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)

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

?

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

www. wellageing. com.KoreaKoreaResearch Institute of Science

for the better living of the elderly

Cyber Neighbor(2001-2005) Cyber Family (2006~ )

http://www.art-com.co.kr/online/ppt_gallery_1.htm

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


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




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




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




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



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



• 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



• 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 ..



New Aging with Cyber Neighbor & Cyber Family

www. wellageingwellageing. com

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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)