STUDY ON THE CONTINUITY POSSIBILITY OF ELDERLY’S DAILY LIVING IN AN ELDERLY HOUSING WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICE IN AICHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN

– From the viewpoints of location, housing, and operation –

Abstract

This paper aims to study the continuity possibility of elderly’s daily living in an elderly housing with supportive service in Aichi prefecture from the viewpoints of location, housing, and operation of the elderly housings. Based on statistic analyses and case study, the followings can be pointed out. A lot of the elderly housings analyzed in this paper are located in a suburban area and, are designed spatially and operated in the similar way to a care facility for elderly. And, the current national institution enacted newly for the elderly housing with supportive service has been one of the factors that cause these problems. As a result, it is concerned that these characteristics of the elderly housings impact on the continuity possibility of life of elderly negatively.