| Title |
Proposing a Direction for Smart Housing Services Supporting the Elderly in China - Focused on the Elderly' Living Conditions in Luoyang Prefecture-level City - |
| Authors |
전모모(Tian, Mao Mao) ; 조명은(Cho, Myung Eun) ; 김미정(Kim, Mi Jeong) |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2016.25.6.098 |
| Keywords |
Elderly ; China ; Smart Home ; Health Support ; Housing Service ; Aging-in-Place |
| Abstract |
China has already entered the aging society and is predicted to become a super-aged society in 2020. The recent studies identified that the elderly has more interest in 'Aging-in-Place' which emphasizes deinstitutionalization since welfare facilities such as care homes and silver towns have separated the elderly from their local communities where they used to live in. The aim of this research is to propose a promising way for smart housing services who support the elderly's living in their homes, China. This research is to investigate the elderly's life and to identify their demands on housings for implementing such smart services. The elderly's living in apartments in Luoyang city, China, were investigated through interviews using a questionnaire survey. The results show that smart housing services should be provided to support the elderly's health, safety, leisure activities, comfortable living, and social relationships sustainably. In addition, such smart housing services should be intuitive since the elderly need to use easily smart services for their autonomous life in their homes. The smart housing services should be developed in the direction of enhancing the elderly's healthy and desirable life, and lessening their discomforts due to aging. |