Abstract
Korean society in which aging is proceeding very rapidly is now facing the new phase throughout the Elderly Welfare Services such as initiating the 'Long-Term Care Insurance for Senior Citizens' in July, 2008. The purpose of this study is to make clear the realities and problems of Home and Community Care Service by understanding the elderly's daily living, state of health, needs for care services and the present situation of Home and Community Care Service. According to our investigation, the number of the Elderly to live alone or to live only with a spouse is increasing and most of the Elderly are suffering from the chronic diseases like arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, etc. It proves that the state of health and QOL are closely related to Eating, Sleeping, Exercising which are called three factors of good health. Also, the research about the needs for Home and Community Care Service reveals that there is a problem in its delivery system and lack of information about it. In a sooner future, it is needed to consider developing Home and Community Care Service Program based on the elderly's individual needs through understanding and checking the real conditions of the elderly's 24 hours daily living.
