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Hwang, E

Biography

Eunju Hwang, Assistant Professor, Department of Apparel, Housing and Resource Management at Virginia Tech

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Symposium

Age Friendly Communities: Addressing the Housing Domain

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Brossoie, N.

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Dr Samsik Lee:

 

Professor Samsik Lee

Ph.D in Sociology

Professor, Department of Policy &

Director, Hanyang Institute for Ageing Society (HIAS)

Hanyang University

E: lss2323@hanyang.ac.kr

T: 82-2-222-2795

AREAS of EXPERTISE

  • Demography (Fertility, Mortality, Migration, etc.)
  • Population Ageing
  • Population Policy
  • Social Policy
  • Family and Household Studies

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Sociology, Hanyang University

M.Phil. in Demography, UN-ARE Cairo Demographic Centre

WORK EXPERIENCE

Hanyang University (June 2017~Present)

Professor, Department of Policy Science &

Director, Institute of Aging Society of Hanyang University

Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (May 1998 ~May 2017)

Low Fertility and Aging Society Response Planning Group, Senior Research Fellow, Director (2015 ~2017)

Population Policy Research Department, Senior Research Fellow, Director (2013 ~2015)

Population Strategy Research Institute, Research Fellow, Director (2013),

Population and Ageing Research Department (2005~2012) Research Fellow

Social Policy Research Department (1999~2005) Vice Research Fellow

Family Welfare Research Department (1998~1999) Vice Research Fellow

Population and Family Research Department (1998) Vice Research Fellow

Korea National Statistical Office, Deputy-Director (June 1984 ~April 1998)

ACTIVITIES

2017.2~2019.2 Member of Steering Committee, Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy

  1. 8~12 Member of Advisory Council, National Assembly Special Committee on Low Fertility and Population Ageing

2016.1~2017.1 President, Korea Association of Population

2013~2017 Technical Expert, Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy

2008~2012 Technical Expert, Ministry Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy

2006~2007 Technical Expert, Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy

2015~2016 Member, Deputy Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Social Policy

2015       Member of Advisory Committee on Population and Housing Census (Statistics Korea)

2005~2006, 2014~2018 Member of Evaluation Committee on Policies of Ministry of Health and Welfare

2014~2015 Member of Deliberation Committee on Mid- to Long-Term Tax Policies (Ministry of Strategy and Finance)

2014.01~2016.1 Member of Technical Expert Committee on Foreigners’ Policy (Ministry of Justice)

2011.02~2013.2 Member of Minister’s Advisory Committee on Immigration Policy (Ministry of Justice)

2014.04~2015.4 Member of Committee on Teachers Pension`s Financial Projections (Ministry of Education)

2012.09~2013.3 Member of Committee on Old-age Pension`s Financial Projections (Ministry of Health and Welfare)

2002.3~2003.5, 2007.6~2008.5, 2012.6~2013.5 Member of Committee on National Pension`s Financial Projections (Ministry of Health and Welfare)

  1. 01~2015.12 Vice-President, Korea Association of Population Education

2011.5~2012.5 Member of Policy Advisory Committee for the Office of the Secretary to the President for Gender and Family Affairs (Presidential Office)

2011.3~2011.12 Member of Forum on Low Fertility and Population Ageing in Response to Centenarian Era (Ministry of Health and Welfare)

2009~2011, 2013~2016 Member of Joint Evaluation Committee for Policies of Local Governments

2008.6 ~ 2009.5 Member of Advisory Committee on Evaluation of Major National Policies (National Assembly Budget Office)

2006.12 ~ 2008.12 Member of Steering Committee on Curriculum (Ministry of Education )

2003~2004 Member of Advisory Committee on Questionnaires of 2005 Population and Housing Census (Statistics Korea)

RESEARCH

Articles

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi(2015), The National Reproductive Crisis: South Korea’s Fertility Shock, Korea Journal of Sociology, 49(3), 59~76, 2015.

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi(2014), Impact of Women’s Labor Force Participation on Fertility, Health and Social Welfare Review, 34(4), 153~184, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (December 2014).

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi(2014), Application of Multi-State Life Table Technique to Measuring Education Level in the Case of South Korea, Contemporary Engineering Sciences, 7(24), 1445~1453.

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi(2012), Development of Model Estimating Fertility Rate for Korea, Korea Journal of Population Studies, 351), 77~99, The Population Association of Korea (April 2012).

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi(2010), “Comparative study on work and life balance focused on maternity and childcare leave OECD countries”, Health and Welfare Policy Forum, 199~132, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (August 2010).

