Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 1881-8161
Print ISSN : 1340-4210
ISSN-L : 1340-4210
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING CONDITIONS IN PRIVATE ROOM : Study on private space of nursing home
Etsuko HAYASHIKazumasa KOTAKITamako HAYASHI
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1999 Volume 64 Issue 517 Pages 131-138

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This study caught hold of the most suitable living conditions of private room in nursing home. The survey depends on recording layout of property in private room and time study on two nursing homes. The result are abstracted as follows; 1) The elderly's style of living is affected by forms and equipments of room, the condition of mind and body, life style of elderly, the principles of care and management. 2) Private room need to be planed with changeable and various space to suit many kinds of mind and body of tenant and their teterioration. 3) Buffer space between private room and common space is used variously to care and communication between tenants.

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© 1999 Architectural Institute of Japan
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