A study on the life of the elderly people in urban area - Including some proposals for dwelling for longevity life -

本研究的目的是分析城市老年人的生活方式，并为他们改善现有环境提供一些思路。这项调查针对东京都地区公寓式住宅和独立住宅两种类型的居民进行。本研究的研究结果包括以下几点建议：1)最近家庭规模明显变小，同时，家庭规模的最小化发生在由亲戚在隔壁或附近的公寓楼网络居住。在独立住宅中，既有与年迈的父母和年轻夫妇同住的家庭类型，也有家庭规模最小的家庭。2)研究证实，老年人和老年人居住在城市是非常有利的，因为他们在离住所较近的地方很容易工作，而且退休后不到年龄限制，很容易利用城市交通工具，很容易接近文化设施，很容易去购物。3)老年人和老年人在身心护理方面，特别是在医疗保健和与邻里的关系方面，必然需要公共支持。城市人际关系淡薄，造成了城市负数环境。4)从上述分析结果可以看出，在居住区规划中，既要重视老年人生活的“选择性高度”，又要注重老年人支持体系的“实体性”。

The purpose of this study is to analyze the life style of elderly people living in urban area, and also to propose some ideas for them to improve their existing surroundings. The survey was held to two types of dwellers such as living in apartment house and detached house in Tokyo metropolitan area. The results of this study including some proposals are followings.1) It was become clear that the family sizes have been recently become smaller than before and at the same time, the minimization of family size has occurred the network residence by a relative on the next -door or nearby in apartment house. In detached house there were both family type of living with old parent and young couple in the same house and the minimization of family size.2) It was confirmed that it is very advantageous for elderly and aged people to live in urban area, because of the following reasons such as easy going on their jobs at near place from their dwellings, and after retiring under the age limit, easy utilizing urban transportations, easy approaching to cultural facilities, and easy accessing to shopping.3) Elderly and aged people necessarily require public supports for physical and psychological care, especially for medical care and human relations with a neighborhood. It making environment of minus number that human relations with a neighborhood were thin in urban area. It was ascertained that medical support is important for establishing self-reliance of their lives, and it is possible to do so in urban area.4) From above mentioned analytical results, we show that it was necessary to both "height of selection nature" for life of elderly people and "substantiality of support system" for aged people in planning of residential area.