• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.147-160
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• 2007

This research challenges the general notion of one-person households of the elderly during widowhood as impoverished, isolated, and vulnerable. Recognizing a high potential vulnerability, however, this research attempts to describe the diverse composition of one-person households of the elderly. For this purpose, relying on 2% sample data from the 2000 census, it examines regional distribution, socio-economic characteristics, and determinants of one-person households of the elderly during widowhood. Socio-economic characteristics of one-person households of the elderly differ by region. Jeju island is distinct in terms of sex and age distribution, and residence area of children. In general, rates of economic activity and self-subsistence are higher in provinces than in cities. Compared to the elderly living with family, the elderly living alone show high rates of economic activity, self-subsistence, and capability of physical activity. Results of logistic regression analysis of determinants of living arrangement are consistent with those of descriptive statistics. Those who are economically active and able to move around without assistance tend to live alone after the death of a spouse. Number of sons and living in an urban area are negatively associated with living alone, whereas females are more likely than males to live alone. According to the separate analysis by age, the positive effect of economic activity is greater in the oldest of the old than in other age groups. Those who possess high educational attainment tend to live alone when they are 80 and older, unlike other age groups. Based on these findings, this paper finds that one-person households of the elderly nay not always be the most vulnerable group, and are diverse in terms of socioeconomic characteristics.

• 한국인공지능학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2021

This paper conducted a feasibility study by applying an Internet of Things and Artificial intelligence-based management system for the elderly living alone in an aging society. The number of single-person families over the age of 50 is expected to increase, and problems such as health, safety, and loneliness may occur due to aging. Therefore, by establishing an IoT-based care system for the elderly living alone, a stable service was developed through securing a rapid response system for the elderly living alone and automatically reporting 119. The participants of the demonstration test were subjects under the jurisdiction of the "Seongnam Senior Complex," and the data collection rate between the IoT sensor and the emergency safety gateway was high. During the demonstration period, as a result of evaluating the satisfaction of the IoT-based care system for the elderly living alone, 90 points were achieved. We are currently in the COVID-19 situation. Therefore, the number of elderly living alone is continuously increasing, and the number of people who cannot benefit from care services will continue to occur. Also, even if the COVID-19 situation is over, the epidemic will happen again. So the care system is essential. The elderly care system developed in this way will provide safety management services based on artificial intelligence-based activity pattern analysis, improving the quality of in-house safety services.

• 한국노년학
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.1015-1033
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 임대주택에 거주하는 남성 독거노인의 홀로 살아가는 삶의 의미와 본질을 살펴보는 것이다. 연구방법은 현상학적 연구 방법 중 Giorgi(2009)가 제안한 분석방법을 활용하였다. 연구 참여자는 임대주택에 거주하고 있는 남성 독거노인 10명을 네크워크표집방법을 활용해 선정하였다. 연구자료는 1인 당 2회씩의 심층면담을 통해 수집하였다. 연구결과, 남성 독거노인으로 살아가는 것은 세상이라는 광야에 홀로 서서 찬바람을 맞는 것과 같았으며, 외롭고 적적한 생을 살아가는 과정은 삶과 죽음 사이의 끊임없는 힘겨루기와 같았다. 그들에게 있어 임대주택은 세상과 단절시켜 자신을 가두어 놓는 철책이자 떠돌이 생활의 종착지였다. 임대주택은 세인들에게는 안정적 울타리지만 참여자들에게는 광야에 홀로 선 심정으로 생존에 의한 본능과 죽음의 본능이 줄다리기하는 양면적 삶을 살아내는 곳이었다. 연구자는 연구결과에 근거하여 심리적 주거안정, 대중 매체 속 노인폄하, 심리적 고립 해소방안에 관한 논의와 그에 따른 제언을 했다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2001

