This research was conducted to provide basic materials for supporting family members of senile dementia patients, and supplementing social service as well as welfare policy for the elderly based on actual burden and experience of family members caring senile dementia patients at home. The subjects of this research were 11 family members who took care of senile dementia patients for more than six months using purposive sampling through Elderly Home Care Facility and Day Care Center for the Elderly. Qualitative content analysis was used based on one-on-one in-depth interviews. As a result, more than half of the subjects were low-income group, high-aged class with diseases and wives were the main care providers. The analyzed categories were 13 sub-themes induced by 7 topic bundles and 3 ultimate themes. The results indicate that customized life support services and development of professional personnel are required for the senile dementia patients and their family members and 24/7 extensive local centers for dementia should be established urgently. In this sense, convergent and practical support is required by taking into account diverse fields to create environment for improving recognition on dementia, activation of elderly-friendly dementia caring industry based on fourth industrial revolution, etc.
The useful actions on quality of high level life that allow human beings, who have lived in the era of global aging, to spend happy old age, are becoming very important tasks. Especially the health of the elderly is not only top priority of life but acts as a factor that controls various national, family and social policies and institutional systems. For this, the formal system and informal support system should be established in many ways since it adjusts the support of family resource on the elderly as well as influences to the quality of life of family in the old age. This study intends to discuss on the successful and happy life by improving the daily life health of the elderly, compensating the family support system on the elderly. The improvement of the quality of life of elderly is highly related to the positive finish and happiness of old age. Therefore, we should provide various supports of formal, non-formal support system of old age, excavate the alternative resource which can replace family support, and expand the multi-dimensional care system for the elderly living alone and the elderly in need by developing and strengthening the support system which can be supplemented.
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