We conducted a survey on the living environment of elderly people living in collective housing in Shanghai, China. And we examined their specific living conditions according to living expenses and residential space.
As a result, the elderly people who had enough living expenses can improve their interior that corresponds to old age. But it is difficult for the elderly people who had not enough living expenses to improve their interior by themselves. Those improvements should be supported by public subsidy. And it also seems that it is effective for them to watch their life by social organizations.
