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[Silver Bridge] Volume 3 · Chapter 14 · Between the Cheers of Square Dancing and the Warmth of the Senior Center: Two Faces of Old Age
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- Comparing how older people socialize at a Seoul Gyeongnodang and at a Beijing square dance, the author examines the quality and quantity of their relationships.
- Participation in senior groups is 57.1% in Korea, higher than 26.1% in China, yet social isolation among people aged 60 and over reaches 40.7%.
- The author argues that socializing in old age should be designed as a social safety net, and this column also promotes his book "Silver Bridge."
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Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [실버 브릿지] 제3권 · 제14장 · 광장무의 함성과 경로당의 정, 그 사이에서 만난 노년의 두 얼굴
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