A study on the happiness of the elderly in single-households

The purpose of this study is to identify the reality of happiness of the elderly in single-person households and to establish an institutional foundation to support it. The subjective nature of happiness differs according to socio-cultural factors, environmental factors, and various factors even within the elderly class. Therefore, it was intended to establish an institutional basis to increase the level of happiness by grasping what the elderly in single-person households, who are the most vulnerable in the elderly class, see as happiness. To this end, 50 elderly people in single-person households in Y area, an urban-rural complex city, were told about the experience of happiness through the photo voice method. As a result of the study, five major themes were derived for the happiness of the elderly in Korea: family that fills the empty nest, the strength of daily hobbies, the relationship of spending old age together, peace in my heart, and the joy of still working. The elderly in single-person households in Korea feel the greatest happiness from their families, and they are spending their daily lives comforting and challenging themselves through hobbies. Still, whether it is a human or an animal, finding joy in relationships, while religion, rest, memories of life, and peace in the journey of walking alone are also happiness. It was also happiness to be able to create income and independence by still working productively.