• Architectural research
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2020

The Homeshare Program was promoted to solve the housing problems of the elderly and the young by the Seoul City in 2012. The elderly can provide spare rooms in their homes for the young at low rental fees, and the young can provide daily services to the elderly, cooperating with each other for better housing and life. The aim of this research is to find out how the participants use the shared space and what kinds of activities are shared in homeshare. This research uses case studies, which interviews 10 cases of homeshare in Seoul. The contents of the research are investigated shared spaces of the elderly, and analyzed contents of interaction lives in shared spaces. The elderly experience loneliness while living alone, and having someone to live with gives them comfort and a sense of security, and this is one motive for participating in homeshare. The elderly and the young share many equipment and shared activities and interactions in shared space. The homeshare program makes it possible for the elderly to aging in place and have interactive relationships with different generations. Therefore, homeshare may the formation of a new family, and new dwelling utilizing the elderly's house.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.31-49
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• 2008

This study has been performed to explore verbal and behavioral expression of sexual desires among male elderly residents who have been living in long tenn care facilities. There are three topics covered in this study; first, in what situations and how seriously do care workers encounter expression of sexual desires of the elderly residents? Second, what kind of negative consequences do they believe those sexual behaviors will lead to? Third, how can we implement defensive measures against the sexual behaviors? In this study, twenty three care workers working full time in five retirement and care facilities were asked about their experience and perception of the above study agendas, and answers of the qualitative interview were drawn as follow; first, the elderly residents apparently show a variety of sexual harassment and provoking behaviors such as sticking to specific women, physically touching and attacking, and induce obscenely activities against female residents, care workers, and volunteer visitors. Second, their sexual behaviors are often influenced by their isolated and abandoned emotionality as well as living situation in rural areas. Third, their sexual behaviors often critically affect care work plan and facility managements by severely discouraging female care givers and community supporters. Therefore in this study, suggestions and defensive measures were made as follows: first, education and counselling programs toward female workers and volunteers need to be developed, and the programs should cover psychological and behavioral mechanism of sexuality in later life. Second, self control plans need to be empowered toward the elderly residents; in the plans, the elderly residents shall be encouraged to evaluate primary cause and proper solutions of sexual behaviors of their peering residents. Third, combination of healthy housing and care facilities for frail elderly need to be integrated in a neighboring location, so that when residents and workers encounter extreme episodes of sexuality of healthy residents in a housing facility, the problematic sexual residents are partially transferred into a neighboring care facility and thereafter other residents and cafe givers are relieved from stressful contacts with the extremely sexual residents.

• 스트레스연구
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.259-267
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• 2018

본 연구는 독거노인의 인지기능과 삶의 만족도에 영향을 미치는 위험요인을 탐색하고자 하였다. 전국표본추출로 실시된 2014년도 노인실태조사 원시자료 중에서 만 65세 이상인 독거노인 2,449명의 자료를 분석하였다. 인지기능의 위험요인은 고령과 사별경험, 무학력, 운동 안함, 낮은 사회문화 활동만족도로 확인되었다. 삶의 만족도 위험요인은 이혼/미혼/별거경험, 무학력, 미취업, 부정적 건강평가와 우울진단, 운동 안함, 정서적 학대, 경제적 학대, 재정적 방임 경험과 낮은 인지기능 수준으로 확인되었다. 이는 고령의 사별한 독거노인 대상의 적극적인 인지기능 검사 및 강화 프로그램, 사회문화활동 참여를 위한 네트워킹, 우울 예방과 운동 및 건강증진 프로그램, 노인학대 예방을 위한 사회적 노력이 필요함을 시사해준다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.73-88
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• 2005

As the proportion of the elderly population in rural Korea has increased rapidly, the quality of life of the rural elderly has become a major public and policy concern. In this regards, most of the researches on rural elderly have focused mainly on the 'risk factors or problems' of rural areas, ignoring the 'positive or protective aspects' of rural community on the quality of life of elderly. This study attempts to explore the possible positive influence of rural community on the quality of life of elderly and to examine the linkage among ecological characteristics of the communities, social interaction and quality of life of rural elderly. To achieve this goal, a community case study was conducted in four Korean rural villages. The data were collected using participant observation method and in-depth interviews (person-to-person, group interviews). All the interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim for the analysis. The data was analyzed using the reflective qualitative analytic technique. The major findings of this study are as follows : All of the four villages have strong community ties and provide contexts which make it possible for older people to share their everyday life with neighbors and to actively participate as a community member. Although the four villages were geographically not far from each other, the pattern of social interaction and the nature of everyday-life of the elderly were nevertheless different depending on the ecological environment of each community, the relationship history among the community members, and the shared experience of historical events in recent Korean history. Elderly men have smaller networks and have less frequent contact with community members than elderly women. The political and practical implications of this study are discussed.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2018

