• 보건의료산업학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.79-90
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• 2017

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of malnutrition and to explore its association with socioeconomic and social support factors among Korean elderly in the community. Methods : The study sample was a weighted population of 10,160 elderly who participated in the 2014 Korean Elderly Living Conditions and Welfare Survey. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association socioeconomic and social support factors have with malnutrition. Results : Of the Korean elderly 18.6% were at risk of malnutrition. Being uneducated (OR=1.40) and having a lower household income (OR=1.97) were significantly associated with malnutrition even after adjusting for other socio-demographic and health-related covariates. Elderly who lived alone (OR=1.86) and who had poor relationships with their children (OR=1.97) were at much higher risk of malnutrition than their counterparts. Their having poor relationships with acquaintances and poor social participation were also associated with malnutrition. Conclusions : Socioeconomic and social support resources are important factors in the nutritional status of the elderly.

• 한국노년학
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.445-458
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• 2007

본 연구는 재가노인의 문제를 해결하는 데 있어서, 지역사회가 중심이 된 다양한 자원에 접근하기 위한 기초자료를 제공하기 위해 노인의 지역사회 거주의사와 이에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 <2005년 부산광역시의 사회복지 욕구 조사> 데이터를 이차자료로 활용하여 분석하였다. 조사대상은 부산광역시에 거주하는 65세 이상의 노인이 포함된 1,673가구이고, 이 가구의 노인이 해당 설문에 직접 응답하였다. 자료 분석방법은 로지스틱회귀분석을 이용하였다. 이를 통해 나타난 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 노인의 80%가 지역사회에 거주하고자 하였고, 자녀가 없는 경우(55.2%)는 배우자가 없는 경우(76.4%)보다 지역사회거주의사가 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 지역사회 거주의사에 건강할 때에는 자가유무, 자녀유무, 배우자유무, 지역사회자원지각정도, 만성질환수가 적은 경우가 유의미한 영향요인으로 나타났고, 병약할 때에는 교육정도, 기초생활수급유무, 직업유무, 일상생활수행정도, 만성질환수, 자녀유무, 배우자유무가 유의미한 영향요인으로 나타났다. 특히 병약할 때에는 자가유무, 국민기초생활수급유무와 같은 사회경제적 변수가 가족변수보다 더 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 지역사회 거주의사를 가진 노인들의 재가복지서비스이용의사욕구는 낮은 편이었다. 마지막으로 본 연구결과를 통한 정책적 제언과 제한점이 논의되었다.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.527-536
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• 2022

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: South Korea is representative of countries experiencing rapid societal aging. This study aimed to understand the current status of foodservice nutrition management provided to welfare facilities for the elderly and to understand improvements after support from "the Center for Social Welfare Foodservice Management (CSWFM)" in Cheongju City. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The status of foodservice nutrition management was assessed by dietitians and hired by the CSWFM, who visited 40 welfare facilities (registered members of the CSWFM) for the elderly in Cheongju City. After visiting each facility three times from July to December 2019, the results of inspections on four areas, that is, 'menu', 'meal provision', 'cooking', and 'distribution' management for 2nd and 3rd visits (support visits) were compared with results obtained at initial visits. RESULTS: Before support as determined during 1st visits, compliance rates with 'menu', 'meal provision', 'cooking', and 'distribution' requirements were 72.1%, 75.5%, 58.3%, and 77.5%, respectively. The mean compliance rate for all 15 items on the questionnaire used was 70.8%. Items with low compliance rates were 'Is the soup provided by foodservice at the recommended salinity?' (compliance rate 37.5%) and 'Is the foodservice cooking conducted by referring to a recipe?' (42.5%). At the two support visits, mean compliance rates increased significantly (P < 0.01, P < 0.001), mean total score had significantly increased from 71.80 to 90.26 (P < 0.001), and mean soup salinity decreased significantly from 0.82% at 1st visits to 0.68% (P < 0.001) and 0.56% (P < 0.001) at the 1st and second follow-up visits. CONCLUSIONS: These results show that the status of nutrition management at welfare facilities for the elderly was much improved by CSWFM involvement, and indicate the CSWFM should continuously provide nutrition management support to facilities and that finances and opportunities for more welfare facilities for the elderly be expanded.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2010

Germany became a super-aged society which has the number of people aged 65 or older reached 19 percent of population in 1997. Similarly, there is a tendency in Korea to increase the number of older people coupled with an increase in the number of households of the senior citizen who lives alone due to a rapid change of family unit. Research on geriatric in Germany is being carried out in many different ways, like medical, welfare, and social aspects because of the fact that Germany is in the middle of a super-aged society. Therefore, analysis and evaluation of elderly care facilities in Germany will be used as a fundamental resource for overall planning of elderly care and welfare facilities which are expected to grow demand dramatically.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.294-308
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• 2009

고령화의 급속한 진전에 따라 국가유공자 대상 보훈정책에서도 고령유공자의 노후생활 지원서비스를 확충하고 관련 정책을 체계적으로 운영해야할 필요성이 점차 커지고 있다. 하지만 전통적인 보훈정책은 잔여적 복지 관점에서 이루어지고 있고 국가재원이 한정적으로 지원됨에 따라 비용-효과성의 확보가 어려운 문제점이 있다. 또한 소득보전과 보건치료에 집중됨에 따라 국가유공자의 (개인)활동과 일상생활을 지원하는 보훈서비스의 활성화는 아직 요원한 현실이다. 이에 기존 보훈정책의 잔여적 특성을 넘어 보편적 보훈서비스를 통해 유공자로서의 상징과 예우를 보장하면서도, 노인으로서 필요한 각종 돌봄서비스의 혜택을 비용-효과적으로 받을 수 있는 적극적인 보훈정책의 모색이 요구되는 것이다. 이러한 관점에서 본 연구는 고령유공자에 대한 체계적이고 비용 효과적인 대안적인 재가돌봄서비스 공급방식을 구상하고, 특히 지역사회복지서비스체계와의 연계를 강조하고 있다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.497-521
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• 2012

