韩国家庭护理员制度及其对中国的启示

The Korean experience of“Family Care Workers”System and Its Implications for China

自2008年以来韩国实施了长期护理保险制度,内容涵盖了广泛的老人服务,从日常饮食起居到专业护理。这一制度的设立对中国发展家庭照顾和护理员制度具有借鉴意义。本研究回顾了韩国家庭护理员制度的设立和发展及其运作方式,分析了这一制度的特点、优势以及在实施过程中产生的问题。它首先介绍了韩国的长期护理保险政策以及其支持下的家庭护理员制度,随后分析了家庭护理员制度在韩国得以发展的原因、社会价值和有效性问题,并评估了这一制度对于发展家庭护理制度所具有的价值。基于这些分析,本研究提出了对发展中国养老照顾体系的建议。对于这一制度的研究有助于我们考察正式照顾和非正式照顾体系如何进行互动,思考如何对于家庭养老照顾服务予以补偿,以及家庭护理员制度的建设等方面的问题。

Since 2008 Korea has implemented the long-term care insurance program,which could cover the costs of nursing and caring for the elders on their daily life management and special nursing.Studies on this program should be meaningful for the policymakers in China to explore the potential of developing a similar system about elderly daycare,in light of family care workers.This study gives a review on the features of this system,exploring the way of its operation,and analyzing the problems it encountered during its operation.In terms of the structure of this article,we present a general outlook at the Korean’s long-term care insurance program,which is the basis of family care workers’system.On this ground,we disclose the mechanism of the development of this system,its effects and its value in regard to informal care and formal care of the elderly.In the end,we assess the implication of this study from the Korean experience on family care for China,to consider how to support informal care and how to support this system with potential solution of elderly care in China.