The Journal of
the Korean Institute of Interior Design

The Journal of
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Title A Case Study on the Elderly People's Behavior for Developing Smart Home Service - Focus on analyzing behaviors filling up by oneself for 24hours -
Authors 이현수 ; 정현원 ; 정지예 ; 박성준
Page pp.11-19
ISSN 12297992
Keywords Digital home service ; Elderly people behavior ; Behavior time required ; Behavior filling up by oneself for 24hours
Abstract The purpose of this study is to categorize elderly people's behavior using the questionnaire filling up by oneself for 24hours and to analyze the time required according to behavior and space. Also, through analytical researches, we find a way to develop smart home service. In this study, we carry out a questionnaire targeting a number of 20 elderly people. The questionnaire is to survey elderly people's behaviors for 24hours. Questionnaire items consist of three parts : items for checking time required about a daily behavior, items for analyzing a space in daily lives, generalities. This study is analyzed through descriptive statistics. The results of this study were as follows. Firstly, the elderly people's behaviors were eight categories. Among these behavior's categories, the highest portion is the behavior related to Individual maintenance such as sleep, personal hygiene, nap, etc. by 49%. Secondly, the portion of time required in residence based on daily lives is higher than outside of residence by 73%. Lastly, analyzing each space in residence focused on time required of elderly people's behaviors, bed room is the highest portion by 49%, and followed by living room with 29% and kitchen with 15%, and bath room with 7%