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KMID : 0379220150350030609
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2015 Volume.35 No. 3 p.609 ~ p.625
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Factors associated with Expectation about Counseling: Focused on the Users of Senior Welfare Centers
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Chung Soon-Dool
Lim Jeung-Suk
Park Na-Ri
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Abstract
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The purposes of this study were to observe the expectation about counseling for the elderly, to analyze the relationship between experience and desire for counseling and expectation about counseling, and to suggest the ways for improving the areas of counseling for the elderly. The subject of this study was elderly people who are the users of senior welfare centers in Seoul metropolitan area. A total of 21 elderly welfare centers were agreed to participate in this study and a total of 467 elderly people were selected by purposive sampling method among the users of senior welfare centers. Data were collected by trained social work master student from August, 2008 to September, 2008. Results showed that experience and desire for the counseling of the elderly were relatively high and the elderly people were to prefer the office based and individual based counseling. The areas of counseling were health and finding a job. Expectation about counseling was appeared relatively high and factors affecting expectation about counseling were experience of counseling, desire for counseling, and living arrangement. Further discussions for improving counseling for the elderly were provided.
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KEYWORD
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Counseling for the Elderly , Experience of Counseling , Desire for Counseling , Expectation about Counseling , the Users of Senior Welfare Center
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