AN EVALUATION ON THE GROUP LIVING SPACES FOR THE PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA THROUGH THE SEVERE SYMPTOMATIC RESIDENTS LIFE

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to find the knowledge of space planning with adapting group living space for the severe symptomatic residents life. Therefore we focus spatial characteristics of private room ,common space, corridor space. And we consider the relationship between residents with severe symptoms life and these space.
This study leads some conclusions as follows. Severe symptomatic resident's life tends to be passive. And these people live narrow area at space. So, these people need some variety relationship with others, activity, spaces. In order to make those life, we need to plan opened private room which lived severe symptomatic residents, and make whereabouts near severe symptomatic resident's room. At the same time, these whereabouts make at corridor. In doing so, severe symptomatic residents are able to relate variety others, activity, and variety comes to these people's life.