Abstract
The number of aged persons household who live in rented housing will double from 2000 to 2015 in Japan. But the rented housing for aged persons household are poorly supplied in housing market. Therefore, Superior Quality Rented Housing for Elderly Person (SQRHEP) was established in 1998. The author conducted questionnaire survey for the dwellers of SQRHEP managed by Urban Development Corporation (UDC) in Tokai region. This study aimed to clarify the dwellers' contact with their son and daughter and association with neighbors and friends by analyzing the collected data. The result indicated that, 1) the contact times with dwellers' son and daughter living in a different household is average level, 2) more than 70% of dwellers are satisfied with present association but their association with neighbors and friends is not active, 3) many dwellers hope to join in ‘activity about hobby, culture and education’ and ‘event of aged persons club’, 4) if a welfare facility is built on the UDC housing estate, there is a possibility that it will be a good community center for aged dwellers live in and outside the estate, 5) to compare with above results, a survey for dwellers of SQRHEP managed by private company will be needed.
