The aim of this study is to derive design guidelines which improve the life satisfaction of elderly residents at welfare facilities. There are many factors affecting on satisfaction with life of the institutionized elderly, but this study focuses on a...
The aim of this study is to derive design guidelines which improve the life satisfaction of elderly residents at welfare facilities. There are many factors affecting on satisfaction with life of the institutionized elderly, but this study focuses on architectural factors. So, two factors are derived, the first factor is the behavier facilitation and the second is the social-interaction. In this study, the behavier facilitation, which was considerd by elderly's physical feature, means safety, discrimination and adaptability. The social interaction, which was considerd by elderly's psychological feature, was supported by homogeneous, approximate, privacy, territoriality, personalization, and control.