Day 122: Comparing Care for Our Mothers

Dialogue

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   A 미경 씨, 어머님은 요즘 좀 어떠세요? 지난번에 넘어지셨다면서요.

   Migyeong ssi, eomeonimeun yojeum jom eotteoseyo? Jinanbeone neomeojisyeotdamyeonseoyo.

   Mikyung, how's your mother doing these days? I heard she had a fall.

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   B 다행히 뼈는 괜찮은데, 그 뒤로 혼자 계시는 걸 무서워하세요. 그래서 낮에 와 주실 요양 보호사님을 알아보고 있어요.

   Dahaenghi ppyeoneun gwaenchaneunde, geu dwiro honja gyesineun geol museowohaseyo. Geuraeseo naje wa jusil yoyang bohosanimeul arabogo isseoyo.

   Luckily nothing's broken, but since then she's been afraid of being alone. So I'm looking for a care worker to come in during the day.

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   A 저희도 작년부터 오후에 세 시간씩 보호사님이 오세요. 비용이 만만치 않죠?

   Jeohuido jangnyeonbuteo ohue se siganssik bohosanimi oseyo. Biyongi manmanchi anchyo?

   We've had a care worker coming for three hours every afternoon since last year. It's not cheap, is it?

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   B 그러니까요. 개인으로 부르면 한 달에 이백만 원 가까이 든대요. 정희 씨네는 얼마나 들어요?

   Geureonikkayo. Gaeineuro bureumyeon han dare ibaengman won gakkai deundaeyo. Jeonghui ssineneun eolmana deureoyo?

   Tell me about it. They say hiring someone privately costs close to two million won a month. How much do you pay?

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   A 저희는 장기 요양 등급을 받아서 본인 부담이 십오 퍼센트예요. 한 달에 이십만 원 조금 넘어요. 매달 꼬박꼬박 내는 보험료가 이럴 때 제값을 하네요.

   Jeohuineun janggi yoyang deunggeubeul badaseo bonin budami sibo peosenteuyeyo. Han dare isimman won jogeum neomeoyo. Maedal kkobakkkobak naeneun boheomnyoga ireol ttae jegapseul haneyo.

   We got a long-term care grade, so we only pay fifteen percent ourselves. It's a little over two hundred thousand won a month. All those premiums we pay every single month finally earn their keep at times like this.

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   B 그렇게 차이가 나요? 아, 마침 오늘 신문 머리기사에도 났어요. 여기 보세요. "고령화가 빨라지면서 노인 장기 요양 보험 신청자가 또다시 역대 최다를 기록했다."

   Geureoke chaiga nayo? A, machim oneul sinmun meorigisaedo nasseoyo. Yeogi boseyo. "Goryeonghwaga ppallajimyeonseo noin janggi yoyang boheom sincheongjaga ttodasi yeokdae choedareul girokaetda."

   Is the difference that big? Oh, it's on the front page of today's paper, actually. Look here: "As the population ages faster, applications for long-term care insurance for the elderly have hit another record high."

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   A 역대 최다요? 우리 같은 집이 그렇게 많은 거네요. 저희 노후도 슬슬 걱정돼요.

   Yeokdae choedayo? Uri gateun jibi geureoke maneun geoneyo. Jeohui nohudo seulseul geokjeongdwaeyo.

   A record high? So there are that many families like ours. I'm starting to worry about our own old age, too.

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   B 사실 저도 작년에 어머니 등급 신청한다는 게, 병원 다니고 이것저것 하다 보니 해를 넘겨 버렸어요.

   Sasil jeodo jangnyeone eomeoni deunggeup sincheonghandaneun ge, byeongwon danigo igeotjeogeot hada boni haereul neomgyeo beoryeosseoyo.

   Actually, I meant to apply for a grade for my mother last year, but what with hospital visits and everything, the year went by.

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   A 지금이라도 하세요. 건강보험공단에 신청하면 집으로 직접 조사하러 와요.

   Jigeumirado haseyo. Geongangboheomgongdane sincheonghamyeon jibeuro jikjeop josahareo wayo.

   Do it now, then. If you apply to the National Health Insurance Service, they come to your home to assess her.

