오늘날 노인복지는 사회가 산업사회로 바뀌면서 인구의 노령화에 따른 노인인구의 증가와 핵가족화로 인해 노인문제가 하나의 커다란 사회문제로 되면서 선진 산업국가에서부터 관심을 갖기 시작했다. 특히 UN이 1948년 11월 26일에 노인권리선언(The Declaration of Old Age Rights)을 발표한 이래 노인에 대한 국
TV on Obesity
A growing body of research suggests the importance of identifying the mechanisms by which Social Economic Status (SES) links early-life risk factors to later-life health.
Ferraro and Kelly-Moore found that obesity was a turning point in the health of adults. They found that obesity had long-term effects on disability: exceeding the body mass index threshold of 30 was associated
Korea is one of the countries that the population is aging very rapidly. Besides, aging rate of Korea is fastest in the world. But particularly more serious thing is that the level of welfare for the aged has not improved to keep pace with the speed of aging in Korea. Therefore the problems of the aged are appearing seriously and one of those is the elderly suicide. According to a recent statisti
(2) Long Term Care in Korea
In July 2008, Korea introduced social insurance for long-term care. There are several
important demographic and social changes leading to the introduction of long-term care
(LTC) insurance, including the rapid ageing of population as a result of the increase in life expectancy and the sharp decline in fertility. Total fertility rate is below 1.1 in 2005 (NSO,2007).
The Senior Employment Project means to give the elderly the opportunity to make their incomes and take part in society by providing them with the most appropriate jobs. And it also has purposes to inspire the feeling of accomplishment as a member of society and to make their livings healthy and active.
Those who are more than 65 ages and able to work physically are basically defined as a part