and this study has its focus on discussion of space planning element requested as living environment.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.45-56
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• 1996

본 연구의 목적은 한국에서 장래에 이루어질 노인주거연구의 주제를 예측할 수 있도록 일본, 미국, 한국의 노인주거연구의 경향의 차이를 파악하고 비교하기 위한 것이다. 본 연구는 세나라에서 1940년대부터 1990년대 현대까지 발표된 노인주거연구에 대한 학술지와 논문을 분석함으로써 이루어졌다. 세 나라에서 전체 772편의 논문을 수집하여 이를 발표된 연도와 주제에 따라 분류하였다. 본 연구는 일본과 미국의 연구 경향의 특징을 별도로 발표한 후속 연구이다. 일본에서는 1950년대에 노인주거에 대한 연구가 시작되어 80년대 후반에 절정을 이루었으며, 그 이후로 서서히 관심이 줄어들고 있는 추세이다. 일본에서의 주요 주제는 노인홈과 노인시설내의 주 생활조사, 3대 동거 주택, 유료노인홈과 노인시설의 소비자 문제등이다. 미국의 경우, 노인주거의 연구는 일본보다 빠른 1940년대에 시작되어 70년대와 80년대에 걸쳐서 다른 때보다 더 많은 연구가 발표되었다. 주요주제는 1970년대부터 80년대에는 노인주거와 노인시설에 집중되어 있었으나 80년대 이후에 노인주거의 연구방법과 노인주택정책방향으로 관심이 바뀌고 있다. 한국에서의 노인주거에 대한 연구는 세나라 중에서 가장 늦은, 1970년대 후반부터 시작되어 80년대 후반 이래로 그 관심이 점점 증가하고 있다. 한국에서 가장 관심이 있는 연구대상의 하나는 일본과 마찬가지로 기혼자녀와 노부모와의 동거주택에 대한 주제이다. 이상 세나라의 연구주제에서의 차이점은, 한국과 일본에서는 모두 노인주거와 연구방법 분야에는 비교적 관심이 적은 반면, 미국에서는 3대동거주택에 대한 관심이 적은 것이다. 일본과 미국 두나라에 비하여 한국에서는 노인주거 연구에 있어서 아직까지 다양한 주제를 발견하기 어려운데 그 이유는 한국에서는 노인주거에 대한 구체적인 개발이 아직까지 이루어지지 않아서 노인주거에 대한 경험도 많지 않기 때문이라고 생각된다. 앞으로 한국에서도 노인주거가 개발된다면 그 후에는 보다 다양한 연구주제가 나타날 것이라고 기대된다. 예를 들면 노인거주시설의 질적인 비교, 특수한 형태의 노인주거에 대한 요구, 노인주거내의 주생활조사나 평가, 노인을 위한 설비의 디자인 등에 관한 연구들을 생각해 볼 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.356-381
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• 2001

This study has three objectives. One of them is to debate on the incompatible Neo-Malthusianism and Comucopianism, which give us a comparative gauge for analysis of the population elements in Korea and Japan. The other is to investigate how a variety of population elements are related to specific regions, Korea and Japan. And the last is to compare and analyze the residential preference pattems and the degree of care for the future life for the aged over 50 ages. Various elements in population show that Japan is of type superior to Korea, and that the gap between two countries is getting narrow every year. Wiber's migration expectancy is much higher in Kwangiu-si and Chollanam-do than in Hiroshima-ken. Burial customs in funeral ceremony has been vanished in Japan, but only 30 percents in Korea is crematory. This burial customs being much stiff existent in Korea, the effect of the population decrease caused by the death is reduced. A case study through questionnaire on the residential preference patterns for the aged over 50 years old shows that Japanese than Korean are more dependent on their sons and daughters, and ‘loneliness of solitary life’is the first reason in both countries. The degree of care for the future life is also remarkably higher in Japanese than in Korean. These are related in various ways to their ages, scholarships and local areas(si or gun). A general cognition in which the shortage of labour forces comes into existence in aged society is of misconception, because it comes from taking labour forces away from the aged, not from being old society. Even a minute population change is worth notice since the inertia law is also applied to the population phenomenon. Malthusinism hold fairly good even now, and the notion is very important in which population, resources and environmental problems are no longer personal or a regional matters, but the global family's issues.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.68-78
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• 2002

