From Socially Weak to Potential Consumer: Changing Discourses on Elder Status in South Korea

Kim, Heekyoung; Traphagan, John W.

doi:10.1891/1521-0987.10.1.32

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“…The percentage of those aged 65 years and older will dramatically increase from 5.1% in 1990 to 24.3% in 2030 (Kim & Traphagan, 2009). These large increases have strained the capacities of Korea's healthcare service, and have resulted in a conflict between increased demand and inadequate supply of health care for the elderly, as well as concerns regarding health expenditures.…”

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Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

Kim¹,

Kim²,

Jung³

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Korean J Adult Nurs

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Background: Few nurses are trained in palliative care for long-term care in Korea. The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)-Geriatric training program improves nurses' ability to promote palliative care for the elderly. Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate nurses' satisfaction and knowledge following the attendance at the ELNEC-Geriatric curriculum on nurses' knowledge of palliative care. Methods: Nine ELNECGeriatric modules were presented to 203 interdisciplinary professionals on July 1 and 3, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea. The Palliative care quiz for nursing (PCQN) was used to evaluate nurses' knowledge. Of all the participants, 128 nurses were completed the questionnaire. Of these nurses, 45.2% were staff nurses and 73.4% were hospital nurses. Results: Approximately eight nine percent of the nurses reported previous experience in caring for dying patients and attending various hospice palliative care training programs. Overall program satisfaction of the participants was 4.03 on a 5-point scale, and their mean of the total PCQN score was 12.75 out of 20 after participating in ELNEC-Geriatric course, which was a significant improvement (p=.022) from the pretest. Conclusion:The results of this study demonstrate that ELNEC-Geriatric curriculum was successfully implemented and significantly contributed to increasing the nurses' knowledge for palliative care in long-term care in Korea.

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Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

Kim¹,

Kim²,

Jung³

et al. 2012

Korean J Adult Nurs

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“…In other words, since 2000, there has been a shift in the public discourse about aging in South Korea in which the elderly have become perceived less as weak and dependent and more as a social and political problem, particularly when it comes to health care (Kim & Traphagan, 2009). Of course, these changes in the public discourse on aging need to be understood within a context of the practical fi scal implications of the rapid increase in the population of people over the age of 65 and the corresponding increases in associated medical expenses.…”

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“…As a result, the Korean government has needed rapidly to develop strict policies for controlling expenses associated with population aging. This makes Korea an interesting case through which to observe changing attitudes and policies of government toward the aged (Kim & Traphagan, 2009). In particular, shifting government attitudes toward free geriatric clinics represents a means to consider how the discourse on old age has moved from one that represents the old as weak and in need to one that represents them as often problematic consumer of health care services.…”

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Irony and the Sociocultural Construction of Old Age in South Korea: Perspectives From Government, the Medical Profession, and the Aged

Kim¹,

Traphagan²

2010

Care Management Journals

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This article explores the intersection between discourses with multiple meanings that relate to the cultural construction of elder identities in South Korea. The authors explore the experiences of elder patients at a free clinic to consider how government policy, attitudes among biomedical professionals, and elders themselves come into contact and influence the experiences of older Koreans within the national health care system. The study is ethnographic, using interview data to examine how the identities of elder Koreans are being shifted from "weak and in need of care" to "potentially problematic consumer" and how governmental policies both stimulate and respond to that shift. By focusing on the situational status of the elderly, this article is intended to represent the voices of some elderly, voices that can be submerged within the process of decision making related to public policy.

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“…The elderly population in Korea is expected to increase from 5.1% in 1990 to 24.3% in 2030 [1]. Social issues confronting an aged society include poverty, neglect, and loss of function and roles as a result of chronic illnesses.…”

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Wheel of Wellness Counseling in Community Dwelling, Korean Elders: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Kwon

2015

J Korean Acad Nurs

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Wheel of Wellness counseling on wellness lifestyle, depression, and health-related quality of life in community dwelling elderly people. Methods: A parallel, randomized controlled, open label, trial was conducted. Ninety-three elderly people in a senior welfare center were randomly assigned to two groups: 1) A Wheel of Wellness counseling intervention group (n=49) and 2) a no-treatment control group (n=44). Wheel of Wellness counseling consisted of structured, individual counseling based on the Wheel of Wellness model and provided once a week for four weeks. Wellness lifestyle, depression, and health-related quality of life were assessed pre-and post-test in both groups. Results: Data from 89 participants were analyzed. For participants in the experimental group, there was a significant improvement on all of the wellness-lifestyle subtasks except realistic beliefs. Perceived wellness and depression significantly improved after the in the experimental group (n=43) compared to the control group (n=46) from pre-to post-test in the areas of sense of control (p = .033), nutrition (p = .017), exercise (p = .039), self-care (p < .001), stress management (p = .017), work (p = .011), perceived wellness (p = .019), and depression (p = .031). One participant in the intervention group discontinued the intervention due to hospitalization and three in the control group discontinued the sessions. Conclusions: Wheel of Wellness counseling was beneficial in enhancing wellness for the community-dwelling elderly people. Research into long-term effects of the intervention and health outcomes is recommended. If the original work is properly cited and retained without any modification or reproduction, it can be used and re-distributed in any format and medium.

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From Socially Weak to Potential Consumer: Changing Discourses on Elder Status in South Korea

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

Evaluation of End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium-Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Program in Korea

Irony and the Sociocultural Construction of Old Age in South Korea: Perspectives From Government, the Medical Profession, and the Aged

Wheel of Wellness Counseling in Community Dwelling, Korean Elders: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

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