A STUDY ON ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF BARRIER FREE OF MEDICAL, HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES FOR THE AGED AND THE DISABLED IN LOCAL MEDIUM AND SMALL CITIES

Abstract

Actual conditions of barrier free of medical facilities, health care facilities and social welfare facilities in Muroran, Noboribetsu, Date and Tomakomai were investigated on the basis of standard after the analysis of trend of aging and present situation of the disabled. Those facilities are quite important for both the aged and the disabled and have relatively few problems rather than other facilities. But, most of existing facilities have some problems at entrance, corridor, staircase, elevator, toilet, car parking or passage of site and those should be improved for more aging society in future.