노인복지시설에서의 사고와 개선방안에 관한 연구

A Study on the Accident and Improvement Plan in Elderly Welfare Facilities

Korea is at a point requiring an improvement of housing facilities and introduction of system for a housing welfare for the elderly due to a rapid aging of population, similar to Japan. Japan is a country that faced a rapid aging society, as compared to other countries, and the problems of elderly with dementia have become an important policy issue, with many measures being implemented. Among these, a dementia responding-type group home service, which has achieved much results in the advanced countries, is receiving attention in Japan. This research targeted group home for elderly with dementia among Japan s domiciliary home service, and conducted survey and interview with the operators of group homes in Tokyo region and Kansai region in order to apprehend the status of elderly s everyday accidents. Through this, we investigated the accident status for prevention of accidents and improvement of residence at group homes. Also, we proposed a direction for improvement on service system for securing a safe living space, establishing information sharing system between group home facilities, establishing living safety measures for the occupants, standardization of type of accidents and medical records. In the future, a continuous study on the accident prevention measures and facilities needed to improve the residential environment at the group home for the elderly is necessary.