본 연구는 독거노인을 대상으로 독거노인의 외로움에 대한 경험을 분석하기 위한 포커스그룹 면담을 적용한 질적내용분석 연구이다. 본 연구 대상자는 D시 노인복지관을 방문하는 65세 이상 독거노인 28명을 대상으로 수행하였다. 연구대상자는 28명의 대상자를 5그룹으로 나누어 각 그룹 당 50-70분의 면담을 진행하였으며, 연구대상자의 연구참여 자발성에 대해 충분히 설명하였다. 본 연구결과 '피할 수 없는 쓸쓸함', '어쩔 수 없는 죽음', '내 삶의 수용' 인 3개의 주제모음과 '배우자의 부재', '자녀를 위한 독립', '주변인(친구)의 죽음', '홀로 남겨진 죽음의 두려움', '내려놓기', '내 건강 챙기기', '나만의 방식으로 외로움 달래기' 의 7개 주제가 도출되었다. 본 연구에 참여한 독거노인 연구대상자들은 어쩔 수 없는 외로움에 대해서 표현하였고, 스스로 외로움을 극복하기 위한 노력도 표현하였다. 본 연구결과를 토대로 추후, 독거노인의 심리적 외로움 극복을 위한 다양한 방안 개발이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.525-540
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• 2016

본 연구 목적은 농아노인들이 생활하면서 어떤 경험을 하면서 살아가고 있는지를 드러내고자 한다. 그리고 이런 연구를 통하여 일반인(청인)들이 농아인의 삶의 고충과 문화를 이해하고 지역사회의 일원으로 더불어 살아가는데 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 연구방법은 현상학적 질적 연구로 하였으며, 연구 참여자는 농아노인 7명이다. 심층면접하고 분석한 결과 농아노인의 생활 경험은 '잊혀 지지 않은 상처', '지역사회에서 생활', '가족과의 생활', '농아노인의 결혼', '현실에 적응하고 살기'로 범주화할 수 있었다. '잊혀 지지 않은 상처'의 하위범주는 '열병을 치료받지 못함', '6.25전쟁 피해', '사람들의 차가운 시선'으로 나타났으며, 농아노인들은 이제까지 살아오면서 잊혀 지지 않은 마음의 상처로 고통스러워하면서 살아가고 있었다. '지역사회에서 생활'의 하위범주는 '생활의 불편', '생활의 불이익', '단절된 생활'로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 생활의 불편함과 불이익을 당할 뿐 아니라 지역사회와 단절된 생활로 외로움을 느끼면서 살아가고 있었다. '가족과의 생활'의 하위범주는 '자녀들과 소통이 안 됨', '다시 버림받음', '가족에게 이용당함', '가족이 있으나 외로움', '독립해 살고 싶음'으로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 가족으로부터 지지받고 살지 못하고 오히려 버림당하고 이용당하고 외롭게 살아가고 있었다. '농아노인의 결혼'의 하위범주는 '씨받이로 보내어짐', '빈번한 재혼과 이혼', '부부처럼 의지함'으로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 자신들만의 결혼 문화를 형성하면서 서로 의지하며 살아가고 있었다. '현실에 적응하며 살기'의 하위범주는 '이웃의 도움받기', '생활의 처신 잘하기', '한글 배우기','일하면서 살기', '자유롭게 살기', '그리워하며 살기', '죽고 싶은 충동 억제하기', '종교에 의지하기'로 나타났는데, 농아노인들은 언어적 사회적 소수집단의 한계로 혜택 받지 못하는 가장 소외되고 취약한 계층에 있지만 현실에 맞게 스스로 적응하며 살아가기 위해 노력하고 있었다. 이런 결과에 의해 다음과 같이 제언하다. 첫째, 농아노인들이 마음속에 지워지지 않은 마음의 상처가 치유될 수 있는 개별 및 집단상담의 실천적 접근이 필요하다. 둘째, 농아노인들이 지역사회의 일원으로 살아가는데 불편이나 불이익이 없도록 공공서비스 기관에 수화도우미 배치 등 맞춤형 복지서비스가 필요하다. 셋째, 농아노인들이 가족으로부터 인정받고 지지받으며 정을 나누면서 살아 갈 수 있는 실천적 접근이 필요하다. 넷째, 청인들이 농아노인들의 문화를 이해하고 지역사회에서 더불어 살아갈 수 있도록 먼저 다가가 수화를 배우고 함께할 수 있는 장을 만들어가는 정책적 실천적 접근이 필요하다.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.256-264
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• 2016