Objectives : To analyze factors associated with elderly falls in a community dwelling, a comparatively important, but somewhat neglected, health mailer. Methods : Data came from personal interview surveys using a questionnaire of 552 people aged 65 or older living in a community. Socioeconomic, and health related characteristics were investigated as independent variables and experiences of falling in the previous year as the dependent variable. Results : 118(21.4%) of the elderly subjects experienced a fall in the previous year. 24 subjects experienced more than two falls, accounting for 20.3% of the elderly fall victims studied. Factors affecting the falls were families living together, level of daily activity, heart disease, and aconuresis;, therefore an elderly person who lives alone, lives independently, has heart disease, or suffers urinary incontinence had a demonstrated increased chance of failing. Conclusion : Groups at risk for luting included elderly persons living alone, living independently, suffering heart disease, or experiencing urinary incontinence. When an elderly fall prevention program is developed and implemented, these results should be considered.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.242-244
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• 2022

최근 인구의 고령화와 함께 1인 가구가 늘어나고 있으며 독거노인의 증가는 인구의 고령화에 따라 빠르게 증가하고 있다. 따라서 독거노인의 고독사는 사회적으로 많은 이슈가 되고 있다. 고독사는 사망 이후 며칠이 지난 이후 시신이 발견되는 경우가 많다. 특히 독거노인의 고독사는 장례와 유품 정리 및 처리할 사람조차 없으므로 죽어서까지도 외로운 죽음이라는 문제 인식이 사회적으로 더욱 심각하게 받아들여지고 있다. 시신이 발견되는 경우는 보통 며칠이 지난 이후이기 때문에 시신의 부패가 심한 경우가 많다. 따라서 본 논문은 독거노인의 고독사 예방 및 대응을 위해 온습도 센서와 인체감지 센서를 이용해서 실내 모니터링 시스템을 제안하였다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of health control behaviors on the emotional happiness of the elderly. Among the survey instruments used in this study, emotional hapiness was the tool developed by Watson et al., 1978, and health control behavior was used by tools developed by Wallston et al., in 1988. Health control behaviors consist of three sub-factors: other health control behavior, accidental health control behavior, and internal health control behavior. The data collection period was collected from June 20 to July 5, 2018. A total of 152 participants were enrolled from 65 to 85 years old and were collected from six provinces of Korea (Seoul, Gangwon Province, Gyeongsang Province, Jeolla Province, Chungcheong Province, Gyeonggi Province) as much as possible. As a result of the analysis of demographic characteristics, the number of elderly people couple living was 47.4%, living alone was 21.1%, the number of people living with a couple and their children was 13.8%, the others were 10.5%. Based on the above results, 21.1% were living alone as an elderly person. And people who the highest monthly income of less than 1 million won was 36.8%, the usual meal type, 94.7% were very much eaten with vegetarianism smoking and drinking alcohol, and 94.7% did not smoke and 73.7% drank alcohol. In conclusion, Multiple regression analysis of health control behaviors on emotional happiness showed that health control behaviors had a 15% effect on emotional happiness. The following suggestions were made through the results of this study. First, the monthly income of the elderly is very low to maintain health, Second, the health of elderly people was maintained through friends and meetings. Based on these results, it should be used as a basic data for the program for the emotional happiness of the elderly.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.73-90
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• 2019

The growth in the number of single-member households is a critical issue worldwide, especially among the elderly. For those living alone, who may be unaware of their health status or routines that could improve their health, a continuous healthcare monitoring system could provide valuable feedback. Assessing the performance adequacy of activities of daily living (ADL) can serve as a measure of an individual's health status; previous research has focused on determining a person's daily activities and extracting the most frequently performed behavioral patterns using camera recordings or wearable sensing techniques. However, existing methods used to extract common patterns of an occupant's activities in the home fail to address the spatio-temporal dimensions of human activities simultaneously. Though multiple sequence alignment (MSA) offers some advantages - such as inherent containment of the spatio-temporal data in sequence format, and rapid identification of hidden patterns - MSA has rarely been used to extract in-home ADL routines. This research proposes a method to extract a household occupant's ADL routines from a cumulative spatio-temporal data log of occupancy collected using a non-intrusive method (i.e., a tomographic motion detection system). The findings from an occupant's 28-day spatio-temporal activity log demonstrate the capacity of the proposed approach to identify routine patterns of an occupant's daily activities and to reveal the order, duration, and frequency of routine activities. Routine ADL patterns identified from the proposed approach are expected to provide a basis for detecting/evaluating abrupt or gradual changes of an occupant's ADL patterns that result from a physical or mental disorder, and can offer valuable information for home automation applications by enabling the prediction of ADL patterns.

