敬老堂 餘暇 活用方案에 關한 硏究

Abstract

Problem of the elderly is caused by poverty, unhealthy, solitude, and inactivity which begin after their retirement. The purpose of this study is to suggest better solution about how the elderly could get over beguile the tedium which results from loosing a role in society, being focused on their leisure activity. There are two meanings of 'leisure', one of them is a free time which is spent by individual wish without any duty and enforcement. It could make people feel better satisfaction and achievement as well. Leisure activities for the elderly should consider personal, social, financial, mental, and physical differences individually. The elderly usually lose self-confidence in many ways, therefore their demand of leisure activity is to recover their self-confidence or not to lose it any more. It is expected by the activity that the elderly could reduce solitude and inactivities and they could change their life to more productive and valuable. The statues of houses for tile elderly were researched to understand the leisure activities for the elderly in Korea. Therefore, 65 houses for the elderly in Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul were selected by referring houses for elderly in Korea with help of The Laboratory For the Elderly's problem. The elderly who sere in there had toured regularly, had gone picnic, had done calligraphy, had set flowers, had played badook and chinese chess, had watched TV, and had chatted as their leisure activities. The regular tour and picnic were their most concern according to this result, but both were just for instant entertainment. Constant and professional countermeasure of leisure activity should be necessary to spend their calm and long-ranged leisure. This may possible by the people who is charge with this kind of work do constant research and effort. Different thought is needed to deal with the elderly's problem against past. In order to do this, more active attitude toward the leisure activity by not only this country but also family and the elderly is required. A solution without practice is nothing, therefore the people who is charged with this problem should consider insufficient finance and facility, and the program that should be improved and distributed. They should think about retraining of the elderly as well. This problem should be concerned by not only national government or local government but also the elderly. When the national promotion and education for making people understand the importance of the problem should be conducted along with leading spontaneous participation to make people familiar with respecting the elderly, the leisure activity for the elderly will be valuable and the wrong thought about social welfare for the elderly will be changed.