New Culture & New Aging according to Digital Aging in Korea
Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of Elderly
Director, Dong-Hee Han (Ph.D)
Increases in World’s Aged Population 1950-2050
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
1950 2000 2050
Percent of population 65+ doubling, tripling, quadrupling,
quintupling
0 20 40 60 80 100
World
US
China
Japan
Korea
EU
2000
2050
% will more than quintuple
% will more than quintuple
% will more than triple
% will almost double
% will almost triple
% will double
Background► Rapidly Aging Population Less Children, Less Family Support
► Rapidly Change Society led us to flourishing information and
uncontrollable aging phenomenon ► Moreover those values, humanitarian, filial
piety and sense of community have been changed and many elderly have lost protective shield of familism and have been exposed to the risk of isolation and insecurity omitted from in the traditional family values system.
Background
► Given the speed of aging in Korea there is little time to plan and there is no time to make many mistakes.
► need to have our own key to solve various aging problems in our Korean society.
► Informatization with education and
training internet for older person, empowerment for older person by the elderly, of the elderly, for the elderly
Aged Society
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Family SupportFamily Support
Program for Program for
Dementia PatientsDementia Patients
KINPEAKINPEAElder Elder AbuseAbuse
Cyber Cyber NeighborNeighbor
Cyber FamilyCyber Family
Education Education ProgramProgram
Culture&Culture&TechnologyTechnology
Design &Design &
Developing Developing
Program Program
DigitalDigital AgeingAgeing
Section ofSection ofCulture &Culture &
InformationInformation
Section Section of of
WWelfareelfare
Efforts of RISBLEEfforts of RISBLE
AgeismAgeism
Ageism
Dependency
Lack of socialization
Bad prejudices
Lack of resourcesLearned helplessness
Ageism
Ageism
Ageism
Ageism
New AgingNew Aging
Digital Life for SeniorDigital Life for Senior
New strategy for aging population
New approach for understanding later
life / New aging
New modeling filial piety in digital society
New solidarity model in late life
New approach for care system
Overcoming the digital divide
Digital AgingDigital Aging
Positive image of senior
Creating new job in late life
Destroy of isolation
Practice on Active Aging
Empowerment older person
The Purpose of ActivitiesThe Purpose of Activities
Ministry of Information & Communication (Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity &
Promotion)
Promoting NGO’s public IT activities (Research Institute of Science for the Better
Living of the Elderly)
Online IT education for senior
Encourage the participation to be digital silver - Senior informatization contest - Grand discussion - Various events
Efforts of Informatization for the Elderly `
56.6 59.465.5
70.2 71.9
93.3 91.4 94.8 96.2 97.3
9.3 1321.519.3
8.7
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005.6
Total 10's 50's over
※ Resource : KADO(2004), NIDA(2005) Survey of informatization for seniors
Divide of Using Internet by Divide of Using Internet by the Agethe Age
8.78.7 9.39.3 131319.319.3 21.521.5
Not using internet
78%
Using internet
22%
How?
What?
Using of Internet among 50’s Using of Internet among 50’s over Seniors over Seniors
Symbols
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Cyber Neighbor(2001-2005) Cyber Family (2006~ )
Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderlythe Elderly
Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of Research Institute of Science for the Better Living of the Elderlythe Elderly
Symbol of Cyber Symbol of Cyber NeighborNeighbor
New image for aging population
New way of bridge of broken affection among family, generation and society
New approach binding solidarity with society
Cyber NeighborCyber Neighbor
Active Aging
Empowerment older person
Digital Digital agingaging
Purpose
To make understanding of new image of the elderly lifeTo make understanding of new image of the elderly life
To share a warm affection with cyber spaceTo share a warm affection with cyber space
To show and deliver messages from older person in To show and deliver messages from older person in
our societyour society
To solve the various diversities of region, To solve the various diversities of region, class and ageclass and age
To get rid of a prejudice of senior person To get rid of a prejudice of senior person
To create new role for older person To create new role for older person
What is Cyber NeighborWhat is Cyber Neighbor
Digital silver instructors activities
IT silver volunteers activities
Showing and training to learn computer
To make solidarity of intergeneration
Deliver various types of information for older
generation
To recognize the late life among intergeneration
What’s Activities in Cyber What’s Activities in Cyber Neighbor?Neighbor?
