Along with social and economic transition, comes the rapid graying era, due to increasing elderly population various elderly problems are occurring. Economic problems of elderly and illness problems of weakening of physical condition and sense of ali...
Along with social and economic transition, comes the rapid graying era, due to increasing elderly population various elderly problems are occurring. Economic problems of elderly and illness problems of weakening of physical condition and sense of alienation at elderly age and problem of losing their roles are causing maladjustment to the society of elderly and there are many problems to be solved in physical, economical and psychological side.
Also increase of the old age followed by magnification of desire and advancement of lifestyle called for preparation of solution for improvement of quality of life style and various plan to adjust soundly into the more extended part of life which is the old age. So to achieve development task of elderly, while adjustingto the transition into the old age and have positive attitude toward elderly life style and to assist to plan and prepare for the living elderly him/herself, plan for elderly in overall side is in need. Therefore in this research, look back at the life subject to elderly to more aggressively deal with changes in elderly life style in order to build self perception and positively accommodate life of old age and elderly him/herself becomes main body and organize the program through by and large field andespecially plan of the old age and focused on objects which accumulated knowledge and life time experience and potential capacities of the elderly and by strengthening activity realization ability, advance the adjustment ability and organize more systematic and coordinating way.
In this research, after trial of the old age plan program on elderly, it was intended to analyze the effect put on the successful old age years such as sense of self coordination and living attitude in the old age and was operated for the process of 2 month program total of 15 sessions.
among the elderly who uses educationalprogram in adult day health center, elderly in their 60s were subjects who is just entering the old age and relatively in higher priority of the old age plan. Program was composed of 2 main composition and the 1st step is 'plan self image' for positive old age image such as self understanding, self analyze and maintaining of self image part and 2nd step is 'old age living plan establishment and practice activity' which is part to cultivate attitude of proper old age life style and it is formed with health, finance, human relationship, employment, resident, leisure and old age vision plan to provide information about subject and establish practice plan and operated with contents to strengthen action realization ability on these plans. For the time 90 to 120 minutes per sessionwas used and in forms of lecture and discussion and planning and presentation of practice plan and on the scene experience were used as education methods and trier was controlled generally by the social worker and utilizedspecialist who understand characteristics of elderly in each field.
As a result of the program it showed effective for successful old age of elderly and it appeared as a meaningful result by advancement of standardization of successful old age of elderly which is self coordination and old age living attitude compare to before the starting of the experiment.
In other words the main content of this program which are 'plan of self image' and 'establishment of living plan and practice activity', and these were advancing the self coordination of the old age and the result showed by strengtheningpractice plan and activity realization ability of old age living it promotes proper old age attitude. Also through individual interview, voluntary nature of program participating motivation and participating while clearly acknowledging program objection and contents, it was verified that their change of life style was effected after the participation of the program. Base on results of the research, a few proposals to be made for the future development direction. Composition contents of the old age plan program needs to be systemized and each of subject programs should be connected wholly and continuously connect to up coming program according to program subject of each individual desire.
Also to verify efficiencies on various subjects like retirement welfare elderly, low self coordination, deteriorated desire and clearly lack of activity ability therefore post research is in need and to approach program by age group in operating program for there will be difference in physical and psychological changes and desire depend on age of the elderly. Also like to indicate that development of diverse educational method that considered characteristics of elderly.