Home Modification Status and Needs of Older Adults Households for Sustainable Living in the Community - Focused on the Korea Housing Survey 2020 -

Yoon-Seo Hwang; Hyun-Jeong Lee; Eun-Jung Jun

doi:10.6107/JKHA.2023.34.2.055

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Home Modification Status and Needs of Older Adults Households for Sustainable Living in the Community - Focused on the Korea Housing Survey 2020 - 지역사회 지속 거주를 위한 노인가구의 주택개조 실태와 개선 요구 - 2020년 주거실태조사를 중심으로 -

25 April 2023. pp. 055-066

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Abstract

This study aims to provide implications as basic data for seeking spatial alternatives for sustainable home-based elderly housing in the community and establishing policies by identifying the reality of housing modification and improvement needs of older adults households. The analysis data used the micro-data of Korea housing survey 2020, and the older adults household owners aged 65 or older who responded that they had experience in housing modification were targeted. As a result, older adults households of ‘female’ and ‘over 85 years of age’ were found to be the most in need of support as both the awareness and use rate of home modification installation and housing support programs were lower than others. Most of the home modification items were repaired in the kitchen and toilet-related facilities, ‘lever-type faucet (faucet)’, and ‘a kitchen workbench of appropriate height’ was the highest in order. The necessary home modification was ‘safe flooring for anti-slip’, ‘a toilet or bathroom support handles’, ‘emergency bells in the house’, and ‘removal of steps such as thresholds and stairs in the house’ were higher than others. ‘Male’ older adults households were more aware of the housing support program than ‘female’ older adults. Even though home modification was the preferred program, it showed a low utilization rate.

Keywords

Older adults

Older adults household

Home modification

Elderly housing welfare

키워드

노인

노인가구

주택개조

노인주거복지

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Publisher :The Korean Housing Association
Publisher(Ko) :한국주거학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Housing Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국주거학회논문집
Volume : 34
No :2
Pages :055-066
Received Date : 2023-02-13
Revised Date : 2023-02-20
Accepted Date : 2023-03-03
DOI :https://doi.org/10.6107/JKHA.2023.34.2.055

Journal of the Korean Housing Association ISSN:2234-3571(Print) 2234-2257(Online) 한국주거학회논문집

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