2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on Design and Care System of Renovated Facilities for the elderly with Small group Units
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16560547
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Town planning/Architectural planning
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| Research Institution | Jissen Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
TACHIBANA Hiroshi Jissen Women's University, Dept. of Human Environmental Sciences, Assoc. Prof. (70277797)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | The Elderly / Residential institutionReform / Unit Care / Arehiteclural Planning / Care System / Nursing Home / QualiLy of Life / 生活の質 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to clarify the effects and problems of introduction of small group unit to traditional facilities by renovation. We surveyed a reformed nursing home that had new small. units and traditional large unit, immediately after the reform and one after year by means of mapping of activities of the residents/care staffs, behavior observation and deep interviews. The findings are as follows :
(1) Comparing small unit and large unit, care acts of the staffs were not so different, but frequency of communication of the staffs and the residents increased in small unit. (2) The residents' lifes in small unit were similar to those in large unit at first, but gradually changed. Person with low care-need level came to stay in the corridor independently. In contrast, person with high care-need level came to spend long time in their room idly. (3) Corridor spaces were able to play important role in the form of the residents' life not only as passage spaces but also as semi-private zone.
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Research Products
(10 results)