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    B 등급만 받으면 요양원도 싸게 갈 수 있어요?

    Deunggeumman badeumyeon yoyangwondo ssage gal su isseoyo?

    Once she has a grade, can she go into a care home cheaply too?

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    A 시설은 본인 부담이 이십 퍼센트예요. 근데 식비는 따로 내야 해서 다 합치면 한 달에 칠십만 원은 든대요.

    Siseoreun bonin budami isip peosenteuyeyo. Geunde sikbineun ttaro naeya haeseo da hapchimyeon han dare chilsimman woneun deundaeyo.

    For care facilities you pay twenty percent. But meals are extra, so all in all it's about seven hundred thousand won a month.

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    B 좋은 데는 대기도 길다면서요. 반년씩 기다린다고 들었어요.

    Joeun deneun daegido gildamyeonseoyo. Bannyeonssik gidarindago deureosseoyo.

    And I hear the good ones have long waiting lists. People wait six months, apparently.

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    A 그 전에 더 큰 문제가 있어요. 저희 어머니는 요양원 얘기만 나오면 "나 버리려고?" 하세요.

    Geu jeone deo keun munjega isseoyo. Jeohui eomeonineun yoyangwon yaegiman naomyeon "na beoriryeogo?" Haseyo.

    There's a bigger problem before that. Whenever care homes come up, my mother says, "So you're getting rid of me?"

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    B 저희 어머니도요. 자식 입장에서는 더 안전하시라고 그러는 건데요.

    Jeohui eomeonidoyo. Jasik ipjangeseoneun deo anjeonhasirago geureoneun geondeyo.

    Mine too. From our side, it's only for their safety.

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    A 그래서 저는 아직 집에서 모셔요. 낮에는 보호사님이, 저녁에는 제가 돌봐 드리고요. 요즘은 주간 보호 센터도 알아보고 있어요.

    Geuraeseo jeoneun ajik jibeseo mosyeoyo. Najeneun bohosanimi, jeonyeogeneun jega dolbwa deurigoyo. Yojeumeun jugan boho senteodo arabogo isseoyo.

    That's why I still look after her at home. The care worker in the day, me in the evening. Lately I've been looking into a day care centre too.

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    B 주간 보호 센터요? 그게 뭐예요?

    Jugan boho senteoyo? Geuge mwoyeyo?

    A day care centre? What's that?

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    A 어르신들 유치원 같은 데예요. 아침에 차로 모시러 오고, 저녁에 집까지 모셔다 드려요. 다들 거기서 활기차게 지내신대요.

    Eoreusindeul yuchiwon gateun deyeyo. Achime charo mosireo ogo, jeonyeoge jipkkaji mosyeoda deuryeoyo. Dadeul geogiseo hwalgichage jinaesindaeyo.

    It's like a kindergarten for seniors. They pick them up by car in the morning and bring them home in the evening. I hear everyone there is really lively.

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    B 그런 게 있는 줄 몰랐어요. 저희 어머니는 사람 만나는 걸 좋아하셔서 딱이겠네요. 노년에는 소외감이 제일 무섭다잖아요.

    Geureon ge inneun jul mollasseoyo. Jeohui eomeonineun saram mannaneun geol joahasyeoseo ttagigenneyo. Nonyeoneneun sooegami jeil museopdajanayo.

    I had no idea that existed. My mother loves meeting people, so that'd be perfect. They say feeling isolated is the worst thing in old age.

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    A 서류 쓰다가 모르는 거 있으면 저한테 물어보세요. 저도 한 번 해 봐서 알아요.

    Seoryu sseudaga moreuneun geo isseumyeon jeohante mureoboseyo. Jeodo han beon hae bwaseo arayo.

    If there's anything you don't understand on the forms, just ask me. I've been through it once.

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    B 고마워요. 신문에 난 '역대 최다'에 저희 집도 한 명 보태야겠네요.

    Gomawoyo. Sinmune nan 'yeokdae choeda'e jeohui jipdo han myeong botaeyagenneyo.

    Thank you. Looks like our family's going to add one more to that 'record high' in the paper.

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