| Abstract |
The fast growth of the elderly population and nuclear families have been creating substantial needs for residential facilities of aged people in Korea. In this study, reviews on housing preference and physical constraints have been performed based on previous researches.
In this study, the results of the analyses propose developmental strategies for the elderly housing in Korea as follows:
1)Housing preference and other psychological trends of Korean elderly are rooted in changeable condition of the emotion and lack of knowledge. Therefore, the housing preference of the Korean elderly should not be considered a fixed reflection; rather, it should be regarded as a continuously adjusted trends according to later experience and emotional status after residing in the elderly care facilities.
2)Design of elderly housing should be guided within two principles of easy access and high usability. The principles also requires maximization of social interactions among frail elderly residents on age-segregated structure.
3)The experiment among 201 frail elderly shows that each shower stall should accommodate 5-by-5 feet square for wheelchair u-turn, and 48 inch height for kitchen top-sink. Finally, the experiment shows that ramp slope of the ederly housing should be within 1/16 and 1/20. |