Evaluation and Needs of the Elderly for Spatial Characteristics of Senior Centers in Apartment Complex
Evaluation and Needs of the Elderly for Spatial Characteristics of Senior Centers in Apartment Complex
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老年人对公寓老年中心空间特征的评价与需求
DOI：
10.14774/jkiid.2013.22.5.033
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发表时间：
2013
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通讯作者：
Chan
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作者：
Sun;Chan
随着韩国进入高龄化社会，老人疗养所在全国范围内广泛使用，这并不奇怪。本研究试图从老年中心的使用特点和空间构成方面，了解老年人对老年中心的需求和评价。采用问卷调查的方法，对在张裕新城市公寓园区老人中心居住的255名老人进行了面对面访谈。调查问卷的问题包括：使用特点、空间构成评价和受访者的人口统计数据。调查结果如下：第一，调查发现很多受访者每天都去老年中心，每天花费4到6个小时。他们的主要活动是见朋友、发展爱好和吃饭。也就是说，老年中心在老年人的日常生活中起着举足轻重的作用。在规划未来老年中心的空间设计时应考虑到这些特点；其次，老年中心对老年人归属感和熟悉感的建立起到了辅助空间的作用。发现老年中心家具陈旧，安全措施考虑不足；第三，尽管他们更喜欢独立的空间，但他们对可以根据场合进行分割或扩展的灵活空间构成给予了高度评价；第四，考虑到超过一半的受访者在老年中心吃午餐，我们发现厨房设施不够大。即使他们不为自己做饭，厨房空间也应该足够大，可以同时为很多人准备饭菜。
It is not surprising that senior centers are widely used nationwide as Korea becomes an aging society. This study attempts to figure out senior citizens' needs and evaluations of senior centers in terms of characteristics of their usage and spatial composition. A face to face interview using a questionnaire was conducted on 255 senior citizens who has been using senior centers located in Jangyu new city apartment housing complex. The questionnaire is composed of questions asking characteristics of their usage, evaluations of spatial composition, and respondents' demographic data. Findings are: First, it is found that many respondents visit senior centers everyday and spend 4 to 6 hours a day. Their main activities are meeting friends, taking hobbies, and dining. That is, senior centers play a pivotal role in daily lives of senior citizens. Such characteristics should be taken into account in space design when planning to build a future senior center; Second, it is found that senior centers play a role of auxiliary space for building their sense of belonging and familarity. It is found that furnitures in senior centers are worn out and safety measures are not sufficiently considered; Third, it is found that they highly evaluate flexible spacial composition that could be partitioned or extended depending on occasions even though they prefer independent space; Fourth, it is found that kitchen facilities are not large enough considering the fact that more that half of the respondents have their lunches in senior centers. Even though they do not cook for themselves kitchen space should be large enough for preparing meals simultaneously for a large number people.