노인 돌봄의 특징과 현실, 정책의 전환: 지역공동체 디지털 돌봄을 위하여

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to grope a alternative policy for new elderly caring model after that is understand and diagnosing a structural features and reality of elderly caring. Korea society is going to be supper aging society which 25% of populations of that will be aging population. And it will come digital health introduction and diffusion of it. So it is to be needed that a basic and radical reflections aginst elderly caring in relations to higher death rate of old man and elderly care problems directly connected. Elderly caring consist of family caring and facilities caring based on long-term care insurance system. the former is family are caring their parents even though the cost and burden of it can be conflict factors within family relations with the principle of care of eldest son. On the other hand the latter is to care at nursing hospital and nursing home depending on their financial situation in case of that they no one to take care of family or their body conditions are inconvenient for everyday life. Practically elderly care have a structural problems such as. first it will be provide a psychological burden to elderly people receiving family care. the second it will be increase depression to elderly people whose are living at a caring facility in a long time. the thirdly it will be deteriorates health insurance finances. So it was raised community care. as a alternative that this problem is to be resolve it as much as possible. But it was revealed that community care did not achieved effects that has been expected. The reasons are the conceptual confusion of community care and ambiguity of domains of it. Therefore this paper is suggested that policy review and policy shift about elderly care which should be to consider changed social environment and to enforce ethics and publicity and accountability of caring newly is needed. And it suggested that new community digital care model has to be developed. New community digital care model for elderly care that is focus on a special area within community emotion should be make clear the subject of caring and is to be smart caring that is to digital health should be use digital technology. Also this model that is to be participate with youth and woman and work together for old man. So this model will bring to generational care effect by implementing caring though ai caring jobs.