Assumption about the life pattern of old-old residents of the adaptable housing and the basic requirements for the design of these housing

本研究的目的是明确适应性住房中老年人的生活模式，并从独居老年人独立生活的角度寻找适应性住房设计的基本要求。调查结果表明，将一人家庭作为老年人的一种生活模式是合适的。关于夜间如厕的行走模型，以独立步态为宜。从独居老人独立生活的角度出发，对适应性住宅设计的基本要求是客厅兼餐厅要靠近入口，厨房和卫生间要在同一层，然后是与客厅分开的卧室，靠近卫生间但远离入口。关于要求，审查了以下内容：在首都圈，新建的3层独立住宅几乎都不符合要求，但卧室位于2层的2层独立住宅则更多地符合要求。

The purposes of this research are both to make clear the life pattern of the elderly who will be assumed to dwell in the adaptable housing and to find the basic requirements for design of these housing from viewpoints of independent life of the elderly living alone. As results of the surveys, the followings are made clear, that it was appropriate to assume the one-person household as one of the life pattern of the elderly. About the ambulation model for going to toilet at night, it was appropriate to assume the independent gait. About basic requirements for design of adaptable housing from viewpoints of independent life of the elderly living alone are the living room-cum-dining room to be near to the entrance, and the kitchen and the lavatory to be on the same floor, then the bed room which is separated from the living room to be close to the lavatory but far from the entrance. As to the requirements the followings are examined ; in metropolitan area, almost the newly built three-storied detached houses did not meet the requirements, but greater number of two-storied detached houses where the bed room is on the second floor met the requirements.