빈곤여성노인들은 어떻게 죽음을 인식하고 준비하고 있을까? : 여성노인수급자의 죽음에 대한 태도

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국사회복지학회
· 수록지 정보 : 한국사회복지학 / 62권 / 4호
· 저자명 : 장경은

목차

1. 서 론
2. 문헌고찰
3. 연구방법
4. 연구결과
5. 결론
참고문헌

초록

본 연구는 노인인구계층에서 사회경제적으로 가장 열악한 빈곤여성노인의 죽음에 대한 태도를 탐색
하여 현재의 삶을 지원하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 65세 이상의 여성 국민기초생활보장수급자를 대상으
로 심층면접을 진행하여 질적연구방법을 통해 자료를 분석하였다. 연구결과, 빈곤여성노인의 죽음에
대한 태도는 주제인 ‘고생스러운 현실에서 죽음을 느낌’, ‘죽음을 긍정적으로 받아들임’, ‘믿고 있는 장
례준비’, ‘좋은 죽음을 맞이하고 싶음’ 등으로 도출되었다. 이들에게 죽음은 ‘고단한 인생살이에서 벗어
남’을 의미하였다. 빈곤여성노인의 죽음준비는 배우자나 자식이 없는 경우가 많아 부계혈통 중심의 장
례절차에 한계를 느끼고 공적 지원체계(장제급여)와 민간의 지원체계(사회복지시설 입소, 종교활동)를
통해 마련하고 있었다. 빈곤여성노인은 건강하지 않고 경제적으로 어려워서 죽음과정에 대한 두려움을
가지고 있었다. 이에 빈곤여성노인이 좋은 죽음을 맞이하기 위한 노인복지적 제언을 제시하였다.

영어초록

To provide a satisfactory life for the elderly females who are the most
impoverished among the elderly social strata, this study is geared towards, and
focused on, the exploration on their attitudes towards death. For the purpose of
this study, in-depth interviews with females aged 65 and over, who are officially
classified as the beneficiary of national fundamental livelihood security, have been
conducted. Then, the results from these interviews have been compiled and
analyzed through qualitative research methods.
As a result of this research, the attitudes of the destitute elderly females
towards death are categorized into several themes, such as 'Feeling close to the
death through a hard life', 'Positive acceptance of the death', 'Relying on funeral
services from government and religious organization', 'Hoping for a death with
dignity'. The attitudes of death means to them that ‘they can get out of a hard
life’, and elderly female beneficiaries were positive in their acceptance of this
meaning. Those who could obtain funeral services as a part of assistance from
government and a religious organization did not feel stressful about their funeral
arrangements. However, there were individuals who didn't know if their funeral
services would be covered by the government. They were unsure if a funeral
service would be held for them, or they would have nobody to hold a funeral for
them. Accordingly, they were worried about that. The poor elderly females were
unhealthy and indigent, and so, they had death anxiety. Therefore, based on the
study results above, some ideas regarding elderly welfare are proposed to enable
poor elderly females to face their deaths with dignity.

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