老人長期療養保險制度의 問題點및 改善方案에 관한 硏究

Abstract

Korea has already reached one of the most rapid aging society in the world. Thus, Korea is confronting with a number of social and economic problems which should be solved as early as possible. As a measure to improve the situation, the Korean government adopted the Long-term Care Insurance for the Elderly in July 2008. While a number of studies have shown that the insurance system has achieved a considerable success, the system needs to be analyzed systematically. By using the model of social welfare policy dimensions devised by Gilbert and Specht, this study analyzed the insurance system in terms of allocations, provisions, social service delivery system and finance dimensions. Major findings of this study are summarized as follows: First, in terms of the allocation system, it was found that the criteria of selecting the client are more or less vague. Thus this study suggests the improvement of disability classification system, so that more disabled elderly could be included in insurance syste