This dissertation aims to identify what buffering effects the in-home care service has on the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) disabled elderly’s life satisfaction, and to seek ways to make an intervention through the social work service that can improve the ADL disabled elderly’s life satisfaction.
The implications of the study findings are as follows.
In terms of the theoretical implication, the study offers the ground for the necessity of providing specialized services in the in-home care service for the ADL disabled elderly. The study also suggests that the in-home care service should focus on the social work approaches to help elderly maintain their independent living.
In terms of the practical implication, the study suggests that a system should be set up to provide programs that offer tailored services to the elderly by assessing their health status at the community level. The study also implies that the in-home care service needs to be offered through an integrated program, and that more specialized programs should be developed including services that vitalize the body function.
In terms of the policy implication, the study advises to provide opportunities to establish the “Comprehensive Prevention System” to set up consistent standards for practical work at the advisory board level; to develop a standard manual on different services according to the health status of the elderly; and to reinforce health and medical services and emergency medical services for the elderly with severe ADL disabilities steadily.
Key words: ADL disabled elderly, Activities of Daily Living(ADL), Life-satisfaction, In-home care, Community care, Elderly’s welfare, Long-term care.