高齢期における交流からみた「精神的居場所」の特徴と居住形態との関係 : 奈良県橿原市今井町の場合

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the place where the elderly feel relaxing and pleasuring, and we investigate the place viewed from the residential style in Imai, Nara Pref. The results are as follows, 1) Most of the place relax the elderly are within the house. In Imai, there are not enough place for the elderly to communicate with the residents of Imai. 2) According to the residential style of the elderly, in the case of separating from their married children in Imai, they can contact and communicate with their children or grandchildren easily. 3) It is required to provide a good choice of the places where the elderly feel relaxing and pleasuring, such as a park, and to utilize the unoccupied house.