不同體能高齡者的生活空間需求研究

ADL Performance and Dependence on Facility Design for the Elderly

10.6381/JD.200106.0085

顏慶全(Ching-Chiuan Yen)；鍾朱炎(CY. Chung)

使用者需求 ； 安養設施設計 ； 生活環境 ； ADL ； Elderly ； Care Facility Design ； User Needs ； Living Environment ； ADL

設計學報

6卷1期（2001 / 06 / 01）

85 - 98

繁體中文

The purpose of Cluster of Living Style is to establish a small elderly humane environment within a large living group to avoid institutionalization. Since the aging process may influence the approaches to long-term care, the issue of ”health” and ”environmental design” becomes vital. This user-oriented study attempts to identify the factors of constructing the cluster of living style for the elderly with functional abilities ranging from living independently to dependently, and their relevant needs for living space. One-to-one interviews were conducted with the elderly living in a community, care centers, and treated in a rehabilitation outpatient department. In total, 118 subjects who were 65 years old or over, consciously clear and living in northern Taiwan, were interviewed. The results of the study demonstrate that the need for space is sifting as the abilities of the elderly is aging from live independently to lower level of dependency. It is hoped that the results of the study can serve as a useful reference for the operation and design strategies for those running a care center.

The purpose of Cluster of Living Style is to establish a small elderly humane environment within a large living group to avoid institutionalization. Since the aging process may influence the approaches to long-term care, the issue of ”health” and ”environmental design” becomes vital. This user-oriented study attempts to identify the factors of constructing the cluster of living style for the elderly with functional abilities ranging from living independently to dependently, and their relevant needs for living space. One-to-one interviews were conducted with the elderly living in a community, care centers, and treated in a rehabilitation outpatient department. In total, 118 subjects who were 65 years old or over, consciously clear and living in northern Taiwan, were interviewed. The results of the study demonstrate that the need for space is sifting as the abilities of the elderly is aging from live independently to lower level of dependency. It is hoped that the results of the study can serve as a useful reference for the operation and design strategies for those running a care center.