디지털 기술 활용 시대의 고령친화서비스 법제화 방안

Abstract

Korea is planning to enter a super-aged society by 2025, and the increasing obligation of the younger generation to support the elderly population and the low employment rate are expected to act as social instability factors by fueling generational conflict. As one of the solutions to social problems caused by an aging society, it is possible to suggest fostering industries for the elderly and creating jobs for young people, and as part of this, we will discuss the revision of the "Aged-Friendly Industry Promotion Act", which stipulates the promotion of elderly-friendly industries. Currently, the "Aged-Friendly Industry Promotion Act" has deleted the contents related to the designation of excellent business operators for elderly-friendly services, so support regulations for them are insufficient. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a certification system to support elderly-friendly service providers and to find a way to legislate support measures. To this end, we looked at the current status of domestic and foreign policies and legislation, and discussed the necessity of legislating provisions on elderly-friendly services. It was concluded that the revision of the "Aged-Friendly Industry Promotion Act" is more appropriate to support and regulate the elderly-friendly service sector, including a new business field of providing services to the elderly using digital. Products and services, which are currently included and defined as "senior-friendly products, etc." in Article 2, No. 1, should be defined separately, and furthermore, it is necessary to divide the chapters on products and services to stipulate support and quality improvement. In addition, in the definition regulations, information device services for the elderly need to be revised to information and communication and digital technologies for the elderly and services using them. For 'certification', which is used as a means of technology regulation, the purpose of legislation should be clarified and applied. In other words, considering that 'regulation by technology' is the main purpose, the selection criteria should be simplified and defined for the purpose of selecting and supporting business operators.