A Study on the Availability of Halfway House for Community Care in the Era of One-Person Households : Through Care Assurance Housing in Saha-gu, Busan

Abstract

This study presupposes the importance of community care in an era when one-person households are increasing. The purpose of this study was to clarify the direction and possibility of the Care Assurance Housing project through the case of ‘Halfway House in Saha-gu, Busan’. Through theoretical discussion, characteristics of single-person households were summarized as ‘relationship vulnerability’. The place where they lived was ‘a space where self-direction rather than isolation’ and the local community was a ‘connection with informal support’. Results of analyzing the case of middle houses in Saha-gu by dividing them into service entry, service progress, and service result are as follows. In service entry, it was confirmed that flexible standards were applied to users with possible connection with relatively diverse excavation. In service progress, characteristics of services were centered on relationships. Relationships with various local residents were secured in service results. The possibility of independence and various resident relations was revealed. How to apply these research results to other regions is discussed. Lastly, the direction of the community care project and the need for support for various forms of community care are suggested.