A Study on Health Care and Daily Life of Aged Peaples in an Rural Area

In order to find out the status of Health Care and Daily life of Aged Peaples in rural area, a study carried out, through analyzing the datas of health screening examination for 304 persons and questionaired survey for 242 persons out of 586 old persons in rural community, Su-Dong Myun, Yang-Ju Kun, Kyung-Gi Do, Korea during the September of the year of 1987 and the October of the year of 1988. The following results were obtained: 1) Out of 242 respondents in 1988 survey, 67.4% of them was complained of suffering sickness and out of 304 old persons nealth examined in 1987, 68.1% of them also nad suffered from more than one kind of illness, in the other words two-thirds of old persons in study rural area are complaing their health problem to-day. 2) Th disease order of old persons, found through health examination was degenerative joint disease(30.8%), chroinic gastritis(13.5%), diabetes mellitus(7.2%), hypertension(6.3%), anemia(5.8%) and chronic bronchitis(4.8%) respectively. 3) The rate order of receiving treatment or care by first choice in sick old persons was drug stores(73.1%), medical facilities(16.1%) and just waiting unitil getting well without any medical care(9.1%). 4) The rate of favorite foods for old persons were 50.4% in greens and 38.8% in meats in total, and 53.6% in meats among males and 70.0% in greens among females. 5) The food order of the favorite taste for old persons was suitable taste(23.1%), hot taste(15.3%), sweet taste(14.5%), hot and salty taste(10.8%) and hot and sweet taste(9.9%) respectively. 6) The habitually smokling rate was 76.8% in male and 50.0% in female and the drinking rate was 74.1% in male and 38.5% in female. 7) Out of 242 respondents, 77.3% of them are living with son and grandson together within same family, 17.3% of them are living with wife or husband and 5.4% are living alone. 8) In the religion of respondents, the rate order of belirever was buddist(38.9%), christian(13.2%), and catholic(2.1%). 9) The satisfactory rate for daily life circumstance was 59.1% out of 242 olol personus. 10) Out of 242 responodents, 83.1% of them are still working in the farms and houses around every day. 11) The place order of rest for daily pleasure was own house(54.5%) and No-In-Jung or old aged people hall(31.3%) in male, and own house(73.9%) and friend's house(20.8%) in female.