This study intended to analyze the health promoting behaviors by comparing various factors according to the residence areas(Korea or Japan) of Korean Elderly. and to present basic data in planning systematic and effective programs of health promotion for each residence area. The subjects of this study were 164 Korean elders in Daegu, South Korea, and 164 elders in Aichi prefecture, Japan. Data was collected by interviews and self-administered questionnaires from the 1st to the 20th of April in 2000. The tool for this study was based on Walker et al.(1987)'s Health Promotion lifestyle Profiles (HPLP). The analysis was performed with Cronbach's $x^2-test$, t-test. ANCOVA, Kendal tau, Pearson correlation, and Stepwise Multiple Regression test using SPSS program. The results are as follows: 1. There was a significant difference in occupation($x^2$=41.3. p=0.000), the source of the pocket money($x^2$=114.36. p=0.000) by the residence areas in terms of socio-demographic characteristics. 2. There was a significant difference between the two groups on the health promoting behaviors(t=-8.19. p=0.000). The score of elders group in the South Korean group on health promoting behaviors was 2.32. showing 0.33 lower than that of the elders group in Japan(2.65). 3. ANCOVA involving occupation and the source of pocket money as co-variables. showed significant differences (F=15.37. p=0.000) regarding health promoting behaviors according to the residence areas. 4. In consideration of variables that have an influence on health promoting behavior by residence areas, pocket money occupied 11.5% of health promoting behavior in the elders group in South Korea. In the elders group in Japan, pocket money occupied 18.1% of health promoting behavior and 20.6% including education. The suggestions based on the results of this study are as follows.: 1. It is necessary to develop health promoting programs considering the residence areas of Korean elders. 2. It is necessary to develop social programs for improving the education level and solving pocket money problems, which are the significant factors for the health promoting behavior of Korean elders.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.19-28
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• 2012

The purpose of this research is to suggest design direction about common space of small sized residential units for elderly housing in order to construct desirable residential environment. This research examines spatial composition and the residents' behaviors in three different types of residential units at intervals of five minutes from 9:00 a.m. to 19:00 p.m.; and analyzes the characteristics of spatial use. The following is the result. The using rate of common space is influenced by the atmosphere of residential units more than healthy condition of the elderly; furthermore, the frequency of usage is also increasing highly as mush as forming the lively atmosphere. In order to form the animated residential environment, it is necessary to provide to various activities, such as cooking, eating, watching TV, leisure, hobby, rest, etc; and the space must plan encouraging relationship with other people. Moreover, it is required to consider to each of personal characteristics ingeniously, and manage to programs extending their durability in common space of elderly housing.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.139-151
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• 1996

The Purpose of this study is to examine residents' subjective satisfaction of the elderly housing environment and to suggest some major factors which can be used as basic design guidelines for the elderly housing. as the number of the elderly is growing in Japan For this purpose. data were collected through a questionnaire survey method, Some questions on their hope for the conditions of the elderly housing were asked to 265 old People living in the suburbs of Chiba city. Japan. Based on the findings of the statistical factor analysis, the major factors which affected on the elderly housing environment of the study can be summarized as follows ;(1)Factor1 is correlated with the space design element represented by the elderly dwelling performance and overall efficiency for the dwelling exterior space design (2)Factor2 is relative to the interior environmental element with Physiological and sensitive performance for borne services system. (3)Factor3 can be explained the moving and communication performance for Physical uneasiness of outdoor activities and request of public cultural spaces. (4)Factor4 is relative to the mental rest element with safety accidents for moving activities etc. and psychological isolation for the elderly.

• Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.55-64
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• 2010

The Japanese elderly welfare policy has focused on facility policy for the aged and preventive care service for healthy elderly people. This paper has conducted a comparative analysis on Geriatric Gealth Services Facility and Special Nursing Home for the Elderly. For this, each service function has been divided into six categories; daily life / nursing and caring / medical service / management / supply / miscellaneous. Then the change in real structure by category has been analyzed through a plan analysis on case facilities. In the Geriatric Health Services Facility, the biggest change was observed in 'livelihood' among six categories. In the Special Nursing Home for the Elderly, 'the nursing and care parts' and 'medical service part' are decreased since 1999. At that time, the facilities started to be individualized and divided into a unit. To pursue home-like care instead of unit care, there was a change in construction planning to help the aged with dementia live a self-sufficient life.