Abstract
For the elderly with disabilities to continuously live at home after discharge from hospital and rehabilitation, various factors must be considered. These factors include physical and mental function, socio-economics, and housing performance. We investigated the elderly with disabilities who spent at least six months at home upon discharge from the hospital in urban areas. A self-administered survey was conducted through registered mail, and there were 214 responses. The answers were categorized and analyzed according to the duration of living at home. The results indicated that a perception of environmental barriers in the house, emotional attachment to the house, and the surrounding community influence the subjects' desire to continuously live at home. In order improve the living environment so that the elderly may continue to live at home, OTs need to address not only the physical aspects of the home environment but also the cognitive/emotional attachments to the person's own house and community.
