A Trial to Standardize the Kitchen of House from the Changes on Ddwelling Life

Research Project

Project/Area Number	09680038
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	家政学
Research Institution	Japan Women's University
Principal Investigator	OKITA Fumiko Japan Women's University Faculty of Home Economics Professor, 家政学部, 教授 (30060669)
Project Period (FY)	1997 – 1998
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000) Fiscal Year 1998: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000) Fiscal Year 1997: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Keywords	Kitchen Planning / Standardize / Storage Space / Kitchien Items / Movement / Dwelling Life / Aged Person / Physical Condition / 持病 / 身体機能 / 生活用品
Research Abstract	The obeject of this study is to propose on the standard of the kitchen of the typical Japanese house . This study is composed of two investigatios. At first, I have tried to analyzed the movement (1987-1997) of the items which are stored in kitchen cabinet, and then have caluculated the desirable amounts of storage space. Now I have suggested the same necessary storage capacity which I reported on about 10 years ago. Secondly, I have performed to find out the actual situation and the ploblem of the kitchen which the aged ( over 65 years ) work in the general houses. As the results, Although the present kitchens which many aged persons use aren' t suitable for them, they are now satisfied with their kitchen. In fact they have experienced the accident there. The ploblem of kitchen differ in the physical condition of the aged.