장애인의 고령화에 따른 돌봄 부담에 대한 탐색적 연구: 담화분석법을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the meaning of the burden of care that the aging of disabled people brings to disabled people and their families, and to discuss policy measures that can reduce the care of elderly disabled people. For this purpose, five elderly people with disabilities and five families caring for the elderly people with disabilities living in Jeju were selected as purpose sampling and interviews were conducted, and the discourse analysis method that a qualitative research method was used to analyze the burden of care for the elderly and their families with disabilities. As a result of the study, the burden of care experienced by elderly disabled people was analyzed in four categories: ‘fear of new complications’, ‘concern about aging of care providers’, ‘burden of economic poverty’, and ‘expression with various needs’, and the burden of care experienced by families with disabilities was analyzed in three categories: ‘difficulty with increased care’, ‘sadness for the disabled’, and ‘effective institutional improvement’. Based on these results, policy implications and suggestions for follow-up research were made to reduce the burden of care for the elderly with disabilities and families with disabilities.