Abstract
This paper aims to examine the care for users and the way forward of respite care facilities for the elderly. The findings are as follows. (1) An individual interview is necessary for users in advance, in order to grasp users' accurate conditions. (2) It is necessary for users to rearrange rooms for individual comfortable environment for reducing stresses by relocation, the smaller inside spaces, and arranging safe outside spaces. (3) It is important for users to provide occasions for improving ADL and social life. (4) Staffs for respite care need to widen knowledge of environmental preparation at users' houses. (5) The space for only respite care users enables to treat individually by considering both services and space in facility.
