2010 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 18-22
"Silver Housing(SH)"has been promoted by the Naha City government office, Okinawa prefecture recently.This study was aimed at investigating the actual situation of SH,the present conditions and the problems of Life Support Advisers(LSAs)of SH,and welfare institution consisting of multiple building,built on the same property (hereinafter"adjacent welfare institution").As a result of this study,it was found that the resident senior citizens of SH live in SH in contentment with the support of LSAs,and live in peace with the service of the adjacent welfare institution.In particular,it can be found that the specialty of LSAs and the diversity of welfare facilities have been playing important roles in current SH.With the development of the aged society in Japan,the reinforcement of the support system for SH users will be the next research subject.