Lee, Samsik(2009). Low Fertility and Policy Responses in Korea, The Japanese Journal of Population, 7(1): 57~70 (March 2009).

Tai-Hun Kim, Samsik Lee, Dong-Hoy Kim (2006). Fertility Differentials by Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics: Analysis of Korean Population Census Data, Korea Journal of Population Studies, 29(1), 1-23, The Poputation Association of Korea (April 2006).

Doo-Sub Kim , Sam-Sik Lee (2004), Ecological Environments and Regional Differences in the Structure of Cause of Death, Korean Journal of Sociology, 38(4), 133-158, The Korean Sociological Association (August 2004).

Lee, Samsik (1993), Analysis on Change in Korean Marriage Behaviors, Korea Journal of Population Studies, 16(2), 84-110, The Poputation Association of Korea (December 1993).

Lee, Samsik (1991), An analysis of Motivation for Migration in Korea, The Korea Spatial Planning Review, 15, 119-150, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (June 1991).

Lee, Samsik (1990), An Analysis on Korean Mortality Structure, Korea Journal of Population Studies, 13(1), 51-80, The Poputation Association of Korea (June 1990).

Lee, Samsik (2006), A Study on Impact of the Change in Values on Marriage and Fertility Behaviors, Health and Social Welfare Review, 26(2), 95-140, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.

Lee, Samsik (2001), A Study on the Relationship between Son Preference and Fetal Sex Screening, Health and Social Welfare Review, 21(2), 34-60. Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.

Lee, Samsik (1998), Analysis of Induced Abortion Behavior Based on The Sex Composition of Children, Health and Social Welfare Review, 18(2), 83-105, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.

Lee, Samsik (1998), Social and Demographic Implications of Sex Ratio at Birth, Statistical Analytic Study, 3(1), National Statistical Office (2003 Spring).

Lee Samsik(1997), Son Preference under Low Fertility in Korea, Proceedings of International Union for the Scientific of Population, 3 (Presented in the 23rd IUSSP Conference, Beijing China, 11-17 (October 1997).

Kim Il-Hyun, Choi bong-Ho, Lee, Samsik(1990), Analysis on Determinants and impacts of Son Preference, Health and Social Welfare Review, 10(1), 56-82, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. ,.

Lee, Sam-Sik(1989), Determinants of Son Preference in Korea, Demography Research Monograph Series, No. 19.

Lee, Sam-Sik(1988), Cause of Death by Age and Sex: An Examination of the Pattern of Mortality in Korea, 1985, CDC Studies in African and Asian Demography Research Monograph Series, No. 18, 603-642.

 

Publications

Lee, Samsik et. al., Establishment of Partnership among Families, Communities and Civil Society Groups in response to Change in Family Structure in Future, Hanyang University & Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2017.

Lee, Samsik et. al., Exploring Projects Appropriate for Population Dam for Jungsun-gun, Jungsun-gun & Hanyang University, 2017.

Lee, Samsik et. al., Paradigm Shifts in Family Policy on Changes in Marriage and Fertility Behavior, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2016.

Lee, Samsik et. al., Monitoring on Implementation of the Third Plan for Ageing Society and Population, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2016.  

Lee, Samsik et. al., Adoption of Daycare Services Fitting for Needs, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2015.

Lee, Samsik et. al., 2015 National Survey on Fertility, Family Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2015.  

Lee, Samsik et. al., Study for Establishing the Third Plan for Ageing Society and Population, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2015.  

Lee, Samsik et. Al., Family Change and Its Impact on Marriage and Fertility, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2015.  

Lee, Samsik et. al., Study on Strategy to Raise Fertility Rate in Korea, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2015.  

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi (Eds.), Risks of Lowest Low Fertility and Population Aging and Strategies, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2014.

Lee, Samsik et. al, Study on Projection Model for Participant of Teacher’s Pension. The Korea Teacher’s Pension Corporation, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2014.  

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Fertility Behavior of Working Women and Policy Response, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2014.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Development of Medium- and Long-term Policies in Response to Low Fertility and Ageing, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2014.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Development of Distributed/Parallel Multi-Dimensional Demographic Micro Simulation Technologies for Population Dynamics and Socio-Economic Experimentation. The ICT R&D Program of MSIP/IITP, 2014.

Lee, Samsik, Contributions of Demographic Factors to Future Population Change, Tchoe and Choe(Eds.) Socioeconomic Impacts of Demographic Change, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and East-West Center, 2014.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Development of Indicators for Preparation for Old Age by Sex and Life-Cycle, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2013.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Causes of Continued Lowest Low Fertility and Future Policy Directions, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2014.