To make a real understanding both young
generation and old generation
To understand stories disappearing old one to
young generation as a trust
To recover a warm family relationship
To create new family filial piety
To create potential resource for workforce
Successful aging with Cyber Successful aging with Cyber NeighborNeighbor
Positive Cases
Cyber NeighborCyber Neighbor
Encourage with good wordsEncourage with good words
Counseling for middle school students in living Counseling for middle school students in living
isolated regionisolated region
Introduction how to learn using computer easilyIntroduction how to learn using computer easily for seniorsfor seniors
Discussion among the elderly and young generation Discussion among the elderly and young generation
about lots of issueabout lots of issue
- meaningful advices, thoughts, play games, foods, using materials to be digital silver
ContentsContents
Cyber NeighborCyber Neighbor
Cyber NeighborCyber Neighbor
Cyber NeighborCyber Neighbor
NGO Booth for Cyber NGO Booth for Cyber NeighborNeighbor
Homecoming Day of Cyber Homecoming Day of Cyber NeighborNeighbor
To make easy to learn using computer
To make cyber community for older person
To make understanding U-life
To demonstrate “we can do it”
The Digital Silver The Digital Silver InstructorsInstructors
Digital Silver Digital Silver InstructorInstructor
Digital Silver Digital Silver InstructorInstructor
Digital Silver Digital Silver InstructorInstructor
Digital Silver Digital Silver InstructorInstructor
A new digital revolution by seniors
Digital passion among seniors
Exchange cultural among seniors
Training, designed with using computer
Deliver news of community for older person
Digital Camera Digital Camera SupportersSupporters
Digital Camera Digital Camera SupportersSupporters
Digital Camera Digital Camera SupportersSupporters
Digital Camera Digital Camera SupportersSupporters
Class for Cellular PhoneClass for Cellular Phone
Class for Cellular PhoneClass for Cellular Phone
Intergeneration ProgramIntergeneration Program
The Symbol of Cyber Family The Symbol of Cyber Family
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Frame of Cyber Family Frame of Cyber Family
Objectives Objectives
• To create the new filial piety culture suitable for the digital age as a concept of humanity and family love lost by dysfunction of cyber space and the changed social identity with the elder and the adolescent
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• To make the adolescent learn the true meaning of cyber family and feel themselves through the various programs of off-line gathering with seniors and the middle generation which supports them to healthily grow into a fine member of a society
Ideas Ideas
• Try to change the negative dysfunction of cyber space prevalent in society as a healthy social member of Cyber FamilyCyber Family
• The consciousness of elder respect and neglected elder as well as change the negative of prejudice seniors into positive one to distribute
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• To help the adolescent not to lose their dreams and grow into a social member who is always bright and lively.
• To suggest the new family model in upcoming ubiquitous society and let the elder and adolescent share their experience and digital culture.
Cyber Family / On-line Cyber Family / On-line
We are Cyber Family!We are Cyber Family!
Successful Aging with Successful Aging with Digital LifeDigital Life
• Appling all division with digital life andAppling all division with digital life and developing contents for older persondeveloping contents for older person
• New image of older person(Active Aging)New image of older person(Active Aging)
• Social participation of potential Social participation of potential workforce, productivity and care systemworkforce, productivity and care system
• Warm internet in digital world among Warm internet in digital world among intergeneration( new model of filial piety) intergeneration( new model of filial piety)
Community network for older person
Develop education programs both on line and off line Productive aging
The movement education for the older person,
of the older person, by the older person
Understanding aging with a social consensus
Practice new model of filial piety + Positive image
Future Efforts for Successful Future Efforts for Successful Aging with Cyber Neighbor & Aging with Cyber Neighbor & Cyber FamilyCyber Family
We are trying to make new coping system for ageing society.
New model New model of filial pietyof filial piety
Strong late life Strong late life from ageismfrom ageism
CommunitCommunit
y y
educationeducation
UnderstandinUnderstanding late lifeg late life
Accept right Accept right of older of older personperson
Cycle modelCycle modelby by
older personolder person
Making new Making new image of older image of older
personperson
New Image of Older Person
Cyber Cyber NeighborNeighbor
Cyber FamilyCyber Family
Family Support Program for Dementia Family Support Program for Dementia Patients Patients
K I N P E A K I N P E A : Korean Information Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
Social Drama for Older Social Drama for Older PersonPerson
International Exchange ProgramInternational Exchange Program: : 2005 Shanghai International Elderly Cultural Festival
International Exchange ProgramInternational Exchange Program: : 2005 Shanghai International Elderly Cultural Festival
2007Namhae Active 2007Namhae Active Aging Aging
Conference in Asia Conference in Asia Pacific Pacific
NNAAMMHHAAEE
Is old population a
burden or resource ?
What’s the Desirable Directionfor Family Support
& Facility Support ?
Digital Aging& Active Aging
Health City& Active Aging
ReRe-- Designing Program and Designing Program and Environment for Aged SocietyEnvironment for Aged Society
Invitation 2007 Namhae Active Aging in Asia Pacific in Namhae Korea May 16-18, 2007
shinning of the beautiful stars Welcome to Namhae which shinning of beautiful old stars
International RelationshipInternational Relationship
• Creating the warm cyber Creating the warm cyber society by the society by the adolescent and the elder adolescent and the elder campaign campaign
• Cyber Neighbor!Cyber Neighbor!• Cyber Family!Cyber Family! • We are also cyber We are also cyber
family and cyber family and cyber neighbor soon.neighbor soon.
• 감사합니다감사합니다 ..
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New Aging with Cyber Neighbor & Cyber Family
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