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KMID : 0379220090290020459
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2009 Volume.29 No. 2 p.459 ~ p.475
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A study on typology by the Level of abuse and a policy to improve the quality of Life for the abused old people
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Kim Yun-Jeong
Lee Gi-Hag
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Abstract
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This study focused on abused old people who lived together with their family in community. The purposes of the study were aimed to typology the abused old people according to abuse level, investigate the characteristics by categorization, and suggest policies to improve the abused old people’s quality of life. Data were collected from 1,200 old people aged above 65 years old who lived in Kyungki province, Incheon-si, Chungnam province. Among 1,200 people, 212 abused old people were analysed for the study. First, as a result of categorizing old people according to abuse level, forcefully abused and damaged group, psychologically abused and damaged group, and lukewarmly abused and damaged group were categorized. The forcefully abused and damaged group was seriously suffered from verbal and emotional abuse and noninterference, including 14.6% of the subjects. The psychologically abused and damaged group appeared high in verbal and emotional abuse, and level of noninterference, and the highest in level of depression, including half of the subjects. Lastly, the lukewarmly abused and damaged group was lower in verbal and emotional abuse, economic abuse and level of noninterference than other two groups, but higher in physical abuse and abandonment than the psychologically abused and damaged group. Policies to improve the quality of life for the abused old people based on the each group were made.
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KEYWORD
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abuse of old people, type of abused old people, quality of Life, cluster analysis, policies to improve the quality of Life for the abused old people
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