Lee, Samsik, Ikki Kim, Hyojin Choi, Peng Du, Jiehua Lu, Shoji Okuyama and Izumi Takahashi, Population Change and Future Strategies in China, Japan and Korea, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2013.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Evaluation on Output of Policies in Respond to Low Fertility and Population Ageing in 2013, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2014.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Study on Expansion of Daycare Centers for Industrial Corps, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2013.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Evaluation on Output of Policies in Respond to Low Fertility and Population Ageing in 2012, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2013.

Lee, Samsik, Jihye Lee and Hyojin Choi, An International Comparative Study of Population Projections, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2013.

Lee, Samsik, Hunwoong Shin and Hyojin Choi, Development of Parental Insurance Model for Working Parents, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2013.

Tchoe, Byongho., Lee Samsik, et. al, Study on Optimum Population for Reunified Korea, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2013.

Lee, Samsik, Hyojin Choi, Hong Sik Yoon and Sanghun Oh, Reinforcement of National Responsibility Responding to Low Fertility for Future Development, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2012.

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi, Analysis on Association between Housing and Fertility, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2012.

Lee, Samsik, Moonil Park, Seonga Hong, Sukhee Choi and Hyojin Choi, Research on Mid-Long term National Strategy. Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2012.

Lee, Samsik, Hyojin Choi and Dayoung Bae, Analysis on Population Policies of OECD Countries in the Context of Low Fertility : Case of U.S. and U.K., Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2012.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, In-depth Case Analysis on Factors Affecting Fertility Behaviors, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2012..

Lee, Samsik, Samgyu Oh and Hyojin Choi, Long-term Population Projection for Financial Projection of National Pension, National Pension Research Institute, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2012.

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi, Demographic Impact of Immigration into a Low Fertility and Aging Society, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2012.

Lee, Samsik, Sanghun Oh, Sangdon Lee, Seongyeol Gu and Hyojin Choi, Study on Future Population Dynamics and Policy Measures in Korea, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, Gyeongseop Jang, Sunup Kim, Byeonghun Lee, Dayoung Song, Jongseo Park, Eunjung Kim and Hyojin Choi, Social Conflict related to Low fertility and Population Aging, Committee on Social Cohesion, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, Yeongjun Jeon, Hwayeon Shin, Hyojin Choi, Analysis on Impact of Foreigners’ Inflow in Society undergoing Low Fertility and Population Aging. Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Development of Indicators for Assessing the Performance of the Second Plan for Ageing Society and Population, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, et. al (2011), Study on Low fertility and Ageing Related Policies in Preparation for Era of Centenarians. Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, et. al (2011), Evaluation on Output of Policies in Respond to Low Fertility and Population Ageing in 2010, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, et. al (2011), Management of Population by Residential Registration System, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011. .

Lee, Samsik, et. al (2011). Development of Model Estimating Fertility Rate for Korea, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, et. al (2011). A Study on Connection between Work-Family Balance System and Daycare System, .Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Lee, Samsik, et. al (2011). Multi-dimensional Analysis of Fertility Changes for Spain and Poland, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2011.

Kim Doo-sub․Choi Minja․Chun Gwang-Hee․Lee Smasik,Kim Hyung-suk(2011). Population and Census of North Korea, National Statistical Office.

Lee, Samsik, Hyojin Choi, Ji-yeon Kim, Jongseo Park, Yoon Jeong Shin, Hyeeun Jung, Jihye Yeom, Jihye Lee, Nayoung Kim. 2010 Consulting on Population Policy of Local Government, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2010.

Lee, Samsik, Jihye Lee, Hyojin Choi and Bomi Park, Evaluation on Output of Policies in Respond to Low Fertility and Population Ageing in 2009. Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2010.

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi, The Impact on Fertility Behavior of Change in Life-cycle, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2010.

Lee, Samsik, Hyojin Choi and Hyeeun Jung, Study on Evaluation of Effectiveness of Policies in Response to Low Fertility, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2010.

Lee, Samsik, et. Al, Policy Directions Responding to Low Fertility and Population Aging, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2010

Lee, Samsik, Causes of Low Fertility and Appropriateness of Pronatal Policy Measure in Korea, Population Prospects and Policy Responses, 200-222, Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2010.

Lee, Samsik, Hyojin Choi, Young-Hee Oh, Moon-Hee Suh, Sekyung Park and Se-Rok Doh, 2009 National Survey on Marriage and Fertility, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2009.

Lee, Samsik, Young-Hee Oh, Yunkung Lee and Hyojin Choi, Evaluation on Output of Policies in Respond to Low Fertility and Population Ageing in 2008, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2009.