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the diet and health status of elderly women according to the family type. Methods: A total of 307 elderly women participated in this study were divided into one of three groups according to their family type: residing with spouse (RSP; n=88), residing with son or daughter (RSD; n=119), and residing alone (RAL; n=100). Chisquare test was used to assess dietary habits and health status of the subjects by the family types. Results: Results demonstrated significant associations between eating regular meals, person preparing meals, coffee intake, and bone fracture experience and family type. Among the three groups, the RSP and RAL groups had a higher percentage for preparing meals by themselves (p<0.001) than the RSD group. The RAL group had a lower percentage for eating regular meals (p<0.01) but a higher percentage for bone fracture experience (p<0.05) than the other groups. There were no significant differences in monthly allowance, self-estimated health status, physical activity, exercise, drinking, and dietary habits such as frequency of consumption of dairy, beans, eggs, fish, meat, fruits, and vegetables among the three groups. Conclusions: The results showed that elderly women residing alone without a son, daughter, or spouse had more diet-related and health problems such as irregular meals and high bone fracture experience. These findings suggested that elderly women residing alone need more attention and support.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.649-663
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• 1993

A long life is the desire of many people. The purpose of this study was to describe the thoughts that are held by elderly people about long life as the elderly are approaching the end of life. The research was conducted using an ethnographic method to add understanding to this subject. The field work for this study was done from July, 1991 to August, 1993 in third phases in Chun Buk province. The results of the present study show the following : The thoughts of the elderly about chang su showed three important concepts : In Myoung Sae Chun(lived as life), Su Cheuk Dah Yok(long life is a disgraces, and Transcendence of life: In Myoung Sae Chun showed the thought of limitation of man’s life and realistic thought about the life through free oneself from death and life. Su Cheuk Dah Yok meant experience of physical difficulty, experience of sons and daughter’s death ahead one’s own self. Senility was the most afraid problem for the elderly. Transcendence of life showed pursuit of a continuing life through connected with sons and the family. The conditions promoting chang su were described as clear water, fresh air, adequate eating, deep sleeping, gender(female). In addition it showed that ecological and environmental conditions (heavy work, starvation, vegetable food, physical environment, respection for the elderly). These results showed that the elderly was recognized one’s own self as living being rather than adhered to the life, and will promote understanding the elderly’s desire for long life. Also, suggested to nursing practice that should maintain self-esteem and respect for the elderly, Therefore, these results can be used nursing practice for the elderly.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.669-679
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the reported good service experiences from the perspective of elderly residents of long-term care facilities. Methods: Of those residents who are 65 years old or older, 14 residents whose length of stay were one month or longer and scores of the K-Mini Mental State Examination were 15 or higher were interviewed. The interview data formed the basis for the empirical statements about the reported nature of patients' experiences as residents of long-term care facilities. These data were used in concept mapping. Results: Through multidimensional scaling analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis, 62 core statements, two dimensions, and six clusters of good service experiences were derived. The two dimensions were classified as 'care centered-participation centered services' and as 'physical-emotional services.' Six cluster themes emerged as good service experiences: 'safety of care and treatment', 'responsible and supportive staff', 'comfort of living environment', 'mental well-being', and 'respect and communication'. Conclusion: The result of the study provides information about what experiences are important to older adults with cognitive impairment. The concept map can be used to develop a patient experience index for the elderly residents of long-term care facilities.

• 한국실내디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국실내디자인학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.214-219
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• 2008

The aging of the population has been in process all over the world including most of advanced countries. With the improvement of living standards and medical technology due to the growth and development of the modern industrial society, the continuous Increase of the average lifespan has led to an abrupt growth in the population ratio of the aged. The senescence is the period where both physical and mental functions get dwindled, and due to a loss of roles in a society and a weakened social bond, the elderly people feel often neglected and isolated. Consequently, the elderly people spend a lot of time in their houses. As this means that the elderly gets higher possibility to stay within housing units and housing complex environment, residents' public space needs to be developed within the housing complex for them. Therefore, constructive programs and plans are required for the elderly who experience distance constraint because of corporal aging, for them to sustain community activities within their housing environment. Contrary to them in the 20th century, the elderly living in the nowadays informational society tend to enjoy their leisure times with arts and cultures and underscore the significance of social exchange under diverse possibility and sustainableness. Thus, it is important to preserve those circumstances to provide continuously them. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to grope a growth direction of residents' public space for the elderly to include them to their community through a socially integrated way by grasping present condition of apartment residents' public space's facilities and to be used practically as a basic housing environment data to raise quality of community life.