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이치영 ( Lee Chi-Young ) - Duke University School of Nursing
조비룡 ( Cho Be-Long ) - Seoul National University School of Medicine
조영태 ( Cho Young-Tae ) - Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health
박연환 ( Park Yeon-Hwan ) - Seoul National University College of Nursing
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study tries to comprehend older adults’ perspectives of community supports and health services in a South Korean city and identify important sociodemographic and health characteristics that affect their perspectives.
Methods: 166 older adults were involved in this cross-sectional study. Questions on background characteristics and community supports and health services criteria (categorized as service accessibility, offer of services, voluntary support, or emergency care planning) based upon the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Guide were used. The data were analyzed using paired and independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses.
Results: emergency care planning was rated as the most important by the participants (mean age=76.24 years, 22.9% male), while its current level of performance was lowly appraised (p<.001). The rated importance for each category differed based on individual characteristics. Depression (p=.016), older age (p=.012), and restricted network type (p=.039) were significantly related to ascribing a higher degree of importance to community services.
Conclusion: Community initiatives are warranted to optimize emergency care for older adults. This planning must be based on the unique characteristics of older adults in coordination with supportive resources. In addition, comprehensive assessments are warranted before implementing action plans to ensure that the multi-dimensional problems of older adults are incorporated.
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KeyWords
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Healthy aging , Community health services, Perception, Korea
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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