2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the production of environment on which elderly people live in ease -Interdisciplinary research of home economics each fields-
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12480023
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
家政学一般(含衣・住環境)
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| Research Institution | Nara Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIMURA Ichiro Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Professor, 生活環境学部, 教授 (30043186)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HATAKEYAMA Kinue Faculty of Home Economics, Kyoto Women's University, Professor, 家政学部, 教授 (80077429)
NAKAYAMA Toru Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women's University, Assistant professor, 大学院・人間文化研究科, 助教授 (60222171)
KOJO Shousuke Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Professor, 生活環境学部, 教授 (10108988)
MIZUNO Hiroyuki Faculty of Human environment, Kyoto Prefectural University, Professor, 人間環境学部, 教授 (70117977)
ONOGI Sadahiko Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Mukogawa Women's University, Professor, 生活環境学部, 教授 (70026201)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | elderly / life / home economics |
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| Research Abstract |
Each research for three years was summarized and the subject from the following contents to elderly people's situation, demands on life each side, future problems of elderly people etc.
(1) Food In connection with ageing, as for elderly people, the fall of bone density was advancing certainly. The production of environment for the elderly people of low bone density and osteoporosis not causing fracture and support are subjects. It is necessary to make pleasure of shopping and cooking maintain and to prepare assisted living organization, such as food delivery service with elderly people's hope.
(2) Clothes From the width of form distribution of elderly people, it is pointed out that the clothes size of the ready-made suit for elderly people and a design are scarce. The further research is required about elderly people's form and rationalization of ready-made suit size. Moreover, counter deployment of the clothes for elderly people also needs to be inquired.
(3) Housing In the common space of apartment, there is little installation of handrails and elevators and improvements will be desired from now on. Although many elderly people think that they want to pass at the houses in the advanced age term, to which it got used as much as possible, it clarified that they feel uneasy on nursing, care, and cannot living themselves, and physical strength when the body becomes inconvenient. In the owned detached dwelling residence, emasculation of large dwellings is progressing relatively by reduction of the family number accompanying a resident's aging. Although there is a peculiar environment of living demand reflecting the advanced age term among the demands to elderly people's environment of living, it is important to remove them, while deviation progresses among those demands and living spaces.
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