Elderly households have the highest rate of accidents caused by slippage in the order of room, bedroom, toilet, and are showing a steady increase trend. Residential safety accidents in the elderly are a major cause of economic burden and quality of li...
Elderly households have the highest rate of accidents caused by slippage in the order of room, bedroom, toilet, and are showing a steady increase trend. Residential safety accidents in the elderly are a major cause of economic burden and quality of life. Therefore, national interest and support policies are needed to prevent an increasing number of residential safety accidents.
The purpose of this study is to present the basic data necessary for establishing the residential model of 'elderly safe house' for the prevention of the residential safety accident based on the present survey results of the elderly living alone.
The results of this study are as follows.
First, it is necessary to improve the structure and layout in the residential space reflecting the characteristics of the elderly. It is necessary to improve the indoor supportability by the safety structure that elderly people can walk and walk, the arrangement of firefighting facilities, and the use of non-slip materials.
Second, it is building an elderly residential facility using ICT. Big data, speech recognition, and the Internet need to be customized to promote independent living and external communication at the same time.
Third, it is necessary to secure diversity of housing according to health level and family structure. In order to build a social safety net, a new concept of housing welfare model for the elderly such as set, joint, complex type, and shared house should be developed.
Forth, it is the development of a coexistence type housing model. It is necessary to develop the concept of generational coexistence that all generations live together.
Fifth, it suggests guideline of home improvement according to the characteristics of the elderly. The aging of the housing is not the center, but the home renovation guideline that is suitable for the elderly in Korea is suggested and utilized for the elderly housing renovation project. It is necessary to standardize the elderly 's typification according to the economic situation and health condition of the elderly, and to differentiate the burden and support of home renovations service according to income level and health status
Sixth, expansion of home renovation expenses for the elderly. Currently, it is decided on the basis of the aging of the house and the size of the house to be renovated and remodeled. However, regardless of the old age, if the elderly housing guide does not meet the guidelines.
Key Words: elderly, safe housing, residential safety accident, prevention, housing support