Department of Nursing, Gangneung-Wonju National University, 7 Heungeop-myeon, Wonju-si 26403, Republic of Korea.
Department of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, 52, Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 3;20(3):2740. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032740.
Ever since baby boomers started turning 65 years old in 2020, Korea is set to become a super-aged society by 2025. This makes it the world's fastest-aging society. Aging in place (AIP) has become a policy direction to prepare for an aging society and improve older adults' quality of life. It refers to the ability of older adults to remain in their homes and communities as they age, allowing them to reside in their place of preference and access the services they require to promote their quality of life. A cross-sectional study design was employed using data sampled from the 2020 National Survey of Older Koreans. In total, 9930 older adults (aged between 65 and 99 years old) participated. The results confirmed that the intention to pursue AIP is related to personal factors (education, income, house ownership, smoking, exercise, depression), interpersonal and communal factors (unmet healthcare needs, need for home care services, family contact), and policy level factors (basic pension beneficiary, long-term care services) using an ecological model. The findings may promote individual health behaviors and help fill the gap between unmet healthcare needs and community care services that positively influence older adults' AIP.
自 2020 年婴儿潮一代开始年满 65 岁以来，韩国将在 2025 年成为超老龄社会。这使其成为全球老龄化速度最快的社会。原地老龄化（AIP）已成为为老龄化社会做准备和提高老年人生活质量的政策方向。它是指老年人随着年龄的增长而保持在自己的家庭和社区中的能力，使他们能够居住在自己喜欢的地方，并获得促进生活质量所需的服务。本研究采用 2020 年全国韩国老年人调查中抽样的数据，采用横断面研究设计。共有 9930 名老年人（年龄在 65 岁至 99 岁之间）参与。结果证实，追求 AIP 的意愿与个人因素（教育、收入、住房所有权、吸烟、锻炼、抑郁）、人际和社区因素（未满足的医疗保健需求、家庭护理服务需求、家庭联系）以及政策水平因素（基本养老金受益人、长期护理服务）有关，使用生态模型。研究结果可能会促进个人健康行为，并有助于弥合未满足的医疗保健需求和社区护理服务之间的差距，从而对老年人的 AIP 产生积极影响。
