Research Paper : The Present Status of Beauty Welfare Volunteering for the Aged

Kwon, Jeoung Soon; Kim, Min; Kwon, Oh Hyuk; Choi, Keun Hee

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2009;15(3):843-854.
Published online September 30, 2009.

노인 인구를 대상으로 한 미용복지 봉사활동 현황

권정순, 김민, 권오혁, 최근희

Research Paper : The Present Status of Beauty Welfare Volunteering for the Aged

Jeoung Soon Kwon, Min Kim, Oh Hyuk Kwon, Keun Hee Choi

Abstract

UN defines aging society if aged people who are above 65 years old take 7 percentage among total population. Korea is getting into aging society and facing aged people issues. Both developed and developing countries are experiencing population increase of aged people, Life expectancy has been increased owing to decrease of childbirth, advance in medical science and technology, approved living environment and income increase. Recent literatures consider aged people as important social plyer and refer to active life and new characteristics of aged people. The purpose of this paper is to increase the effectiveness and efficiencies of aged people beauty service. It does this by surveying 463 aged people above 65-years old in the wellness centers, halls for aged people, nursing home and outdoor parks located in Seoul and Gyunggi province. Survey results show that aged people picked financial problem among the concerns that they are experiencing. They have a lot of interest in appearance and hair style. A half of survey respondents are getting beauty service for hair cut and permanent per moth. Survey respondents show high satisfaction when there are separate place for beauty service and volunteers have a high skill and kindness. From survey results, it can infer that more training and education for professional humane resource, development of program, setup of network and separate service place are needed.

Key Words: Aging, Aged People, Beauty Service, Volunteers