抄録
In this paper, 8 group homes for seriously handicapped people in Tokyo are researched. Facility operators' attitudes toward facility management and residents' behavior are researched, in 2006 and 2008. The results are as follows: 1) Group homes for seriously handicapped people needs more space than group homes for mentally handicapped people. 2) In these group homes, many of residents are with mental handicap. 3) Preferences of spaces differ according to physical and mental situations of residents. 4) For people with serious physical handicaps, it would be very difficult to live in conventional group homes for mentally handicapped people.
