Subjective Health and Quality of Life of the Elderly in Korea

Abstract

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.