Abstract
This study aimed to provide basic information for the connecting system of health, medical and welfare services by researching the needs and actual status of the utilization of health, medical and welfare services for the elderly who are living in D city in South Korea. For this study, interview survey was employed as the research method.The results showed that 65.4% of respondents were the recipients of Basic Senior Pension and about 30% were in low-income group. 86.8% had chronic diseases and due to those diseases, they have been gone to hospitals or/and clinics. However, there were not many respondents who have used health, medical and welfare services. Even though the elderly have health and its care related problems simultaneously, they have received services that are limited to either health or care services, which is the reason that the connecting system of health, medical and welfare services is required. As health, medical and welfare services is indispensable to improve the quality of life of the elderly, it is critical that organizations to be in responsible for systemically connecting health, medical and welfare services need to be expanded.
