| Title |
A Basic Research on Guidelines for the Planning of Day Care Center for the Elderly - Focused on Case Studies of Choong-Buk Provinces |
| Keywords |
Day Care Center for the Elderly ; Guidelines for Space Planning ; Program ; Physical Environment |
| Abstract |
Recently, the elderly population has been growing very fast. So that people try to find the various ways of living healthy and active for them. A lot of researches have been done about the development of residential settings for the elderly, for example Long-Term Care Settings, assisted living for the Elderly etc. Among those living facilities for the Elderly, Adult Day Care Center tends to be more preferable options for not only older adults but also their family members due to the provision of short term break without leaving their home permanently. All the more, it provides more efficient place in terms of general cost for elderly care. Even though the number of Adult Day Care Center is increasing in every local community in Korea, the design guidelines to create user friendly living environment are still rare. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the program and spaces of the existing of adult day care centers in ChoongBuk provinces in order to provide the design guidelines of Day Care center for the Elderly. |