Abstract
Objectives: Our purpose is to ensure that the indoor environments in facilities for the elderly are in good condition. After investigating their indoor environments, we carefully clarified points on the design and management of these facilities.
Methods: We interviewed the care managers of 129 buildings in the Kanto and Kansai area about the interest in the indoor environments and disease prevention. We performed maintenance on the air conditioning systems in facilities for the elderly, and compared measurement data from the optimally functioning systems against the standard value of the indoor environment.
Results: The care managers are think it is important to keep indoor environments in good condition for the sake of disease prevention among the elderly. Unfortunately, they cannot do so because they do not have enough knowledge about design and management method.
Conclusion: It is important to indicate the result that estimates the state of the indoor environment from the perspective of disease prevention and to build a support system on which the specialists can appropriately advise care managers from the planning to the management stage.