Lee, Samsik, Hong-Sik Yoon and Hyojin Choi, 2009 Consulting on Population Policy of Local Government, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2009.

Lee, Samsik, Hyojin Choi and Sun-Jae Park, Impact of Increase in Multi-Cultural Family on Quantity and Quality of Population in Korea, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2009.

Lee, Samsik, Hyojin Choi and Yun-Kyung Kim, Population Problems and Policy Directions in Developed Countries, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2009.

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi et, al., Impact of Low Fertility and Policy Strategies, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2009.

Lee, Samsik, Kyung-Hee Chung, Yoon-Jeong Shin, So-Chung Lee, Sekyoung Park, Jong-Seo Park, Yun-Kyung Lee, Bo-Hyun Jang and Hyojin Choi, Evaluation on Output of Policies in Respond to Low Fertility and Population Ageing in 2007, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2008.

Lee, Samsik, Taihun Kim, Seong-Wook Lee and Hyojin Choi et, al., 2008 Consulting on Population Policy of Local Government, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2008.

Lee, Samsik, Gye-Sook Yoo, Hong-Sik Yoon and Hyojin Choi, Study on Model for Evaluation of Effectiveness of Policies in Response to Low Fertility, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2008.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, 2006 National Survey on Values of Marriage, Children, and Gender Equality for the Youth, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2006.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Study on National Population Dynamics Panel(NPDP), Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2006.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Study on Response to Low Fertility and Population Aging – Comprehensive Study on Fostering Fertility and Marriage-Friendly Values for the Future Generations –, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2006.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, A Study on Resource Mobility for Policies in Response to Low Fertility, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2005.

Lee, Samsik, et. al, Population Projection and Policy Implications in a View of Reunification, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2005.

Lee, Samsik, et. al. Methodological Considerations on Induced Abortion Survey, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2002

Lee, Samsik, et. al. Appraisal and Future Policy Directions of Implementation of ICPD Programme of Action, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 2001.

Namhoon Cho, Samsik Lee, Low Fertility and Policy Responses to Issues of Ageing and Welfare, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, UNFPA, 2000.

Lee, Samsik, et. al. Population Dynamics in North and South Koreas and Socio-demographic Policy Issues for Reunification in the Future, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 1999.

Namhoon Cho, Samsik Lee, Population and Development in Korea: Focus on the ICPD Programme of Action. Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 1999.

Books

Lee, Samsik, Issues of Aging and Age Dependency in Post-industrial Societies, Dudley L. Poston, Jr. Editor Samsik Lee Han Gon Kim Co-Editors. Low Fertility Regimes and Demographic and Societal Change 95-114, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2018. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-64061-7

Lee, Samsik and Hyojin Choi, Lowest-low fertility and policy responses in South Korea, Rindfuss, R. R. and M. K. Choi (eds.). Lowest Low Fertility : Variations across Developed Countries 107-123, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21482-5_6.

Lee, Samsik, Population Prospects in Major East Asian Countries, Cho and Kim(Eds.), Low Fertility and Aging Populations in Northeast Asia : Economic Implications. Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and Northeast Asia Economic Forum, 2011.

Lee, Samsik(2007), How do the elderly participate in labor market?, Kyonggi : KSI.

Lee, S.

The majority of seniors want to stay in their lifetime homes and communities (known as aging-in-place) even when their physical and cognitive function declines. Creating more supportive environments has been an emerging challenge for many countries addressing aging-in-place. Responding to this, the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) has recently established the Global Age-Friendly Cities Initiative (AFCI) and over 500 communities worldwide have been involved with AFCI. The key elements of AFCI include affordable and accessible housing, walkable and safe communities and transportation, accessible services, recreational and cultural activities, and civic engagement for active participation. Although the AFCI includes social aspects of our environment, the focus of this symposium is on the domain of housing as existing studies have shown that removing environmental barriers is important in meeting the needs of seniors for aging-in-place.

 

This symposium is particularly interested in the efforts of communities’ responses to accessible and affordable housing issues in the United States and South Korea. The first presentation discusses housing modification projects in addressing age friendly priority areas. The regional interest of the first presentation is in Southwest Virginia communities in the U.S. The second presentation analyzes the needs of low-income older renters living in subsidized housing in a North Carolina community in the U.S., in an effort to address affordable housing issues in Greensboro. The third presentation will highlight housing related themes and priorities identified in age friendly studies conducted in rural Texas communities. The forth presentation will demonstrate barriers related to the housing domain based on older adults’ own assessments in provincial wide age friendly projects in Jeju, South Korea. Finally, the fifth presentation will share a story of decaying coal mining communities’ efforts to create their communities more age friendly and role of unique housing developments.

