While the welfare services for the elderly are recently being expanded to tackle problems with livelihood of the elderly living alone, there is only little study on this controversial issue. In this regard, the study made efforts to grasp the factors ...
While the welfare services for the elderly are recently being expanded to tackle problems with livelihood of the elderly living alone, there is only little study on this controversial issue. In this regard, the study made efforts to grasp the factors affecting life satisfaction for the elderly living alone who receive services from the care management services and home helper services, and suggest a practical plan for the elderly welfare to improve life satisfaction of the elderly living alone.
In order to realize the study purpose, it has conducted structural questionnaires targeting the 200 elderly living alone who receive services from welfare center for the elderly and home case support center in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. The collected data has been statically analyzed utilizing SPSSWIN 23.OK for social science.
As of a study result, the variance affecting life satisfaction of the elderly living alone is as following.
The factors affecting life satisfaction of the elderly living alone who receive services from the case management services were; a number of chronicle diseases, the level of housing conveniences of the housing factor, while the factors affecting the elderly living alone receiving home helper services were religion of demographic characteristics, monthly living expense and monthly income of economy factor, housing convenience of housing factor and the level of social support.
As a result of comparing the two types of services, the factors affecting life satisfaction of the elderly living alone were religion of demographic characteristics, a number of chronicle disease pertains to health matter, monthly living expense and monthly income of economy factor, the level of income adequacy, the level of housing conveniences of housing factor, a number of close friends, past time, social activities, a number of trips which are material, evaluation, information and intimacy of the social support.
In line with the study result, religious approach and a program development are necessary in relation to health matter in terms of official services for the elderly living alone. In addition, more of rental housing, installation of rental apartments that could increase housing conveniences is necessary including job creation for the elderly to enhance level of income adequacy which is related to monthly living expense and monthly income. Lastly, it is necessary to implement measures that would increase life satisfaction by the means of effective social support through establishing development of a friendly service system for more aggressive participation in social activities.