This is a empirical research on the cognition and perspective on successful aging of middle and high school teachers and on their interests, attitudes, and expectations on life of the old age and silver town.
The purposes of the study is firstly gi...
This is a empirical research on the cognition and perspective on successful aging of middle and high school teachers and on their interests, attitudes, and expectations on life of the old age and silver town.
The purposes of the study is firstly giving prospect for how and in which direction the silver town must be develop in the future and then as the result letting the older people of the coming age enjoying the happy life of their old age.
For this purpose, the teachers who live in Busan and are over 50 years old have been examined in this study, and total 300 copies of questionnaire were used for the final analysis.
For the measurement of successful aging, the 83 questions for 'successful aging' developed by Professor Choi Hye-Kyong(2005) have been used with modification, and for the research for expectation and attitudes of silver town the questionnaire equipped by three groups of problem had been applied.
The major results of this research are as follows.
Firstly, in the cognition and value evaluation of the successful aging ,the teachers of middle age considered both sides, the subjective and objective side, and emphasized on aspect of future than of past. They also stand on self-centered attitude than on other-centered to see what the successful aging and regard outer elements as health and wealth than inner elements as peace and happiness as more important.
Lastly, they accepts the theory of disengagement as rational one to explain the aging against other theories as theories of continuity, activity, and role.
By the way, the expectation and consciousness of the teachers on silver town are inquired in two group of stability-directed group and growth-directed group. The socio-demographic differences of gender and age also had been considered.
Firstly, both men and women show their common interests in dwelling or silver town for old age and like the urban and suburban styles of silver town, but the women of stability-directed group among them prefer the urban dwelling mostly. While men like silver town of governmental style, women prefer silver town of private or religious organizations.
Secondly, more the age is old, more financial and real problem as way of possession and location they have interest. But, the relative younger men and women are interesting in scale of silver town and services which it offers.
Thirdly, the stability-directed group than the growth-directed orient toward the urban-centered life style, whereas the growth-directed group relatively like the nature-centered life style.
Fourth, both groups considered medical facilities as hospital as the most important element in their lives in the silver town.
The results of this study suggest many significant implications for the direction of development of silver town in the future.
Firstly, it is most important for silver town of the future to have medical facilities.
Secondly, it must be developed the high-qualified and family-like silver town from the consumer-centered perspective.
Thirdly, it is desirable that specific silver towns not only for specific services-offering but also for the people of specific occupation.
Fourth, it is advisable to establish silver town in the suburban area in the future as many as possible.
So, this study is meaningful in that it shows in which direction the silver town should be developed in the future and which facilities and services it must be equipped and offered and finally how the general policies of social welfare for older people must go on.