유비쿼터스 住宅의 支援性이 高齡者 삶의 滿足度에 미치는 影響에 관한 硏究

A Study on the Impact of Affordability of Ubiquitous Home on the Satisfaction Level of the Aged life

&nbsp;&nbsp;1. CONTENTS<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) RESEARCH OBJECTIVES<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of the affordability of ubiquitous home on the satisfaction of the elderly for their lifestyle based on quantitative statistical numerical values.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) RESEARCH METHOD<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;This study analyzes the introduction of the ubiquitous technology to the residential sphere by limiting its focus on the elderly population, which constitutes a group alienated from utilization of information pertaining to livelihood. The study will also pay close attention to the kind of impact such a technology has on the tenants and to the equipment that belongs to the priority application sector. Moreover, to analyze the impact of affordability on the lifestyle satisfaction level, the present study has adopted the multiple regression analysis.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) RESEARCH RESULTS<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Since the ubiquitous is a technology that has been recently developed and applied, there is a limitation associated with the examination of the satisfaction level of the elderly. It is believed that a sample can be collected from the actual experience of living in a ubiquitous common home after several years from now, and the sample can then be analyzed for a more practical and efficient study,<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;2. RESULTS<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The study has found that the residential affordability of the ubiquitous for the elderly, who are alienated in terms of the physical and psychological, exerts a notable influence on the lifestyle of the elderly in 6 support areas including convenience, safety, health, sociability, agreeability, and thriftiness but excluding information availability linked with their unfamiliarity with digital devices. Such residential affordability is seen as a positive social change in terms of responding to an aging society.