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not included in the category of lonely death because
of senior citizens, several measures are being prepared.
they chose death by their own will. Of course, simple
Busan City is using city gas meter readings. It is a
suicide cannot be included in solitude. However, if the
digital service that prevents lonely deaths by analyzing
disconnection of relationships, deficiency and social
dangerous signals such as when gas consumption
isolation, and depression in the single-person household
decreases rapidly or the number of openings of
typeledtosuicide,thereisaneedforittobeincludedin
refrigerator doors reaches zero. Using AI robots is also
thecategoryoflonelydeath.
onewaytopreventlonelydeath.SeochodistrictinSeoul
Professor Lim said, ¡°In terms of the increase in lonely
introduced a customized ¡°AI robot¡± for the elderly with
deaths in the form of suicide in the pandemic situation,
dementia living alone, so that the elderly can overcome
anxiety and depression and regain their health. A total
which is a social isolation situation, cases of young
of 88 robots with customized services that respond
people who committed suicide alone should also be
to various needs of the elderly will provide care by
viewed as lonely death.¡± Based on these discussions,
expanding functions such as cognitive improvement,
the definition of lonely death is being revised in various
emotionalsupport,lifesupport,andsafetyconfirmation.
ways,buttosolvethecurrentproblems,anagreementon
However, it is not effective to apply the same policies
the definition of lonely death must precede it. Professor
Park also pointed out the difficulty of meeting isolated
for preventing lonely deaths for the elderly and the
young people is the reason why it is difficult to study
middle-aged to young people. This is because youth
youth isolation. A sample is needed to study youth
lonely deaths are caused by psychological problems,
lonelydeaths,butyoungpeoplewhoareeasytocontact
employment failures, and peer relationships. They are
are college students, who are not in the risk group of
differentfromthoseoflonelydeathsofothergenerations.
isolation, making it difficult to obtain statistics, so it is
Therefore, it is time to pay attention to youth isolation
moredifficulttofigureoutthecurrentstatus.Therefore,
and devise policies suitable for helping young people.
it is urgent to quickly understand the situation for
Professor Park said, ¡°Currently, in Korea, measures are
researchandcountermeasuresofyouthlonelydeaths.
beingtakentopreventyouthlonelinessbyexpandingthe
amount of youth job search subsidies to young people
in their 20s and 30s, strengthening employment success
PreparePoliciestoPreventYouthLonelyDeath
packages, and making them available to young people,¡±
emphasizing that measures to prevent youth lonely
¨Ïseoulpublicnews
deathsarebeingprepared.
WeakTies
Trend analyst Kim
¨Ïnaverblog
Yong-seoppublisheda
booktitled¡°LifeTrend
2020, Weak Ties¡±
in 2019 and raised
the topic of small
solidarity. Weak Ties,
whichheexplains,isa
¡ãSeochodistrictinSeoulintroducesaAIrobotfortheelderlyliving
new concept different
alone.
from strong solidarity,
The scene of youth lonely death indicates a young
and it includes
man¡¯s solitude. Young people are at an age to actively
making relationships
start their social life by communicating with people.
connected to social
However, many young people are cut off from contact
media as they are
with people due to part-time jobs they take to maintain
morecomfortablethan
their livelihoods or because they are busy studying and
face-to-face, moving
¡ãThisbookwrittenbytrendanalyst
preparing for employment. In the case of lonely deaths
away from marriage,
KimYong-seoptalksaboutweak
ties.
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