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KMID : 1142620220140020029
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Korea Aging Friendly Industry Association
2022 Volume.14 No. 2 p.29 ~ p.38
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The Awareness of Middle-Aged on the Adult Guardianship Policy for Dementia Patients
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Cho Mi-Lim
Park Soo-Hee
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Abstract
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Objective : This study attempted to investigate the awareness of middle-aged on the Adult guardianship policy for dementia patients and to find out the difference in awareness of the adult guardianship policy for dementia patients according to general characteristics.
Methods : From February to April 2022, an online survey was conducted on middle-aged people nationwide aged 45 or older. Total of 110 surveys were used as data and frequency analysis, Pearson chi-square test, and Fisher's exact test were performed using SPSS 22.0 program.
Results : As a result of examining the awareness of the middle-aged on the adult guardianship policy for dementia patients, the level of awareness of the adult guardianship policy was not actually high compared to the positive awareness of the policy. In addition, there was a statistically significant difference in the level of awareness of the adult guardianship policy for dementia patients according to the marital status(p<.01), religion(p<.05), Highest academic qualification(p<.001), family monthly income(p<.05) incidence of dementia in the family(p<.05), and experience using the dementia care center(p<.001).
Conclusion : In order to raise the level of awareness of the adult guardianship policy for dementia patients and to make the system effective, education, promotion, and related studies for the use of the policies in the community should be activated.
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KEYWORD
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Adult Guardianship Policy, Community, Dementia
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