 

Presenter 1:

Deferred Maintenance, Family Demands, and Unmet Needs: Key Challenges for Home a Modification & Repair Program by Nancy Brossoie

Approximately ninety percent of older adults in the United States want to remain living in their homes for as long as possible. Yet, their homes may not be designed to accommodate their needs and may need to be modified as well as repaired. Process evaluation data from a rural home modification pilot program as a priority area of Age Friendly Communities in Southwest Virginia was analyzed to identify the administrative challenges faced in identifying, prioritizing, and initiating home modification projects. The means-based program served 16 homeowners aged 55+ living at or below 80% of the adjusted median income. Analysis uncovered challenges to program management and sustainability. Program leaders reported most homes had not been maintained and thus struggled with modifying them when the values were less than the costs of modification and repair. Most homes also had additional repairs that needed to be completed to make the home safe and energy efficient. Leaders were also challenged to complete requested changes when confronted by non-custodial family members with well-intended demands that conflicted with resident wishes. Findings were used to develop a formal program that could account for the competing demands of residents and their families, contractors, and program resources and sustainability.

 

Presenter 2:

Housing Insecurity Challenges Aging in Place for Low-income Renters

Kathleen R. Parrott, Sung-Jin Lee, Daejin Kim, Valerie L. Giddings, & Sheryl Renee Robinson

In-depth interviews (N=25) were conducted with low-income, aging renters in a southeastern United States urban area, in an effort to understand the community’s age friendliness. Annual income was less than $25,000 for 24 respondents. The sample was predominately female (n=17) and African-American (n=23). Age of respondents ranged from 61 to 86 (mean = 71.4). Marital status varied: married=5; never married=4; and previously married=16. Twenty-four respondents reported 63 different health issues, many that limit mobility and/or independent living. All respondents relied on government income support and none reported paid employment. Eight interviewees had relatives living with them. Only 12 respondents lived in subsidized or age-restricted senior housing. This data suggests future insecurity for these low-income renters to age in place in their current living situation. The research presentation will be supported by qualitative comments from study participants.

 

 

Presenter 3:

Supporting Aging in Community: Exploring the Needs for Community-Based Resources of Rural Older Residents

Mira Ahn

There has been a growing concern about the value of aging-in-place. Major reasons stemmed from doubt regarding the positive relationships of aging-in-place when considering the physical and psychological well-being of older adults. The ultimate goal of this study is to establish a conceptual and practical framework for creating aging-friendly communities in rural Texas. Compared to urban areas, rural areas have been overlooked in the efforts to help communities become more aging-friendly mainly because of inherent obstacles in their infrastructures with focusing on supporting “individuals” instead of “communities”. This study aims to discuss the role of supportive housing and communities for older adults to stay in their comfortable setting. This research has two purposes to achieve the goal. First, it aims to investigate the true motivation of aging in place. The second purpose is to investigate the residents’ needs for community-based resources. The sample is comprised of older adults (55+) living in a rural community in Texas. In the presentation, it will be shared the results of a survey questionnaire (N=500) and housing related themes based on focus group interviews (20 participants).

 

Presenter 4:

Age Friendly Jeju: Findings from Seniors’ Own Assessment on Housing

Seoyeon Lee, Seung-Hahn Koh, Eunna Park, & Eunju Hwang

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, South Korea has joined the WHO’s Global Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities (GNAFCC) in July, 2017. To proceed with the GNAFCC implementation strategies, Jeju has worked with senior “monitoring” groups consisted of 30 older adults from the province. The monitoring groups have delivered variety of activities since April 2017. They have attended training sessions to assess the physical and social domains of age friendly aspects and attended monthly workshops to report their findings and observations. The frequent barriers reported from their work are related to the physical environments and in the presentation, housing related barriers such as accessibility issues and lack of affordable housing options for older adults will be discussed further.

 

Presenter 5:

Age Friendly Korea: The Showcase Approach in Kangwon Province

Samsik Lee

This presentation shares the stories of rural Korean communities using community assets to make their communities more age friendly. Many rural communities in Korea have experienced aging in place mainly because of outmigration of younger generations. This is especially true in decaying coal mining communities in Kangwon province which is located in Northwest part of South Korea. Recently Kangwon has made provincial-wide efforts to adapt the WHO’s Age Friendly Initiative and a special showcase approach as a pilot age friendly housing development around Jungsun is under consideration. In the presentation, the efforts of team of researchers conducting feasibility studies and developing assessment strategies to measure Jungsun’s community readiness will be shared. The results of data analysis collected at the household level and Jungsun city officials and community leaders will be shared too.

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