Abstract
The purpose of this research is the improvement of the space in welfare facilities and hospitals that provide care for elderly people with Dementia. Nine hundred and forty-nine people from the fields of medicine, welfare and architecture replied to research into planning methods needed to establish the necessary care and home like environments. A large number of the replies showed agreement between individual concrete concepts and suggested improvements, but showed that the present situation does not reflect these suggested improvements. As for the design of small group space which includes clusters, alcoves and kitchen space, there is a difference between the ideas of people who work in the facilities and ideas of the architects.