• 재활복지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.31-54
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• 2016

본 연구는 사회적 취약계층인 독거노인 중증장애인에 대한 사회적 보호체계로서의 응급안전시스템에 대한 개선방안을 도출하기 위한 연구이다. 이를 위하여 독거노인 중증장애인 응급안전시스템을 시범사업으로 운영 하고 있는 전국 17개시도 중 대도시(서울시 종로구), 중소도시(경기도 용인시), 농촌(경남 거창군) 3개 지역을 임의로 선정하여 조사를 수행하였다. 조사방법은 시 군 구 담당 공무원과 센터 운영자를 중심으로 이루어진 구조화된 질문지를 토대로 한 인터뷰 방식으로 이루어졌다. 인터뷰에 대한 내용분석 결과, 독거노인 중증장애인의 안전을 위한 응급안전시스템에 대한 필요성은 전반적으로 인지하고 있었으며, 응급안전시스템 사업을 진행하는 과정에서 복지사각지대 대상자 발굴을 위한 홍보의 문제, 응급장비의 잦은 오작동으로 인한 당사자들의 불편함의 문제, 당사자 및 응급기관 담당자들의 안전에 대한 인식부족 문제, 24시간 모니터링 서비스를 위한 인력수급의 문제 등이 확인되었다. 이에 응급안전시스템의 효과적인 운영을 위한 개선방안으로 제도적으로는 취약계층 위기관리 대응에 관한 법률개정의 필요성을 제시하였으며, 이러한 법률을 토대로 안전장비 오작동 문제해결을 위한 응급장비에 대한 전면적인 점검, 24시간 모니터링을 위한 인력충원, 지역사회 기관과의 연계를 위한 MOU 체결구축을 통하여 촘촘한 복지 실현을 위해 원스톱 서비스가 이루어지도록 안전시스템 구축의 필요성을 제언하였다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.398-404
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• 2017

The present study aimed to examine the influence of mental health factors on oral health factors using data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). A total of 1,548 elderly individuals aged over 65 years who completed the screening and health questionnaire were selected as the final study participants. The psychological health factors related to perceived oral health status were depression and stress when the gender was controlled, and in terms of gender, both elderly male and female individuals were stressed and depressed. These results suggested that the psychological health of elderly individuals negatively affects not only perceived oral health but also the quality of life. In addition, the psychological health of the elderly individuals should be systematically managed along with oral health care and overall health care and lifestyle. If a comprehensive health management system is available for low-income groups or an elderly person living alone, it should positively affect and improve the quality of life of elderly individuals.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2018

본 논문은 독거노인을 위한 스마트 케어 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다. 최근 의학, 생활수준, 환경의 급속한 개선으로 생활수준이 높아짐에 따라 고령 인구의 비율이 높아지고 있다. 또한 고령화 사회와 더불어 증가하는 독거노인 비율은 노인 케어 시스템, 응급 상황 알림과 같은 서비스의 제공이 중요한 이슈가 되고 있다는 것을 시사한다. 그러나 기존의 응급상황알림을 위한 기술들은 고정된 CCTV 영상을 분석하기 때문에 CCTV 사각지대에서의 모니터링에 대한 어려움과 카메라가 설치되지 않은 장소로 이동하는 등 정해진 범위를 벗어나는 활동을 할 경우 실시간으로 케어 할 수 없다는 문제점이 존재한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 실시간으로 이동이 가능한 로봇과 객체 추적 기술을 활용한 스마트 케어 시스템을 설계하고 개발한다. 이를 통해 장소에 구애받지 않고 실시간 모니터링이 가능하며, 응급상황시 빠르게 도움을 요청해 보호자 및 도우미들에게 편의를 제공할 수 있도록 한다.