| Title |
A Comparative Analysis on Structure of Design Guidelines for Dementia Elderly Care Environment |
| Authors |
Lee, Yeun-Sook ; Lim, Soo-Hyun ; Hwang, Ji-Hye |
| Keywords |
Dementia Elderly Care Environment ; Design Guideline ; Comparative Analysis ; Content Analysis |
| Abstract |
As Korean society has been rapidly aging and a proportion of the elderly with dementia has been also increasing, there has been more needs of properly designed dementia elderly care environment. To build one that is appropriate for the elderly with dementia, having a right guideline is a key. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to comparatively analyze structures of leading dementia elderly care environment design guidelines in order to suggest a base of combing them which could be helpful for professionals involved in providing care environment for the elderly with dementia. A content analysis method was used in this study and 'Therapeutic Environment Screening Scale for Nursing Homes and Residential Care(TESS-NH/RC)', 'Dementia Design Checklist(DDC)', 'Matrix Bauliche Anforderungen und Bereiche(MBAB)', and 'Environment Dementia Care(EDC)' were chosen for a comparative analysis. As a result, these guidelines were systematized by a human system and a space system. |