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the effect of social capital, health risk behavior and health status on medical care utilization by the elderly. The data and Research method Data were obtained from the 4th wave survey of the Korea Welfare Panel Study. 4,087 household members aged 65 years and over were subject to analysis. Descriptive statistics are used to describe the basic features of the data in a study. we performed a structural equation modeling(SEM) analysis to evaluate the effect of social capital and mediating effect of health risk behavior and health status. Results Results showed that factors related to medical care utilization of the elderly were different depending on types of service (inpatient and outpatient service) except health status. Age, higher social capital, more health-risk behavior and poorer health status were associated with increased use of inpatient service. Social capital was found to have a positive direct effect on it. Also, social capital had an indirect effect on reducing use of inpatient services by improving health status. On the other hand, lower age and higher household income tended to increase use of outpatient service, while higher social capital and higher health status were inversely related. Social capital had a direct effect and an indirect effect on reducing use of outpatient service and, at that time, health status played a mediating role. Conclusions Social capital may contribute to improve health status and indirectly reduce medical care utilization of the elderly by enhancing their health status. These results provide evidence that more policy and strategy considerations should be needed for the elderly to strengthen their social capital in order to enhance their levels of health and more efficient utilization of medical care.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2010

The population of the elderly is rapidly increased because maturation of the social welfare system and development of medical technology. However, welfare environments for the elderly are poor either in its quality or its quantity. The aims of this study is to confirm the space improvement possibility to change the Gyung Ro Dang to the senior life support center as a community welfare service network. This study is done by the comparative analysis between existing Gyung Ro Dang in korea and former cases in Japan based on the elderly's facility preference. The facility's space reprogramming alternative from that analysis is applied to change the Gyung Ro Dang to a network facility for the regional senior life support. Afterward, it is proposed that first, facilities should be expanded scale by the new education and health improvement facilities functional room that the modern elderly need. second, Facility space will be reconstitution because the Gyung Ro Dang have to be extended it's role as a community welfare network.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.579-591
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• 2009

본 연구는 사회복지시설 특별히 노인요양시설의 선택이라는 의사결정에 영향을 미치는 요인을 실증적으로 검증하였다. 노인장기요양보험제도의 실시에 따라서 시설이용자는 서비스선택이라는 의사결정에 직면하게 된다. 하지만 이용자의 의사결정이란 우리나라의 사회복지 현실에서는 비교적 새로운 개념이다. 검증을 위해서 전북지역의 20개 노인요양시설로부터 212명의 응답자에게 자료를 수집했고, 구조방정식(SEM)을 이용해서 분석했다. 연구모형으로 서비스품질은 서비스만족을 매개로 의사결정에 영향을 미친다는 모형을 제안했다. 구조방정식을 통한 분석결과 서비스품질에서 서비스만족 경로의 표준경로계수는 0.556(t=4.608, p<0.01)으로 나타났고, 서비스 만족에서 의사결정 경로의 표준경로계수는 0.785(t=5.249, p<0.01)로 나타났다. 모형의 절대적합지수는 χ² = 580.151(d.f.=317, p-value=0.000)이고, RMSEA=0.063이며, 상대적합지수 CFI=0.915로 모형은 절대적으로 뿐만 아니라 상대적으로 적합했다. 또한 서비스품질의 결정요인인 응답성, 신뢰성, 확신성, 공감성, 유형성이 검증되었고, 이들의 서비스품질 결정 가중치는 제시된 순서임이 확인되었다. 연구결과는 서비스품질이 노인요양시설 이용자의 의사결정으로 이어지는 모델과 요인간의 역학관계를 제시하고 있으며, 시설관리자가 시설운영을 위해서 고려해야 할 서비스품질, 서비스만족, 그리고 의사결정과 관련된 요소를 시사하고 있다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.27-39
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• 2007

Objectives: The challenge of an increasing elderly population has coupled with everpresent social concerns in Korea. A major problem in health center for the frail older people is that medical, healthcare, and welfare services are often fragmented in terms of providers and settings without appropriate coordination. The purpose of this study was to investigate the need of health center-based integrated healthcare services and its related factors for the elderly. Methods: A total of 110 elderly people who had visited at a county Health Center were interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire from November to December, 2005. The questionnaire consists of five domains according to the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. Results: Respondents had high need (total mean score with the 5-point Likert-type sacle: 3.67) of health center-based integrated healthcare services including home visiting service (mean: 4.08), chronic disease care service (mean: 4.06), and transportation service (mean 4.05). According to the results of hierarchical multiple regression analysis, among three regression models the magnititude of the variance of full model that is explained by the need of welfare-domain service was significantly larger than two reduced model. Income was a significant variable in increasing the need of health care and welfare services. Conclusions: This study suggests that the health center-based integrated healthcare services for the elderly must be continuously developed and provided for the health promotion and improved the quality of life of the elderly who live in rural area in Korea.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2008

The demand of the care facilities for the elderly will be increased, because of the social changes which desire well organized medical treatment service. However, they have been illogically administrating such as preparing service at living space because of lacking places which provide living service. So the side of administration, it is necessary to have a security and improvement in that kind of needed place. The studies of elderly care facilities have been placing too much emphasis on the living space of the residential facilities and their welfare facilities compare with the service providing place which is ignored just as a part of the living space. This study focus on a situation of elderly care facilities and analyze a service space using in facilities, so it can be applied to service place plan for the future.