한일 공공후견사업에 관한 비교연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to propose implications for a better direction of the public services of the adult guardianship for people with developmental disabilities by making a comparison between the public guardianship services of Korea and Japan based on social welfare policy analysis framework. The results of the study are as follows: First, Korea targets adults with developmental disabilities who are nineteen years or older whereas Japan is implementing the services within a larger frame which includes elderly people with dementia, people with intellectual disability, and people with mentally disability. Second, while the application cost and the maintenance cost in Korea are the same in every municipality owing to the national-level services, there are differences in the costs depending on municipalities in Japan. Third, in the case of Japan, there is a corporate guardianship for guardianship and the delivery system of institutions related to elderly citizens and the disabled is a closely formed network. On the other hand, Korea does not have a corporate guardianship but has just started to form delivery system. Lastly, this study proposed these policy implications: expansion of subjects regarding the elderly with dementia, additional support in rewards of guardian, formation of a variety of delivery systems and a specialized network such as a corporate body for guardianship, and consolidation of public relations to find out guardianship consumers.