With an increase in old-age population, the protection, health and support of senior citizens have emerged as major social issues. Therefore, many welfare facilities for the aged have been constructed. Even though the problems of the aged have been pr...
With an increase in old-age population, the protection, health and support of senior citizens have emerged as major social issues. Therefore, many welfare facilities for the aged have been constructed. Even though the problems of the aged have been properly dealt with in terms of material aspect, they are still very poor in terms of quality. The healing environment has a great impact on the nursing homes for the aged as well as on general medical institutions. This study is aimed to investigate the importance of and evaluate healing environment which is necessary in the facilities for the aged and suggest the results as basic data for improvement of indoor environment of the nursing homes for the aged.